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Heart failure awareness in the Korean general population: Results from the nationwide survey

BACKGROUND: For a better heart failure outcome, it is fundamental to improve the awareness of heart failure at the general population level. We conducted this study to identify the current status of awareness of heart failure in the Korean general population. METHODS: This cross-sectional nationwide...

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Autores principales: Jung, Mi-Hyang, Kim, Hack-Lyoung, Choi, Jae Hyuk, Lee, Sunki, Kong, Min Gyu, Na, Jin Oh, Cho, Yang Hyun, Cho, Kyoung-Im, Choi, Dong-Ju, Kim, Eung Ju
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6731018/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31491021
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0222264
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author Jung, Mi-Hyang
Kim, Hack-Lyoung
Choi, Jae Hyuk
Lee, Sunki
Kong, Min Gyu
Na, Jin Oh
Cho, Yang Hyun
Cho, Kyoung-Im
Choi, Dong-Ju
Kim, Eung Ju
author_facet Jung, Mi-Hyang
Kim, Hack-Lyoung
Choi, Jae Hyuk
Lee, Sunki
Kong, Min Gyu
Na, Jin Oh
Cho, Yang Hyun
Cho, Kyoung-Im
Choi, Dong-Ju
Kim, Eung Ju
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description BACKGROUND: For a better heart failure outcome, it is fundamental to improve the awareness of heart failure at the general population level. We conducted this study to identify the current status of awareness of heart failure in the Korean general population. METHODS: This cross-sectional nationwide survey recruited a total of 1,032 participants aged 30 years or older, based on a stratification systematic sampling method. A 23-item questionnaire was surveyed through telephone interviews. RESULTS: Although 80% of the participants had heard of heart failure, 47% exactly defined what heart failure is. A minority of participants correctly recognized the lifetime risk of developing heart failure (21%) as well as the mortality (16%) and readmission risk (18%) of heart failure and the cost burden of heart failure admission (28%). Regarding preferred treatment options, 71% of the participants chose a treatment option that could improve the quality of life. Approximately two-thirds of the participants agreed that current medical treatment could reduce mortality and improve the quality of life. More than half of the participants (59%) thought that heart failure patients should live quietly and reduce all physical activities. Across survey items, we found a lower awareness state in the elderly groups and people at lower income and educational levels. CONCLUSIONS: The current awareness status of heart failure in the Korean general population is still low. Proactive educational efforts should be made to improve public awareness with special attention to individuals with lower disease awareness.
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spelling pubmed-67310182019-09-16 Heart failure awareness in the Korean general population: Results from the nationwide survey Jung, Mi-Hyang Kim, Hack-Lyoung Choi, Jae Hyuk Lee, Sunki Kong, Min Gyu Na, Jin Oh Cho, Yang Hyun Cho, Kyoung-Im Choi, Dong-Ju Kim, Eung Ju PLoS One Research Article BACKGROUND: For a better heart failure outcome, it is fundamental to improve the awareness of heart failure at the general population level. We conducted this study to identify the current status of awareness of heart failure in the Korean general population. METHODS: This cross-sectional nationwide survey recruited a total of 1,032 participants aged 30 years or older, based on a stratification systematic sampling method. A 23-item questionnaire was surveyed through telephone interviews. RESULTS: Although 80% of the participants had heard of heart failure, 47% exactly defined what heart failure is. A minority of participants correctly recognized the lifetime risk of developing heart failure (21%) as well as the mortality (16%) and readmission risk (18%) of heart failure and the cost burden of heart failure admission (28%). Regarding preferred treatment options, 71% of the participants chose a treatment option that could improve the quality of life. Approximately two-thirds of the participants agreed that current medical treatment could reduce mortality and improve the quality of life. More than half of the participants (59%) thought that heart failure patients should live quietly and reduce all physical activities. Across survey items, we found a lower awareness state in the elderly groups and people at lower income and educational levels. CONCLUSIONS: The current awareness status of heart failure in the Korean general population is still low. Proactive educational efforts should be made to improve public awareness with special attention to individuals with lower disease awareness. Public Library of Science 2019-09-06 /pmc/articles/PMC6731018/ /pubmed/31491021 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0222264 Text en © 2019 Jung et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Jung, Mi-Hyang
Kim, Hack-Lyoung
Choi, Jae Hyuk
Lee, Sunki
Kong, Min Gyu
Na, Jin Oh
Cho, Yang Hyun
Cho, Kyoung-Im
Choi, Dong-Ju
Kim, Eung Ju
Heart failure awareness in the Korean general population: Results from the nationwide survey
title Heart failure awareness in the Korean general population: Results from the nationwide survey
title_full Heart failure awareness in the Korean general population: Results from the nationwide survey
title_fullStr Heart failure awareness in the Korean general population: Results from the nationwide survey
title_full_unstemmed Heart failure awareness in the Korean general population: Results from the nationwide survey
title_short Heart failure awareness in the Korean general population: Results from the nationwide survey
title_sort heart failure awareness in the korean general population: results from the nationwide survey
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6731018/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31491021
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0222264
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