Self-perceived health versus actual cardiovascular disease risks
- Authors
- Ko, Young; Boo, Sunjoo
- Issue Date
- Jan-2016
- Publisher
- WILEY
- Keywords
- cardiovascular disease; health status; risk assessment; self report
- Citation
- JAPAN JOURNAL OF NURSING SCIENCE, v.13, no.1, pp.65 - 74
- Journal Title
- JAPAN JOURNAL OF NURSING SCIENCE
- Volume
- 13
- Number
- 1
- Start Page
- 65
- End Page
- 74
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/gachon/handle/2020.sw.gachon/8719
- DOI
- 10.1111/jjns.12087
- ISSN
- 1742-7932
- Abstract
- AimSelf-perceived poor health is related to cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk perception, cardiovascular event, hospital readmission, and death from CVD. This study evaluated the associations between self-perceived health and actual CVD risk in South Koreans as well as the influence of sociodemographic and cardiovascular risk factors on self-perceived poor health. MethodsThis is a secondary data analysis of the 2010 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. The sample was 4535 South Koreans aged 30-74 years without CVD. Self-perceived health status was compared with actual cardiovascular risk separately by sex using (2)-tests. Logistic regressions were used to identify potential sociodemographic and cardiovascular risk factors of self-perceived poor health. ResultsSelf-perceived poor health was related to higher CVD risk but there were substantial gaps between them. Among cardiovascular risk factors, dyslipidemia, obesity, smoking, and a family history of CVD did not affect self-perceived health. ConclusionGaps between perceived health and actual CVD risk should be closed to optimize cardiovascular health of South Koreans. Koreans need to increase risk perception to a level commensurate with their actual risk. Healthcare providers should try to provide individuals at increased CVD risk with better information more frequently, especially those who have favorable perceptions of their health but smoke or have elevated cholesterol levels and bodyweight.
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