Attitude of men aged 45-59 years to health and disease prevention (preventive study in Kaunas).

2,630 men aged 45-59 years--participants in the international Kaunas-Rotterdam Study programme, were interviewed at home by using a questionnaire ascertaining their attitude towards health and preventive measures. The survey showed the existence of a certain discrepancy between the attitude towards health as a human value, and care for the preservation of health. It was also found that a positive attitude towards health and medicine has a favourable influence on the realization of preventive measures within the framework of the fight against ischaemic heart disease.