Polednak A P
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510.
Public Health Rep. 1992 May-Jun;107(3):345-51.
Questions on awareness, use, and results of blood cholesterol tests were included in telephone surveys on cancer conducted in 1988 on random samples of persons 40-74 years of age in Long Island, NY (N = 440), and in Connecticut (N = 453). Educational level was significantly and positively associated with the proportions reporting ever having heard of blood cholesterol tests, ever having had a test done ("by a doctor"), and having a recent test, 1987-88, but not with the proportion reportedly having been told by a doctor that their cholesterol level was "high." In multivariate analyses, greater education (college graduate versus all others) and greater frequency of medical checkups (annual versus other) were significant independent predictors of ever having had a cholesterol test or having been tested in 1987 or 1988. Implications of findings were discussed with regard to monitoring changes over time in awareness and use of cholesterol tests according to educational level and to planning interventions aimed at less educated groups.
关于血液胆固醇检测的认知、使用情况及结果的问题，被纳入了1988年在纽约长岛对40至74岁人群随机样本进行的癌症电话调查中（样本量N = 440），以及在康涅狄格州进行的类似调查中（样本量N = 453）。教育水平与报告曾听说过血液胆固醇检测、曾“由医生”进行过检测以及在1987 - 1988年进行过近期检测的比例显著正相关，但与据报告曾被医生告知其胆固醇水平“高”的比例无关。在多变量分析中，更高的教育程度（大学毕业生与其他所有人相比）和更频繁的体检（每年体检与其他情况相比）是曾进行过胆固醇检测或在1987年或1988年接受过检测的显著独立预测因素。根据教育水平探讨了研究结果对于监测胆固醇检测认知和使用随时间变化的意义，以及针对教育程度较低群体规划干预措施的意义。
