| dc.description.abstract | Ischemic heart disease (IHD) has become a major
cause of deaths in the world. Unhealthy dietary
pattern is an indirect risk factor which causes
obesity, hyperlipidemia and high blood pressure.
Assessment of knowledge, attitudes and practices
related to dietary management is important to
prevent unnecessary deaths due to IHD. Therefore
a cross sectional study was conducted to evaluate
the knowledge, attitude and practices in dietary
management among IHD patients using 150
patients who attended medical and cardiology
clinics in Teaching Hospital Karapitiya by using
an interviewer administered questionnaire.
Considering their knowledge about the disease
condition, nearly 40% of them had good
knowledge about IHD. Similarly, 45.3% had good
knowledge about dietary management. Fifty one
percent of the sample was willing to have dietary
management but only 27% in salt and 50% in fat
like to reduce them. Knowledge and attitude about
dietary management have significant relationship
between level of education (know. - r = 0.48, p
< 0.001, Atti. – r = 0.44, p < 0.001) and monthly
income (know. – r = 0.35, p < 0.001, Atti. – r = 0.27,
p < 0.001). Nearly 70% did not like to reduce
salt intake while 50% did not like to reduce
fat. Nearly 75% agreed to increase vegetable and
fruits intake. There was a significant relationship
between fruits and vegetables usage and level of
education ( r = 0.64, p < 0.001) , monthly income
(r = 0.31, p < 0.001) and nationality ( r = - 0.25,
p = 0.002). Even after diagnosis of the disease a
62% in salt, 43% in fat and 87% in fruits and
vegetable did not change the dietary pattern. | en_US |
