Open AccessAssociations between healthy behaviors and coronary heart disease risk factors in women
Author(s) -
Nagia S. Ali,
Cora Shonk,
Mahmoud Elsayed
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of nursing education and practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1925-4059
pISSN - 1925-4040
DOI - 10.5430/jnep.v3n10p1
Subject(s) - hyperlipidemia , family history , medicine , logistic regression , coronary heart disease , diabetes mellitus , disease , heart disease , framingham risk score , health behavior , gerontology , physical therapy , environmental health , endocrinology
Objectives: To describe the heart-healthy behaviors in a convenience sample of 210 women from a Midwestern state in the US and examine the associations between the behaviors and having risk factors to coronary heart disease.
Methods: Logistic regression was used to examine the association between the behaviors of diet, exercise, and medication adherence with the risks of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, diabetes, family history of heart disease, and cigarette smoking.
Results: There were a low consumption of heart-healthy meals, inadequate exercise participation, and inadequate medications adherence. Having personal hyperlipidemia, a family history of heart disease, age and education were significantly associated with the behaviors.
Conclusion: The findings point to the need for evidence-based education aimed at increasing women’s awareness of heart disease risks, improving their behaviors, and emphasizing the link between risk reduction and the behaviors