# Social survey on knowledge, attitude and practice of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

## TL;DR

This study surveyed patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy to understand their knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors during rehabilitation and identified factors influencing these aspects.

## Contribution

The study identifies key demographic factors influencing rehabilitation knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors in HCM patients.

## Key findings

- Patients scored an average of 7.91 out of 10 on knowledge, 34.73 on beliefs, and 39.44 on behaviors.
- Education level, work status, and income significantly influenced patients' knowledge and behaviors (P < 0.05).
- The study suggests targeted interventions are needed to improve rehabilitation outcomes for HCM patients.

## Abstract

This study aimed to evaluate the knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy during the rehabilitation process and to explore the variables that influence these factors.

This study used a convenient sampling method to select 193 patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy who were treated in our hospital from June 2022 to 2024 as the research subjects. A special hypertrophic cardiomyopathy rehabilitation knowledge, attitude and behavior questionnaire was used to investigate the patients' rehabilitation cognition, emotional tendency and practical behavior. Then, univariate analysis and multivariate linear regression models were used to explore the key factors affecting knowledge acquisition, attitude formation and behavioral performance in the rehabilitation process of patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

The knowledge score of patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy was (7.91 ± 3.14) points, the belief score was (34.73 ± 3.16) points, the behavior score was (39.44 ± 3.95) points, and the total score was (82.08 ± 7.84) points. The study found that education level, work status and monthly per capita income were important factors affecting the knowledge, beliefs and behavior patterns of HCM patients (P < 0.05).

There is room for improvement in the rehabilitation knowledge, beliefs and behaviors of patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. In clinical practice, targeted intervention strategies should be designed and implemented based on the current rehabilitation cognition, attitude, behavior status and related influencing factors of such patients to optimize their rehabilitation cognition, attitude and behavior, thereby improving their quality of life.