Implementation of the patient education about cardiovascular risk factors into a daily routine of the Cardiology Unit of the hospital

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 570-574

  Naudziunas, Albinas ^a   Jankauskiene, Laima ^a   Kalinauskiene, Egle ^a   Pilvinis, Vidas ^a  

^a KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Awareness of cardiovascular risk factors; Cardiovascular risk; Knowledge of preventive measures; Patient education

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY CARE UNIT; DIET; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CORONARY CARE UNITS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LITHUANIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; RISK FACTORS; SELF CARE;

EID: 19544383799     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2005.01.012     Document Type: Article

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