Nursing Faculty, Ege University, 35030, Izmir, Turkey.
Faculty of Health Sciences, Katip Çelebi University, 35620, Izmir, Turkey.
Prim Health Care Res Dev. 2023 Mar 27;24:e23. doi: 10.1017/S1463423623000117.
The aim of the study was to determine in adults the risk perception for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and the associated factors.
CVDs are the leading cause of death globally. In adults, perceptions related to the risk for CVDs have a considerable effect on decision-making processes related to one's own health.
A cross-sectional study was conducted with 453 adult people from April to June 2019 in İzmir, Turkey. Data were collected with a sociodemographic characteristics questionnaire, perception of risk of heart disease scale (PRHDS), and health perception.
The mean PRHDS score of adults was 48.88 ± 8.12. The risk perception for CVD was influenced by variables that were age, gender, education, marital status, employment status, health perception, familial cardiovascular disease history, chronic disease status, smoking status, and body mass index. Although CVDs are the most prominent cause of disease-related death in the world, risk perception for CVD was found to be low among the individuals included in this study. This finding indicates the importance of informing individuals about CVD risk factors, raising awareness, and training.
本研究旨在确定成年人对心血管疾病（CVD）的风险感知及其相关因素。
CVD 是全球范围内的主要死亡原因。在成年人中，与 CVD 风险相关的认知对与自身健康相关的决策过程有重大影响。
2019 年 4 月至 6 月，在土耳其伊兹密尔进行了一项横断面研究，共纳入 453 名成年人。使用社会人口统计学特征问卷、心脏病风险感知量表（PRHDS）和健康感知量表收集数据。
成年人的 PRHDS 平均得分为 48.88 ± 8.12。CVD 的风险感知受年龄、性别、教育程度、婚姻状况、就业状况、健康感知、家族心血管疾病史、慢性病状况、吸烟状况和体重指数等变量的影响。尽管 CVD 是全球疾病相关死亡的最主要原因，但本研究中纳入的个体对 CVD 风险的感知较低。这一发现表明告知个体 CVD 危险因素、提高认识和培训的重要性。
