Title

Cardiologists' knowledge and implementation of lifestyle counselling for cardiovascular disease prevention: A national survey

Authors

Keerthika Muniasamy¹, Neya Kavya Chander², Nikitha Gudapati³, Sanjit Pradeep⁴, Elangovan Raman⁵, R Saranya^6,*, Niveditha Suresh Babu⁷ & K Srinidhi⁷

Affiliation

¹Department of Surgery, Madras Medical College, Chennai, India; ²Institute of Internal Medicine, Madras Medical College & Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital, Chennai, India; ³Department of Internal Medicine, Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India; ⁴Department of Internal Medicine, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai, India; ⁵Institute of Internal Medicine, Madras Medical College & Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital, Chennai, India; ⁶Department of Community Medicine, Madha Medical College and Research Institute, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India; ⁷Institute of Internal Medicine, Madras Medical College, Chennai, India; *Corresponding author

Email

Keerthika Muniasamy - E - mail: keerthimmc23@gmail.com; Phone: +91 9886601301

Neya Kavya Chander - E - mail: nychander01@gmail.com; Phone: +91 9384025898

Nikitha Gudapati - E - mail: gssnikki@gmail.com; Phone: +91 8790445346

Sanjit Pradeep - E - mail: sanjit.pradeep@gmail.com; Phone +91 9444038064

Elangovan Raman - E - mail: elangovan.r14@gmail.com; Phone: +91 9080155257

 Saranya R - E - mail - bsaranyar@gmail.com; Phone: +91 9600048825

Niveditha Suresh Babu - E - mail: niveofficial2004@gmail.com; Phone: +91 8610913317

Srinidhi K - E - mail: karthigairajsanthanam@gmail.com; Phone: +91 6374876310

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received December 1, 2024; Revised December 31, 2024; Accepted December 31, 2024, Published December 31, 2024

Cardiovascular disease remains a leading global cause of morbidity and mortality, with lifestyle modification playing a critical role in prevention. This nationwide cross-sectional survey of 100 cardiologists assessed attitudes, practices, and knowledge regarding lifestyle counseling for CVD prevention. While most cardiologists recognized the importance of lifestyle counseling, gaps were evident in its consistent implementation, particularly in areas like dietary guidance and physical activity promotion. Key barriers included time and resource constraints and concerns about patient compliance. These findings highlight the need for targeted interventions and training to enhance the integration of lifestyle counseling into clinical practice, fostering a more comprehensive approach to CVD prevention.

Keywords

Cardiovascular disease prevention, lifestyle counselling, cardiologists, knowledge, implementation practices, national survey

Citation

Muniasamy et al. Bioinformation 20(12): 1948-1953 (2024)

Edited by

A Prashanth

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.