Cardiac misconceptions among healthy adults: implications for the promotion of health in the community

Figueiras, Maria João; Marôco, João; Monteiro, Rita; Caeiro, Raúl

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“…As for patients with myocardial infarction, a common misconception is that they must avoid stress and excitement in their daily lives [ 6 ]. In a community sample of healthy adults, people who were older, male, or had not attained an academic degree were found to have more misconceptions [ 10 ]. A study conducted among the Amish found that they valued good health, which they believe is a gift from God.…”

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Cardiac health knowledge and misconceptions among nursing students: implications for nursing curriculum design

Chow

Chan

Ho³

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BMC Nurs

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BackgroundCardiac misconceptions are common among healthcare professionals. The development of professional knowledge is considered an essential component of nursing education. Nurses, regardless of their grade, skills, and experience, should be updated with information so as to be able to rectify their misconceptions, as these could affect patient health outcomes. As the literature evaluating the cardiac knowledge and misconceptions of nursing students is sparse, a study of the subject seems warranted.MethodsA cross-sectional sample survey was used to study the cardiac knowledge and cardiac misconceptions of nursing students in Hong Kong. The study sample included 385 senior nursing students from three universities. Their level of knowledge of cardiac disease was assessed using the modified Coronary Heart Disease Knowledge Test. The York Cardiac Beliefs Questionnaire (YCBQv1) was used to examine cardiac misconceptions.ResultsThe scores for the nursing students’ level of knowledge were diverse. Their mean score in the Cardiac Knowledge Test was 12.27 out of 18 (SD 2.38), with a range of 2–17. For cardiac misconceptions, their mean score in the YCBQv1 was 6.98 out of 20 (SD 2.84), with a range of 0–14. A negative correlation, r = −0.33 was found among students with more knowledge and fewer misconceptions. (p < 0.001). The Chi-square tests found some associations between the students’ experiences of caring for cardiac patients and misconceptions about stress and physiology.ConclusionsThe results of our analyses indicate a diversity in levels of knowledge among the nursing students. Students with higher scores in cardiac knowledge did not necessarily have fewer misconceptions. There were associations between the students’ misbeliefs and their caregiving experiences with cardiac patients. This study presents a framework for designing the contents of cardiac nursing programmes and is a starting point for promoting research on misconceptions held by undergraduate nursing students. A new paradigm of teaching should include inputs from both perspectives to help students to make critical use of theoretical knowledge to rectify their misconceptions and pursue excellence in the working world.

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Cardiac health knowledge and misconceptions among nursing students: implications for nursing curriculum design

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BMC Nurs

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“…This relationship deserves further investigation in order to understand its possible contribution to elicit misconceptions about CHD which are likely to be shared in the community. Therefore, the increasing investment in CHD prevention may prove ineffective if cardiac misconceptions related to risk are not targeted in order to promote realistic risk perceptions of CHD within society (Figueiras et al, 2015). In that sense, the present findings make an important contribution to understanding how individuals judge the risks attached to CHD, and how personal characteristics of different groups of the general population should be taken into account when planning health promotion campaigns in order to promote healthier lifestyles and to reduce the incidence of CHD.…”

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“…Although there is an extensive body of research on risk perception, there is a need to have more information concerning which variables influence risk judgements, and the extent to which they may be linked to individual characteristics such as demographic variables, as people make judgements about risk which tend to be consistent with their individual illness beliefs (Gholizadeh et al, 2010). Furthermore, these judgements are likely to be shared and reinforced in the community, raising erroneous beliefs which may have implications for preventive behaviours (Figueiras et al, 2015).…”

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Discerning the impact of personal and situational variables in risk perception of coronary heart disease

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Research into how people perceive risk has highlighted the interaction between the available information and personal variables and their impact on judgement. This study sought to identify demographic and health variables that influenced risk and the influence of individual risk assessment, dispositional optimism and negative affect on judgement. A total of 476 participants were asked to make risks judgements of 24 vignettes depicting hypothetical risk scenarios. The findings showed that while people are able to correctly recognise, in others, relevant risk factors for coronary heart disease, risk perception is likely to imply a personal consideration of the same risk factors in themselves.

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Cardiac misconceptions among healthy adults: implications for the promotion of health in the community

Abstract: cardiac misconceptions among healthy adults: implications for the promotion of health in the communityCrenças erróneas sobre as doenças cardíacas em adultos saudáveis: implicações para a promoção da saúde na comunidade

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Cardiac health knowledge and misconceptions among nursing students: implications for nursing curriculum design

Cardiac health knowledge and misconceptions among nursing students: implications for nursing curriculum design

Discerning the impact of personal and situational variables in risk perception of coronary heart disease

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