Korean immigrants' knowledge of heart attack symptoms and risk factors

Seon Y Hwang; Catherine J Ryan; Julie Johnson Zerwic

doi:10.1007/s10903-007-9053-y

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Korean immigrants' knowledge of heart attack symptoms and risk factors

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Korean immigrants' knowledge of heart attack symptoms and risk factors

Seon Y Hwang, Catherine J Ryan and Julie Johnson Zerwic

Journal of immigrant and minority health, Vol.10(1), pp.67-72

02/01/2008

DOI: 10.1007/s10903-007-9053-y

PMID: 17503183

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Abstract

This study assessed the knowledge of heart attack symptoms and risk factors in a convenience sample of Korean immigrants. A total of 116 Korean immigrants in a Midwestern metropolitan area were recruited through Korean churches and markets. Knowledge was assessed using both open-ended questions and a structured questionnaire. Latent class cluster analysis and Chi-square tests were used to analyze the data. About 76% of the sample had at least one self-reported risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Using an open-ended question, the majority of subjects could only identify one symptom. In the structured questionnaire, subjects identified a mean of 5 out of 10 heart attack symptoms and a mean of 5 out of 9 heart attack risk factors. Latent class cluster analysis showed that subjects clustered into two groups for both risk factors and symptoms: a high knowledge group and a low knowledge group. Subjects who clustered into the risk factor low knowledge group (48%) were more likely than the risk factor high knowledge group to be older than 65 years, to have lower education, to not know to use 911 when a heart attack occurred, and to not have a family history of heart attack. Korean immigrants' knowledge of heart attack symptoms and risk factors was variable, ranging from high to very low. Education should be focused on those at highest risk for a heart attack, which includes the elderly and those with risk factors.

Adult

Aged

Aged, 80 and over

Emigrants and Immigrants - statistics & numerical data

Female

Health Behavior - ethnology

Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice

Humans

Korea

Male

Middle Aged

Midwestern United States - epidemiology

Myocardial Infarction - ethnology

Myocardial Infarction - prevention & control

Patient Education as Topic

Risk Factors

Social Class

Socioeconomic Factors

Surveys and Questionnaires

Details

Title: Subtitle: Korean immigrants' knowledge of heart attack symptoms and risk factors
Creators: Seon Y Hwang - University of Illinois System
Catherine J Ryan - University of Illinois at Chicago
Julie Johnson Zerwic - University of Illinois at Chicago
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Journal of immigrant and minority health, Vol.10(1), pp.67-72
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-007-9053-y
PMID: 17503183
ISSN: 1557-1912
eISSN: 1557-1920
Grant note: P30 NR009014 / NINR NIH HHS
Language: English
Date published: 02/01/2008
Academic Unit: Nursing
Record Identifier: 9984370635902771

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