A descriptive study to assess the level of knowledge regarding risk factors and it's prevention of coronary artery disease among patients attending medicine outpatient department in Dasmesh Hospital, Faridkot, Punjab Brar Jasinderpal Kaur1,*, Aggarwal Seema2**, Kaur Gurveer3 1Professor, Medical Surgical Nursing, Dasmesh College of Nursing, Faridkot 2Associate Professor, Medical Surgical Nursing, Dasmesh College of Nursing, Faridkot 3Lecturer, Medical Surgical Nursing, Dasmesh College of Nursing, Faridkot *Corresponding Author Email: jasinderbrar@gmail.com
**aggarwalseema91@gmail.com
Online published on 8 June, 2022. Abstract A study to assess the level of knowledge regarding risk factors and its prevention of coronary artery disease among patients attending medicine outpatient department in Dasmesh Hospital, Faridkot and to find out the association between the knowledge scores of prevention and risk factor of coronary artery disease among patients. A descriptive research design selected for the research study using non purposive sampling technique. The study was conducted in medicine outpatient department in Dasmesh Hospital Faridkot. Data was collected through the structured interview schedule by using structured knowledge questionnaire. Discussion was based on statistical analysis. Majority of the patients have average level of knowledge. The result reveals that there is no significant association between the knowledge and selected Socio-demographic variables. Top Keywords Coronary artery disease, Outpatient department, Risk factors, Prevention. Top |