Education in the area of heart and vessel diseases for 40+ citizens

Publication date: Available online 6 January 2018Source: Cor et VasaAuthor(s): Věra Olišarová, Valérie Tóthová, Lenka Šedová, Sylva Bártlová, Ivana Chloubová, Helena Michálková, Radka Prokešová, Marie TrešlováAbstractIntroduction and goalThe heart and vessel diseases rank among main causes of death worldwide. In the Czech Republic, they account for a high proportion of hospitalizations. Although such diseases can be very well influenced through elimination of influenceable risk factors, their prevalence in the Czech population is still high. That leads to rising need to increase the efficiency of health education activities. Therefore the article aims at revealing the current status of education in the area of prevention of cardiovascular diseases, as seen by the citizens themselves, thus providing a feedback that can help to improve the situation in this area.MethodsThe current status of education in the area of cardiovascular diseases, as seen by the citizens, was investigated through a combination of a non-standardized questionnaire with the SF-36 standardized questionnaire. The investigation took place all over the Czech Republic during April 1–20, 2016. The statistical data analysis was made under use of the SASD program, version 1.4.12. The selection set of citizens consisted of 1992 respondents; from the perspective of age segmentation of the basic set, the data are representative for individual groups of Czech citizens aged 40 years and more.Results...
Source: Cor et Vasa - Category: Cardiology Source Type: research