Journal article
Perceptions of patients with cardiovascular disease about the causes of coronary artery disease
Heart & lung, Vol.26(2), pp.92-98
03/01/1997
DOI: 10.1016/S0147-9563(97)90068-6
PMID: 9090513
Abstract
This study was an examination of perceptions about the causes of coronary artery disease and the timeline of the disease among 105 patients hospitalized because of myocardial infarction or for coronary angiography and receiving the diagnosis of coronary artery disease. Although 79% of subjects named at least one of three modifiable risk factors (smoking, hypertension, elevated cholesterol), only 7% identified all three. Subjects known to have risk factors varied in their recognition of those risks as a cause of their coronary artery disease. Sixty-four percent of smokers recognized smoking as a personal cause of their coronary artery disease, whereas only 15% of subjects with hypertension recognized hypertension as a cause. The majority of subjects (55%) believed that coronary artery disease was a chronic disease. The other subjects were unsure (13%) or believed the situation would be short term (28%). Despite general knowledge about coronary artery disease, individuals with known risk factors continue to be largely ignorant of their personal risks and to some extent of the course of the disease.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Perceptions of patients with cardiovascular disease about the causes of coronary artery disease
- Creators
- Julie Johnson Zerwic - University of Illinois at ChicagoKathleen B. King - University of Illinois at ChicagoGrace Saidel Wlasowicz - University of Illinois at Chicago
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Heart & lung, Vol.26(2), pp.92-98
- Publisher
- Mosby, Inc
- DOI
- 10.1016/S0147-9563(97)90068-6
- PMID
- 9090513
- ISSN
- 0147-9563
- eISSN
- 1527-3288
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 03/01/1997
- Academic Unit
- Nursing
- Record Identifier
- 9984370758202771
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