Patients' perceptions of cholesterol, cardiovascular disease risk, and risk communication strategies

Annals of Family Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 205-212

  Goldman, Roberta E ^a,b   Parker, Donna R ^a,b   Eaton, Charles B ^a,b   Borkan, Jeffrey M ^a,b   Gramling, Robert ^a,b   Cover, Rebecca T ^b,c   Ahern, David K ^d  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Abacus Management Technologies LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Communication; Health promotion; Hypercholesterolemia; Informatics; Medical decision making; Methodological study; Patient education; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; OBESITY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERCEPTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33744768645     PISSN: 15441709     EISSN: 15441717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1370/afm.534     Document Type: Article

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