Awareness, knowledge and practice of dyslipidaemia management among postgraduate primary care trainees in Malaysia: a cross-sectional study

Objectives: Dyslipidaemia is one of the main risk factors for cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of death in Malaysia. This study assessed the awareness, knowledge and practice of lipid management among primary care physicians undergoing postgraduate training in Malaysia. Design: Cross sectio...

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Main Authors:	Said, Abdul Hadi, Chia, Yook Chin
Format:	Article
Language:	English English English
Published:	BMJ Publishing Group 2017
Subjects:	R Medicine (General) RC Internal medicine RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology RZ Other systems of medicine
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spelling	iium-558722018-04-05T02:22:28Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/55872/ Awareness, knowledge and practice of dyslipidaemia management among postgraduate primary care trainees in Malaysia: a cross-sectional study Said, Abdul Hadi Chia, Yook Chin R Medicine (General) RC Internal medicine RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology RZ Other systems of medicine Objectives: Dyslipidaemia is one of the main risk factors for cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of death in Malaysia. This study assessed the awareness, knowledge and practice of lipid management among primary care physicians undergoing postgraduate training in Malaysia. Design: Cross sectional study. Setting: Postgraduate primary care trainees in Malaysia. Participants: 759 postgraduate primary care trainees were approached through email or hard copy, of whom 466 responded. Method: A self-Administered questionnaire was used to assess their awareness, knowledge and practice of dyslipidaemia management. The total cumulative score derived from the knowledge section was categorised into good or poor knowledge based on the median score, where a score of less than the median score was categorised as poor and a score equal to or more than the median score was categorised as good. We further examined the association between knowledge score and sociodemographic data. Associations were considered significant when p<0.05. Results: The response rate achieved was 61.4%. The majority (98.1%) were aware of the national lipid guideline, and 95.6% reported that they used the lipid guideline in their practice. The median knowledge score was 7 out of 10; 70.2% of respondents scored 7 or more which was considered as good knowledge. Despite the majority (95.6%) reporting use of guidelines, there was wide variation in their clinical practice whereby some did not practise based on the guidelines. There was a positive significant association between awareness and the use of the guideline with knowledge score (p<0.001). However there was no significant association between knowledge score and sociodemographic data ( p>0.05). Conclusions: The level of awareness and use of the lipid guideline among postgraduate primary care trainees was good. However, there were still gaps in their knowledge and practice which are not in accordance with standard guidelines. BMJ Publishing Group 2017-03-01 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/55872/1/55872_Awareness%2C%20knowledge%20and%20practice%20of%20dyslipidaemia.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/55872/2/55872_Awareness%2C%20knowledge%20and%20practice%20of%20dyslipidaemia_SCOPUS.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/55872/13/55872_Awareness%2C%20knowledge%20and%20practice%20of%20dyslipidaemia_WoS.pdf Said, Abdul Hadi and Chia, Yook Chin (2017) Awareness, knowledge and practice of dyslipidaemia management among postgraduate primary care trainees in Malaysia: a cross-sectional study. BMJ Open, 7 (3). pp. 1-8. ISSN 0959-8146 http://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/7/3/e013573 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-013573
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spellingShingle	R Medicine (General) RC Internal medicine RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology RZ Other systems of medicine Said, Abdul Hadi Chia, Yook Chin Awareness, knowledge and practice of dyslipidaemia management among postgraduate primary care trainees in Malaysia: a cross-sectional study
description	Objectives: Dyslipidaemia is one of the main risk factors for cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of death in Malaysia. This study assessed the awareness, knowledge and practice of lipid management among primary care physicians undergoing postgraduate training in Malaysia. Design: Cross sectional study. Setting: Postgraduate primary care trainees in Malaysia. Participants: 759 postgraduate primary care trainees were approached through email or hard copy, of whom 466 responded. Method: A self-Administered questionnaire was used to assess their awareness, knowledge and practice of dyslipidaemia management. The total cumulative score derived from the knowledge section was categorised into good or poor knowledge based on the median score, where a score of less than the median score was categorised as poor and a score equal to or more than the median score was categorised as good. We further examined the association between knowledge score and sociodemographic data. Associations were considered significant when p<0.05. Results: The response rate achieved was 61.4%. The majority (98.1%) were aware of the national lipid guideline, and 95.6% reported that they used the lipid guideline in their practice. The median knowledge score was 7 out of 10; 70.2% of respondents scored 7 or more which was considered as good knowledge. Despite the majority (95.6%) reporting use of guidelines, there was wide variation in their clinical practice whereby some did not practise based on the guidelines. There was a positive significant association between awareness and the use of the guideline with knowledge score (p<0.001). However there was no significant association between knowledge score and sociodemographic data ( p>0.05). Conclusions: The level of awareness and use of the lipid guideline among postgraduate primary care trainees was good. However, there were still gaps in their knowledge and practice which are not in accordance with standard guidelines.
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author	Said, Abdul Hadi Chia, Yook Chin
author_facet	Said, Abdul Hadi Chia, Yook Chin
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title	Awareness, knowledge and practice of dyslipidaemia management among postgraduate primary care trainees in Malaysia: a cross-sectional study
title_short	Awareness, knowledge and practice of dyslipidaemia management among postgraduate primary care trainees in Malaysia: a cross-sectional study
title_full	Awareness, knowledge and practice of dyslipidaemia management among postgraduate primary care trainees in Malaysia: a cross-sectional study
title_fullStr	Awareness, knowledge and practice of dyslipidaemia management among postgraduate primary care trainees in Malaysia: a cross-sectional study
title_full_unstemmed	Awareness, knowledge and practice of dyslipidaemia management among postgraduate primary care trainees in Malaysia: a cross-sectional study
title_sort	awareness, knowledge and practice of dyslipidaemia management among postgraduate primary care trainees in malaysia: a cross-sectional study
publisher	BMJ Publishing Group
publishDate	2017
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/55872/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/55872/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/55872/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/55872/1/55872_Awareness%2C%20knowledge%20and%20practice%20of%20dyslipidaemia.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/55872/2/55872_Awareness%2C%20knowledge%20and%20practice%20of%20dyslipidaemia_SCOPUS.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/55872/13/55872_Awareness%2C%20knowledge%20and%20practice%20of%20dyslipidaemia_WoS.pdf
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Awareness, knowledge and practice of dyslipidaemia management among postgraduate primary care trainees in Malaysia: a cross-sectional study

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