Evaluation of the level of knowledge, attitude and performance of industrial workers towards the risk factors of cardiovascular diseases

Cardiovascular diseases are one of the main causes of death in societies, and improving people's awareness and attitude towards their risk factors is one of the effective measures in the field of prevention. The purpose of this study is to investigate the knowledge, attitude and performance about the risk factors of these diseases among industrial workers.

Workers with at least one year of employment were included in this cross-sectional study. The data collection tool was a questionnaire containing demographic characteristics and questions in three areas of knowledge, attitude and performance based on Likert scoring. Data analysis was done using SPSS 26 software.

609 people, all of whom were men, were included in the study. The diseases of high blood pressure, diabetes and increased triglycerides were found in 102 (16.7%), 26 (4.3%) and 120 (19.7%) people respectively. The questionnaire scores of the participants were divided into three categories: good, average, and poor, and the scores of knowledge in (71.0%) 401, attitude in (48.3%) 278, and performance in (36.4%) 216 people at a good level, and in most people the performance dimension scores ( 54.4%) and attitude (51.4%) were evaluated at an average level. Also, people with higher education have significantly obtained better scores in the field of knowledge and attitude.

The knowledge and attitude of the studied people are evaluated at an acceptable level. However, it is important to use different methods of education and awareness in order to identify the risk factors of cardiovascular diseases.