Table 3 Knowledge of the causes, risk factors, symptoms, consequences, prevention, and control measures of hypertension and diabetes:
From: Assessment the awareness toward hypertension and diabetes mellitus: Syrian cross sectional study
Item | Hypertension n (%) | Item | Diabetes n (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
Causes | Causes | ||
Stress | 898 (90.1) | Insulin resistance | 774 (78.4) |
Old age | 772 (78.2) | Drug abuse | 213 (32.6) |
Drug abuse | 381 (38.6) | Old age | 526 (53.3) |
Anxiety | 681 (69) | Stress | 490 (49.6) |
Unknown | 47 (4.8) | Hereditary | 915 (92.7) |
| Â | Excess Sugar Intake | 66.8 (67.7) | |
Risk factors | Risk factors | ||
Heredity | 810 (82.1) | Heredity | 882 (89.4) |
Smoking | 696 (70.5) | Smoking | 325 (33) |
Obesity | 769 (78) | Obesity | 759 (76.9) |
High fat intake | 717 (72.6) | High fat intake | 511 (51.8) |
Excess alcohol intake | 518 (52.5) | Excess alcohol intake | 340 (34.4) |
High salt intake | 859 (87) | High salt intake | 99 (10) |
Don’t Know | 35 (3.5) | Don’t Know | 51 (5.2) |
Symptoms | Symptoms | ||
Headache | 852 (86.3) | Frequent urination | 930 (94.2) |
Dizziness | 620 (62.8) | Non-healing wounds | 794 (80.4) |
Palpitations | 695 (70.4) | No signs | 28 (2.8) |
Poor vision | 526 (53.3) | Â | |
Don’t know | 48 (4.9) | ||
No signs | 40 (4.1) | ||
Complications | Complications | ||
Stroke | 737 (74.7) | Stroke | 383 (38.8) |
Death | 625 (63.3) | Heart failure | 343 (34.7) |
Heart failure | 643 (65.1) | Chronic kidney disease | 638 (64.6) |
Loss of sight | 456 (46.2) | Loss of sight | 730 (74) |
Chronic kidney disease | 477 (48.3) | Foot ulcer | 748 (75.8) |
Don’t know | 112 (11.3) | Death | 471 (47.7) |
|  | Don’t know | 83 (8.4) | |
Prevention / control | Prevention / control | ||
Minimizing salt intake | 912 (92.4) | Minimizing salt intake | 84 (8.5) |
Reducing intake of fatty foods | 743 (75.3) | Reducing intake of fatty foods | 534 (54.1) |
Avoiding excessive intake of alcohol | 606 (61.4) | Avoiding excessive intake of alcohol | 380 (38.5) |
Avoiding smoking | 734 (74.4) | Avoiding smoking | 327 (33.1) |
Regular exercise | 861 (87.2) | Regular exercise | 780 (79) |
Taking Antihypertensive (drugs) | 780 (79) | Taking Antihypertensive (drugs) | 842 (85.3) |
Avoiding anxiety | 839 (85) | Avoiding Excess sugar | 857 (86.8) |
Prayer | 448 (45.4) | Don’t know | 30 (3) |
Don’t know | 18 (1.8) |  | |