Cardiovascular disease awareness among women with hypercholesterolemia and their health seeking behavior: A qualitative study

• Main Authors: Samsudin, Suhaiza, Mohd Arifin, Siti Roshaidai, Md Aris, Mohd Aznan, Abdullah, Fa’iza
• 格式: Conference or Workshop Item
• 語言: English; English; English; English
• 出版: 2019
• 主題: R Medicine (General); RA Public aspects of medicine; RC Internal medicine
• 在線閱讀: http://irep.iium.edu.my/76033/1/New%20Doc%202019-11-07%20%281%29.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/76033/2/New%20Doc%202019-11-07.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/76033/3/PICCWED9_6.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/76033/4/Table%20of%20Contents%20-%20Proceeding%20PICCWED%209.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/76033/; https://www.piccwed.com

Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are a group of disorders that affect the heart and blood vessels. It is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in Malaysian women. However, many women are not aware of it and have a misconception that CVD is a disease that only affects men. Therefore, the main ob...