A survey on the awareness, current management, and barriers for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease among the general Korean population
Abstract Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is often diagnosed incidentally during medical evaluation for diseases other than liver disease or during health checkups. This study aimed to investigate the awareness, current status, and barriers to the management of NAFLD in the general populati...
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| description | Abstract Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is often diagnosed incidentally during medical evaluation for diseases other than liver disease or during health checkups. This study aimed to investigate the awareness, current status, and barriers to the management of NAFLD in the general population. This cross-sectional study used an online survey, which consisted of 3-domain and 18-item questionnaires. The content validity index for each item of the questionnaire was rated above 0.80. Most respondents (72.8%) reported having heard of the term ‘NAFLD’, and a large proportion of the general population (85.7%) recognized the possibility of developing fatty liver without consuming alcohol. Awareness of the terminology of NAFLD and that NAFLD is a disease that needs to be managed is relatively high. However, the knowledge that NAFLD can progress to end-stage liver disease and new cardiovascular diseases is lacking. Only 25.7% of the general population is aware that NAFLD increases the incidence of heart and cerebrovascular diseases. Only 44.7% of those who were incidentally diagnosed during a health check-up were provided with any specific guidance on NAFLD, and more than half (55.3%) were not provided with education or guidance on NAFLD or did not remember it. Only 40.2% of people diagnosed with NAFLD incidentally visited a clinic. The reason for not visiting a clinic for the evaluation of NAFLD varied greatly depending on sex and age group. Only 40.2% of patients visited the clinic after being diagnosed with NAFLD. The reasons for not visiting the clinic after NAFLD diagnosis differed significantly according to sex and age. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-91502cddb64c4061961e214368375d1d2023-11-20T09:20:08ZengNature PortfolioScientific Reports2045-23222023-09-011311810.1038/s41598-023-42176-0A survey on the awareness, current management, and barriers for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease among the general Korean populationJun-Hyuk Lee0Jang Han Jung1Huiyul Park2Joo Hyun Oh3Sang Bong Ahn4Eileen Laurel Yoon5Dae Won Jun6Department of Family Medicine, Nowon Eulji Medical Center, Eulji University, College of MedicineDepartment of Internal Medicine, Hallym University Dongtan Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University, College of MedicineDepartment of Family Medicine, Myongji Hospital, Hanyang University College of MedicineDepartment of Internal Medicine, Nowon Eulji Medical Center, Eulji University, College of MedicineDepartment of Internal Medicine, Nowon Eulji Medical Center, Eulji University, College of MedicineDepartment of Internal Medicine, Hanyang University, College of MedicineDepartment of Internal Medicine, Hanyang University, College of MedicineAbstract Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is often diagnosed incidentally during medical evaluation for diseases other than liver disease or during health checkups. This study aimed to investigate the awareness, current status, and barriers to the management of NAFLD in the general population. This cross-sectional study used an online survey, which consisted of 3-domain and 18-item questionnaires. The content validity index for each item of the questionnaire was rated above 0.80. Most respondents (72.8%) reported having heard of the term ‘NAFLD’, and a large proportion of the general population (85.7%) recognized the possibility of developing fatty liver without consuming alcohol. Awareness of the terminology of NAFLD and that NAFLD is a disease that needs to be managed is relatively high. However, the knowledge that NAFLD can progress to end-stage liver disease and new cardiovascular diseases is lacking. Only 25.7% of the general population is aware that NAFLD increases the incidence of heart and cerebrovascular diseases. Only 44.7% of those who were incidentally diagnosed during a health check-up were provided with any specific guidance on NAFLD, and more than half (55.3%) were not provided with education or guidance on NAFLD or did not remember it. Only 40.2% of people diagnosed with NAFLD incidentally visited a clinic. The reason for not visiting a clinic for the evaluation of NAFLD varied greatly depending on sex and age group. Only 40.2% of patients visited the clinic after being diagnosed with NAFLD. The reasons for not visiting the clinic after NAFLD diagnosis differed significantly according to sex and age.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-42176-0 |
| spellingShingle | Jun-Hyuk Lee Jang Han Jung Huiyul Park Joo Hyun Oh Sang Bong Ahn Eileen Laurel Yoon Dae Won Jun A survey on the awareness, current management, and barriers for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease among the general Korean population Scientific Reports |
| title | A survey on the awareness, current management, and barriers for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease among the general Korean population |
| title_full | A survey on the awareness, current management, and barriers for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease among the general Korean population |
| title_fullStr | A survey on the awareness, current management, and barriers for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease among the general Korean population |
| title_full_unstemmed | A survey on the awareness, current management, and barriers for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease among the general Korean population |
| title_short | A survey on the awareness, current management, and barriers for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease among the general Korean population |
| title_sort | survey on the awareness current management and barriers for non alcoholic fatty liver disease among the general korean population |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-42176-0 |
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