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Self‐perceived health versus actual cardiovascular disease risks
Author(s) -
Ko Young,
Boo Sunjoo
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
japan journal of nursing science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.363
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1742-7924
pISSN - 1742-7932
DOI - 10.1111/jjns.12087
Subject(s) - medicine , disease , dyslipidemia , obesity , environmental health , risk perception , logistic regression , affect (linguistics) , high cholesterol , gerontology , perception , diabetes mellitus , psychology , communication , neuroscience , endocrinology
Aim Self‐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 S outh K oreans as well as the influence of sociodemographic and cardiovascular risk factors on self‐perceived poor health. Methods This is a secondary data analysis of the 2010 K orea N ational H ealth and N utrition E xamination S urvey. The sample was 4535 S outh K oreans aged 30–74 years without CVD . Self‐perceived health status was compared with actual cardiovascular risk separately by sex using χ 2 ‐tests. Logistic regressions were used to identify potential sociodemographic and cardiovascular risk factors of self‐perceived poor health. Results Self‐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. Conclusion Gaps between perceived health and actual CVD risk should be closed to optimize cardiovascular health of S outh K oreans. 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.