Opinions regarding the effectiveness of non-pharmacological measures in prevention of cardiovascular disease in the Czech Republic

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Alternative codes found

RIV/60076658:12110/16:43891864

Result on the web

<a href="http://www.nel.edu/userfiles/articlesnew/NEL371016A05.pdf" target="_blank" >http://www.nel.edu/userfiles/articlesnew/NEL371016A05.pdf</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Opinions regarding the effectiveness of non-pharmacological measures in prevention of cardiovascular disease in the Czech Republic

Original language description

OBJECTIVES: Cardiovascular diseases are the most common cause of deaths. Cardiovascular mortality is influenced by several factors that can be changed by our behaviour. The goal of this study was to survey the opinions of physicians and nurses on the topic of preventative cardiovascular risk factors. METHODS: The inquiry was carried out using a standardized structured interviewer-respondent interview (face-to-face). The final form of the interview was based on the results of a pre-investigation. The study was anonymous, participation was voluntary, and the actual interview did not contain any controversial ethical questions. To meet these goals, a non-standardized questionnaire for nurses and physicians was developed. The questions evaluated the interest, coping difficulties, and efficiency of multimodal interventions in practice. The study sample included 1000 physicians and 1000 nurses. The results were statistically evaluated. RESULTS: The survey of physician and nurse opinions showed that patients were primarily interested in interventions in the area of nutrition, weight loss, and coping with pharmacotherapy; however, the overall lack of interest in smoking cessation was a surprising result. Physicians and nurses viewed smoking cessation as the most difficult risk factors to influence, followed by nutrition changes, and weight loss. It was noteworthy that more than half of the interviewed physicians and nurses were of the opinion that behavioral interventions were only sometimes or rarely effective. CONCLUSION: The results of our study show that nurses and physicians largely agree on behavioral risk factors and how to influence them. Nurses and physicians in Czech health care generally agree that patients are interested in influencing the above risk factors, being least interested in exercise and smoking cessation. Nurses and physicians also consider smoking reduction and weight loss as particularly difficult risk factors to manage. Results from this study will contributed to the overall goal of preparing and implementing short-term and long-term interventions in preventive cardiology.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30201 - Cardiac and Cardiovascular systems

Project

<a href="/en/project/NV15-31000A" target="_blank" >NV15-31000A: Interventional procedures in preventive cardiology</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2016

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Neuroendocrinology letters

ISSN

0172-780X

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

37

Issue of the periodical within the volume

Supplement 2

Country of publishing house

SE - SWEDEN

Number of pages

7

Pages from-to

32-38

UT code for WoS article

000406112900005

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85018693157