The perceived risks, health behaviors, and ralated factors of cardiovascular disease among midlife women

• Main Authors: Tseng, Hui-Ying, 曾惠盈
• Other Authors: Tsao, Lee-Ing
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2007
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/19847071050794124758

碩士 === 國立台北護理學院 === 護理研究所 === 95 === ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to explore perceived risk factors and health behaviors of cardiovascular disease among midlife women, and to investigate the relationship between perceived risk factors and demographic characteristics and health behaviors. A cross-section survey design was used in this study. Women were recruited from three groups’ residence areas---urban, town and remote ---and each group was 50 women. Totally one hundred fifty participants, aged 45 to 65years midlife women live in I-Lan County were visited. The structured questionnaires were applied including perceived cardiovascular risk factors, demographic characteristics and health behaviors of cardiovascular disease. The software of SPSS 13.0 was applied for data analysis, including using description, Pearson’s product moment correlation and multiple regression analysis. Results showed that obesity, lack of exercise, and hypertension were the most common risk factors identified by women, diabetes, perimenopause, and smoking were the least common risk factors identified by women. The most common health behavior of cardiovascular disease was the diet of balance. Women who live in remote area had lower score of risk factors and health behaviors of cardiovascular disease compared with women who live in urban area. The significantly predictor among demographic characteristics was education level which explained 14％of total amount of variance of the score of risk factors and explained 24％of total amount of variance of health behaviors. The significantly predictor of the score of risk factors among health behaviors was women who achieved healthy heart information which explained 21％of total amount of variance. The findings suggested that health providers should increase the knowledge of risk factors of cardiovascular disease for women clients, and improve their cardiovascular health behaviors. Especially, health educational strategies for lower education level women. For women who live in remote area should reinforce the practice of health behaviors for preventing from cardiovascular disease.