title: [The attitude to health problems of men: a 3-year epidemiological study of an unorganized population of a large industrial center in western Siberia].
abstract: The tendencies in and control of cardiovascular diseases were studied for three years according to the MONICA psychosocial program. A random representative sample of 753 men aged 25-64 years (in the first screening) and 739 men (in the second screening) permanently living in one of the districts of Novosibirsk were examined. The purpose was to investigate the knowledge of the population of the issues related to the health status: self-estimation of the health status, knowledge of blood pressure magnitude, attitude to the prophylaxis, tobacco smoking and changes in nutrition. The data obtained indicate that self-estimation of the health status changed for the worse in all the age groups. The share of persons asserting that they are ill or not entirely well rose by 12% and amounted to 62%. A decrease was recorded in the number of men not aware of the level of their blood pressure, namely from 27% in the first screening to 17% in the second screening. The number of tobacco smokers remained practically unchanged (55 and 54%). However, the number of men who would like to change their attitude toward tobacco smoking increased more than 1.5-fold. The treatment of the proposals concerning alterations in nutrition changed for the better in persons aged 45-64 years. On the contrary, it changed for the worse in persons aged 25-44 years.
authors.forename: I V
authors.initials: IV
authors.lastname: Gagulin
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Gafarov
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D001294:Attitude to Health; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007221:Industry; D008297:Male; D008571:Men / Q000523:psychology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011897:Random Allocation; D012649:Self Concept; D012800:Siberia; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014505:Urban Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
vernacular_title: Otnoshenie k voprosam zdorov'ia u muzhchin: 3-letnee épidemiologicheskoe issledovanie neorganizovannoĭ populiatsii krupnogo promyshlennogo tsentra Zapadnoĭ Sibiri.