Shruti Chandra, Mark Olaf, Megan Fix, Sharon Bord, Linda Katirji, William Dixon, Michael Pasirstein, Caitlin Schrepel, Kevin R Scott
The Influence of COVID on Emergency Medicine Career Choice: A Survey of Medical Students
Cureus
accurate cardiovascular disease cvd risk appraisal essential hypertensive patients identify correctly risk status take efficient behavioral measures timely avoid major adverse outcomes however hypertensive patients risk perceptions cvd events ethiopia unknown thus study aimed compare subjective cvd risk perception level patients nonlaboratory framingham risk score nlfrs crosssectional design used attitudes beliefs cardiovascular disease risk questionnaire nlfrs used compare subjective versus objective measures cvd risk agreement participants risk perceptions nlfrs examined using kappa statistic bivariate chisquare test multinomial logistic regression analyses run identify factors associated risk perceptions statistical significance set pvalue 005 level participants n377 mean age 5361 1280years range 1882 years 512 males 427 less high school education 451 achieved target bp control mean htn duration 801 607 years majority 5862 participants low subjective risk perception cvd events mean 1779 95 ci 17431815 approximately threefourths 724 moderate nlfrs risk calculation mean 1384 95 ci 13361433 agreement participants perceivedrisk nlfrs poor kappa 00002 standard error 0023 p 099 participants cvd riskperception inaccuracy also high 76 primarily due underestimation hypertension duration frequency physician visits level diabetes control significant predictors cvd risk underestimation hypertensive patients inaccurate low subjective risk perceptions cvd events compared moderate objective risks identified using nlfrs planned education htn cvd risk factors essential improve patients cvd risk perception reduce adverse cvd events