The assessment of the individual questionnaire and cardiovascular disease risk factors knowledge level with cardiac markers in healthy population

Aim: In current study, we first determined the knowledge score and Framingham score of healthy personal and investigated their relationship between pulse wave velocity. Material and Method: The study was conducted at via 192 participants who were selected from study sample among healty person working for Cukurova University. All participants' knowledge was determined with Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors Knowledge Level (CARRF-KL) scale and 10-year risk of developing cardiovascular disease determined with Framingham risk score. Pulse wave velocities were determined non-invasively by using an arteriography device. Results: The mean age of all participants was 45,3 ± 8,0 year, total of 53,6% were woman, total of 62% had doctora graduate,total of 13,5 % had body mass index >30 kg/m2, the mean CARRF_KL score was 20,4 ± 4,0, the mean Framingham score was found 6,9±5,6 and the mean value of pulse wave velocity was 7,9±1,5m/sn. The mean pulse wave velocity value was associated with both the mean CARRF_KL score and the mean Framingham score (p=0.009 and p<0.001; respectively). Participants who had highest Framingham score, had also highest pulse wave velocity and CARRF_KL score (p=0.002 and p=0.024; respectively). Conclusions: According to our results; there are positive correlations between CARRF_KL score, Framingham score and pulse wave velocity. These results have shown that awareness for primary prevention against chronic diseases is not adequately transferred to clinical practice. Further efforts are needed to increase a person's knowledge for chronic disease and applying it into clinical practice in terms of an effective primary care among healthy individuals without known cardiovascular disease or risk factors. Keywords:CARRF-KL score, Framingham score, Pulse wave velocity