Table 2.
Knowledge of physicians participated in the survey of risk reduction in patients with peripheral arterial disease expressed in percentage
| Family physicians (N = 20) |
General internists (N = 17) |
Cardiologists (N = 8) |
Vascular surgeons (N = 6) |
All (N = 51) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perception for the main cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with PAD: | |||||
| Limb loss | 30.0 | 11.8 | 37.5 | 0 | 21.6 |
| Perioperative complications | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.9 |
| Cardiovascular events | 60.0 | 88.2 | 62.5 | 100 | 74.5 |
| Knowledge of the current recommended target of: | |||||
| LDL-Cholesterol (<2.5 mmol/l) | 35.0 | 35.3 | 62.5 | 16.7 | 37.3 |
| Blood Pressure (<130/80 mmHg) | 30.0 | 35.3 | 75.0 | 0 | 35.3 |
| Blood Glucose (Hb1Ac < 7%) | 100 | 100 | 100 | 66.7 | 94.1 |
| Knowledge of the relationship between BP and ACE inhibitors in PAD patients: | |||||
| Not indicated in normal BP | 15.0 | 17.6 | 0 | 0 | 11.7 |
| Initiate irrespective to BP status | 20.0 | 11.8 | 50.0 | 16.7 | 21.6 |
| Unclear about recommendations | 65.0 | 70.6 | 50.0 | 83.3 | 66.7 |
| Self-assessment of PAD risk reduction knowledge: | |||||
| Average | 50.0 | 35.3 | 75.0 | 33.3 | 47.0 |
| Above-average | 30.0 | 35.3 | 25.0 | 66.7 | 35.3 |
| Below-average | 15.0 | 29.4 | 0 | 0 | 15.6 |