How does gender influence the recognition of cardiovascular risk and adherence to self-care recommendations?: A study in polish primary care

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 14, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Szymczyk, Ireneusz ^a   Wojtyna, Ewa ^b   Lukas, Witold ^a   Kȩpa, Joanna ^a   Pawlikowska, Teresa ^c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular risk; Coping; Gender; Health behavior; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POLAND; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; RISK REDUCTION; SELF CARE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POLAND; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SELF CARE; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84886745358     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-14-165     Document Type: Article

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