Types of preventive health cues given to high-risk individuals.
Nineteen hospitalized patients with CAD were questioned about the types of preventive health recommendations they received during the 5 year period prior to development of symptomatology. Types of patient-practitioner interactions (egalitarian or dependency) were also investigated to assess consumer attitudes toward physicians and professional nurses as providers of preventive health and/or health maintenance services. The following conclusions were drawn in relation to the study population: (1) Health practitioners are, in many cases, identifying individuals at risk for developing CAD but they often fail to identify all pertinent risk factors and to give appropriate preventive health recommendations, and (2) there is consumer support for expanding the role of the nurse in the delivery of preventive health care and in the management of chronic illnesses.
D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011314:Preventive Health Services; D012306:Risk