Public perceptions of myocardial infarction: Do illness perceptions predict preferences for health check results.

ABSTRACT: Illness perceptions are associated with attitudes towards preventive behaviors and are therefore crucial to consider in the context of prevention of cardiovascular diseases. We investigated illness perceptions of the public about myocardial infarction, and whether they predict public preferences for health check test results. A randomly selected sample (N = 423) of the Swedish public aged 40-70 completed an online-survey. It included the brief illness perception questionnaire, items assessing sociodemographic, lifestyle and health factors and a discrete choice experiment incorporating six attributes of health checks (written results, notification method, consultation time, waiting time, lifestyle recommendation and cost). Associations between illness perceptions and sociodemographic- and c

SUBMITTER: Grauman A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8802064 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature