Development of a questionnaire on awareness and action towards symptoms and risk factors of heart attack and stroke among a Malaysian population

• Main Authors: Ahmed, Abdullah Abdulmajid Abdo, Al-Shami, Abdulkareem Mohammed, Jamshed, Shazia Qasim, Nahas, Abdul Rahman Fata
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: BioMed Central 2019
• Subjects: RA644.3 Public Health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine - Chronic and Noninfectious Diseases and Public Health
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/75830/1/Development%20of%20questionnaire%20on%20awareness%20and%20action%20towards%20symptoms%20and%20risk%20factors%20of%20heart%20attack%20and%20stroke%20among%20a%20Malaysian%20population_2019.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/75830/7/75830_Development%20of%20a%20questionnaire%20on%20awareness%20and%20action%20towards%20symptoms%20and%20risk%20factors%20of%20heart%20attack%20and%20stroke%20among%20a%20Malaysian%20population_Scopus.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/75830/; https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

Background The awareness of symptoms and action towards heart attack and stroke is important to reduce the morbidity and mortality in both developed and developing countries. The aim of this study was to develop a questionnaire on awareness and action towards symptoms and risk factors of heart atta...