Attitude of men aged 45-59 years to health and disease prevention (preventive study in Kaunas).
2,630 men aged 45-59 years--participants in the international Kaunas-Rotterdam Study programme, were interviewed at home by using a questionnaire ascertaining their attitude towards health and preventive measures. The survey showed the existence of a certain discrepancy between the attitude towards health as a human value, and care for the preservation of health. It was also found that a positive attitude towards health and medicine has a favourable influence on the realization of preventive measures within the framework of the fight against ischaemic heart disease.
D001294:Attitude to Health; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011159:Population Surveillance; D011315:Preventive Medicine; D012494:Sampling Studies; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014586:USSR