title: A study on the level of knowledge of health matters among patients in a rural practice.
abstract: How much do patients know about everyday matters that can affect their health? A study of 200 patients attending a rural G.P. surgery was undertaken to find out. It revealed some ignorance about the link between smoking and heart disease especially among female smokers (22% for this group). It showed a great deal of ignorance about alcohol in relation to health. Patients had a poor understanding of the relative alcohol content of different beverages, diseases related to excessive drinking and safe limits of alcohol consumption.
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Austin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D004739:England; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010361:Patients / Q000523:psychology*; D012424:Rural Population