Primary care patients' recognition of their own risk for cardiovascular disease: implications for risk communication in practice

• Published in: Current opinion in cardiology Vol. 23; no. 5; p. 471
• Main Authors: van der Weijden, Trudy, Bos, Linda Bj, Koelewijn-van Loon, Marije S
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.09.2008
• Subjects: Cardiovascular Diseases - epidemiology; Cardiovascular Diseases - prevention & control; Comprehension; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; Humans; Patient Education as Topic; Patients - psychology; Physician-Patient Relations; Primary Health Care; Risk Assessment; Risk Factors

Guidelines on primary prevention of cardiovascular disease emphasize identifying high-risk patients for intensive risk-reducing management. These guidelines recommend the identification of individuals with high risk using risk score sheets or risk tables. Patients' misperceptions of risk seem t...