Assessing Cardiovascular Diseases Knowledge among Jordanian Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study

The development and accumulation of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors are greatly influenced by an individual's health-seeking behavior, which in turn depends on that individual's knowledge and behaviors. The study aimed to evaluate the CVD knowledge among a group of Jordanian adults. A cross-sectional study was conducted in Jordan between June and August 2023 among 2885 adults (18-64 years). Data, including sociodemographic data, were collected via an online self-reported questionnaire and a heart disease knowledge assessment. Heart knowledge scores were calculated. The mean score for the correct answers to the heart disease knowledge questionnaire was 47.9% (46.9% for males and 48.6% for females). Regarding the knowledge score, 37.2% of participants had poor knowledge, 30.9% had moderate knowledge, and 31.9% had good knowledge. Poor knowledge score was significantly affected by being younger (18-24 years) (38.4%), male sex (42%), smoker (35.5%), low economic status (75.6%), lower educational level (58%), single marital status, CVD-free participants (68.3%), and participants with no first-degree CVD family history (63.6%) (