Fatimah Nasser Alshehri*, Ghada Alarfaj and Moustafa Kofi

Family and Community Medicine Department, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

*Corresponding Author: Fatimah Nasser Alshehri, Family and Community Medicine Department, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Received: September 02, 2024; Published: September 11, 2024

Abstract

Background: Consumption of flavonoids rich diet has been linked to the reduction of blood pressure. Physicians awareness of such effect can be important in hypertension control.

Objectives: The study aims to assess primary care physicians’ knowledge about flavonoids effect in reducing blood pressure. Also, it aims to investigate the patterns of advising hypertensive patients in regards to flavonoids rich diet.

Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study at Prince Sultan Military Medical City in Riyadh, KSA. A self-administrated questionnaire was distributed to 180 primary care physicians. A final 156 collected which gives a response rate of 86.7%. Descriptive statistics and regression analysis were used in the data analysis. The data analysis was conducted using IBM SPSS version 23 package.

Results: The results show a poor level of knowledge among primary care physicians about flavonoids effect in reducing hypertension. The average score for the questions is 28.3%. The pattern of practice shows that most physicians are advising their patients to consume vegetables and fruits. However, flavonoids rich diet is not monitored by the physicians on hypertensive patients.

Conclusion: There is poor level of knowledge about flavonoids and its effect on hypertension among primary care physicians and this need lectures to raise their awareness level. Therefore, better physicians’ awareness and more advising about flavonoids rich diet can lead to better management of the hypertension.

 Keywords: Flavonoids; Hypertension; Awareness

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Citation

Citation: Fatimah Nasser Alshehri., et al. “Awareness of Physicians Regarding Flavonoids Rich Diets and Hypertension in PHCs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia”.Acta Scientific Medical Sciences 8.10 (2024): 22-33.

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