Coronary heart disease knowledge tool for women

Thanavaro, Joanne; Thanavaro, Samer; Delicath, Timothy

doi:10.1111/j.1745-7599.2009.00476.x

Cited by 18 publications

(25 citation statements)

References 18 publications

(26 reference statements)

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…24,25 Thus, a new CHD knowledge tool for women was used to determine women's CHD knowledge. 53 Cronbach's a coefficients in the present study were .92 for the HPLP II, .79 for the new CHD knowledge tool, .83 for BES, and .84 for BAS, indicating the good internal consistency of all instruments.…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 79%

Health promotion behaviors in women with chest pain

Thanavaro¹,

Thanavaro²,

Delicath³

2010

Heart & Lung

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 79%

Health promotion behaviors in women with chest pain

Thanavaro¹,

Thanavaro²,

Delicath³

2010

Heart & Lung

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

“…15-19 Others were tailored too specifically either to participants in an intervention program or to patient sub-populations. 16,17,20-23 In other cases, item wording was outdated or the use of terminology was too technical. For example, scales that contain terms such as “angina pectoris,” “atherosclerosis,” 24,25 and “myocardial infarction” 18,23 unfairly disadvantage and may not be practical for those with low levels of education.…”

Section: Purposementioning

confidence: 99%

Development of a Comprehensive Heart Disease Knowledge Questionnaire

Bergman

Reeve

Moser

et al. 2011

American Journal of Health Education

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Background Heart disease is the number one killer of both men and women in the United States, yet a comprehensive and evidence-based heart disease knowledge assessment is currently not available. Purpose This paper describes the 2 phase development of a novel heart disease knowledge questionnaire. Methods After review and critique of the existing literature, a questionnaire addressing 5 central domains of heart disease knowledge was constructed. In Phase I, 606 undergraduates completed a 82-item questionnaire. In Phase II, 248 undergraduates completed a revised 74-item questionnaire. In both phases, item clarity and difficulty were evaluated, along with the overall factor structure of the scale. Results Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were used to reduce the scale to 30 items with fit statistics, CFI = .82, TLI = .88, and RMSEA = .03. Scores were correlated moderately positively with an existing scale and weakly positively with a measure of health literacy, thereby establishing both convergent and divergent validity. Discussion The finalized 30-item questionnaire is a concise, yet discriminating instrument that reliably measures participants' heart disease knowledge levels. Translation to Health Education Practice Health professionals can use this scale to assess their patients' heart disease knowledge so that they can create a tailored program to help their patients reduce their heart disease risk.

show abstract

“…Among diseases, it is the most prevalent cause of death in women (2), leading to death of 0.5 million women per year in the United States (3). Three-fourth of deaths due to CAD occur in the low and middle-income countries.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Quality of Life in Women with Coronary Artery Disease

Ghasemi¹,

Aliha²,

Bastani³

et al. 2014

Iran Red Crescent Med J

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Background:Coronary artery disease (CAD) as a chronic disease can affect physical, mental, and social aspects of health as well as the perception of wellbeing. Advanced treatments of the disease emphasize on functionality and quality of life (QOL).Objectives:The present study aimed to investigate the QOL and its related factors among women with CAD.Patients and Methods:This was a descriptive cross-sectional study conducted on 200 women with CAD, referring to the Heart Clinic of Shahid Rajaei Cardiovascular Center in Tehran, Iran. The participants were selected by convenient sampling method. Data were collected using the Persian version of Ferrans and Powers QOL index (QLI) cardiac version and then analyzed using descriptive statistics and statistical tests (independent t-test, one-way ANOVA, and Scheffe’s test).Results:The mean score of overall QOL was 16.91 ± 3.54, ranging between 7.17-27.63. Regarding the instrument subscales, the mean scores were as follows: health and functioning: 15.48 ± 4.32, social and economic: 16.18 ± 3.65, psychological/spiritual: 18.04 ± 4.36, and familial: 20.12 ± 4.57. There was a significant relationship between QOL and marital status (P = 0.004), education (P = 0.007), income (P < 0.001) and disease duration (P = 0.047). However, there was no significant association between QOL and age, job and comorbidity.Conclusions:Based on the findings, participants had average levels of overall QOL. Some domains showed the need to improve QOL of women with CAD. Results of the present study revealed the necessity of designing and performing educational and supportive interventions to improve the QOL in women with CAD, especially among patients with low socio-economic status.

show abstract

Coronary heart disease knowledge tool for women

Abstract: Women continue to have low CHD knowledge, and nurse practitioners should provide education to improve women's CHD knowledge as a strategy to promote healthy lifestyle practices and CHD risk prevention. The new tool can be utilized in future research to measure women's CHD knowledge.

Cited by 18 publications

References 18 publications

Health promotion behaviors in women with chest pain

Health promotion behaviors in women with chest pain

Development of a Comprehensive Heart Disease Knowledge Questionnaire

Quality of Life in Women with Coronary Artery Disease

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About