Associations between healthy behaviors and coronary heart disease risk factors in women

dc.creator	Nagia Saleh Ali
dc.creator	Cora Shonk
dc.creator	Mahmoud Saleh El-Sayed
dc.date	2013-03-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:29:37Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:29:37Z
dc.identifier	10.5430/jnep.v3n10p1
dc.identifier	1925-4040
dc.identifier	1925-4059
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/aeac02366b0d4f9abdfce7e859dc9693
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/22166
dc.description	<p class="a"><strong>Objectives:</strong> To describe the heart-healthy behaviors in a convenience sample of 210 women from a Midwestern state in the US and examine the associations between the behaviors and having risk factors to coronary heart disease.</p> <p class="a"><strong>Methods:</strong> Logistic regression was used to examine the association between the behaviors of diet, exercise, and medication adherence with the risks of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, diabetes, family history of heart disease, and cigarette smoking.</p> <p class="a"><strong>Results:</strong><strong> </strong>There were a low consumption of heart-healthy meals, inadequate exercise participation, and inadequate medications adherence. Having personal hyperlipidemia, a family history of heart disease, age and education were significantly associated with the behaviors.</p> <strong>Conclusion:</strong> The findings point to the need for evidence-based education aimed at increasing women’s awareness of heart disease risks, improving their behaviors, and emphasizing the link between risk reduction and the behaviors.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Sciedu Press
dc.relation	http://www.sciedu.ca/journal/index.php/jnep/article/view/1489
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1925-4040
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1925-4059
dc.source	Journal of Nursing Education and Practice, Vol 3, Iss 10 (2013)
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
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dc.title	Associations between healthy behaviors and coronary heart disease risk factors in women
dc.type	article