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标题：Factors determining health behaviours of the 50+ population with cardiovascular diseases
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作者：Izabela Gąska ; Katarzyna Maria Sygit ; Elżbieta Cipora 等
期刊名称：Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine
印刷版ISSN：1232-1966
电子版ISSN：1898-2263
出版年度：2020
卷号：27
期号：1
页码：99-105
DOI：10.26444/aaem/118194
出版社：Institute of Agricultural Medicine in Lublin
摘要：Introduction. The biggest threat to life are cardiovascular diseases which are a serious problem in Poland, Europe, andworldwide. Therefore, it has become important to have proper health behaviours which significantly eliminate the occurrenceand development of cardiovascular diseases.Objective. The main aim of this study is to present factors that determine health behaviours of the 50+ population withcardiovascular diseases.Materials and metod. The study was carried out among 411 individuals aged over 50 with cardiovascular diseases. Themethod used was a diagnostic survey. The study involved an authors’ survey questionnaire and the Inventory of Health-Related Behaviours (IHB). A detailed statistical analysis was carried out in the R programme, version 3.5.1.Results. The most common disease in the study group was coronary heart disease – 63.75%. The majority of respondentsshowed (via Inventory of Health-Related Behaviour [IHB]) that the level of their health behaviours was moderate – 41.12%;the highest level of health behaviours in the study group were related to health practices, while a slightly lower level wasobserved in the area of positive mental attitude. Statistical significance was also found between the level of intensityof health behaviours and age, gender, BMI, place of residence, education, professional activity and marital status of therespondents.Conclusions. Anti-health behaviours were predominant among the respondents; significant demographic and social factorsdetermining health behaviour were determined, such as age and gender; a high level of health behaviours was found inthe group of women with higher education and correct body mass, living in cities and married.
关键词：health; cardiovascular diseases; health behaviours; people aged 50+