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Gender and Social Inequalities in Awareness of Coronary Artery Disease in European Countries
Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the single leading cause of death in Europe and the most common form of cardiovascular disease. Little is known about awareness in the European population. A cross-sectional telephone survey of 2609 individuals from six European countries was conducted to gather info...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8835179/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35162415 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19031388 |
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author | Daponte-Codina, Antonio Knox, Emily C. Mateo-Rodriguez, Inmaculada Seims, Amanda Regitz-Zagrosek, Vera Maas, Angela H. E. M. White, Alan Barnhoorn, Floris Rosell-Ortiz, Fernando |
author_facet | Daponte-Codina, Antonio Knox, Emily C. Mateo-Rodriguez, Inmaculada Seims, Amanda Regitz-Zagrosek, Vera Maas, Angela H. E. M. White, Alan Barnhoorn, Floris Rosell-Ortiz, Fernando |
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description | Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the single leading cause of death in Europe and the most common form of cardiovascular disease. Little is known about awareness in the European population. A cross-sectional telephone survey of 2609 individuals from six European countries was conducted to gather information on perceptions of CAD, risk factors, preventive measures, knowledge of heart attack symptoms and ability to seek emergency medical care. Level of awareness was compared according to gender, age, socioeconomic status (SES) and educational level. Women were approximately five times less likely than men to consider heart disease as a main health issue or leading cause of death (OR = 0.224, 95% CI: 0.178–0.280, OR = 0.196, 95% CI: 0.171–0.226). Additionally, women were significantly less likely to have ever had a cardiovascular screening test (OR = 0.515, 95% CI: 0.459–0.578). Only 16.3% of men and 15.3% of women were able to spontaneously identify the main symptoms of a heart attack. Almost half of the sample failed to state that they would call emergency services in case of a cardiac event. Significant differences according to age, SES and education were found for many indicators amongst both men and women. Development of a European strategy targeting improved awareness of CAD and reduced gender and social inequalities within the European population is warranted. |
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spelling | pubmed-88351792022-02-12 Gender and Social Inequalities in Awareness of Coronary Artery Disease in European Countries Daponte-Codina, Antonio Knox, Emily C. Mateo-Rodriguez, Inmaculada Seims, Amanda Regitz-Zagrosek, Vera Maas, Angela H. E. M. White, Alan Barnhoorn, Floris Rosell-Ortiz, Fernando Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the single leading cause of death in Europe and the most common form of cardiovascular disease. Little is known about awareness in the European population. A cross-sectional telephone survey of 2609 individuals from six European countries was conducted to gather information on perceptions of CAD, risk factors, preventive measures, knowledge of heart attack symptoms and ability to seek emergency medical care. Level of awareness was compared according to gender, age, socioeconomic status (SES) and educational level. Women were approximately five times less likely than men to consider heart disease as a main health issue or leading cause of death (OR = 0.224, 95% CI: 0.178–0.280, OR = 0.196, 95% CI: 0.171–0.226). Additionally, women were significantly less likely to have ever had a cardiovascular screening test (OR = 0.515, 95% CI: 0.459–0.578). Only 16.3% of men and 15.3% of women were able to spontaneously identify the main symptoms of a heart attack. Almost half of the sample failed to state that they would call emergency services in case of a cardiac event. Significant differences according to age, SES and education were found for many indicators amongst both men and women. Development of a European strategy targeting improved awareness of CAD and reduced gender and social inequalities within the European population is warranted. MDPI 2022-01-26 /pmc/articles/PMC8835179/ /pubmed/35162415 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19031388 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Daponte-Codina, Antonio Knox, Emily C. Mateo-Rodriguez, Inmaculada Seims, Amanda Regitz-Zagrosek, Vera Maas, Angela H. E. M. White, Alan Barnhoorn, Floris Rosell-Ortiz, Fernando Gender and Social Inequalities in Awareness of Coronary Artery Disease in European Countries |
title | Gender and Social Inequalities in Awareness of Coronary Artery Disease in European Countries |
title_full | Gender and Social Inequalities in Awareness of Coronary Artery Disease in European Countries |
title_fullStr | Gender and Social Inequalities in Awareness of Coronary Artery Disease in European Countries |
title_full_unstemmed | Gender and Social Inequalities in Awareness of Coronary Artery Disease in European Countries |
title_short | Gender and Social Inequalities in Awareness of Coronary Artery Disease in European Countries |
title_sort | gender and social inequalities in awareness of coronary artery disease in european countries |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8835179/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35162415 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19031388 |
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