title: Construction of knowledge of the disease by patients after carotid endarterectomy.
abstract: The aim of this work was to characterize the knowledge that patients have of their disease. A special questionnaire was distributed (in 1998) to 33 patients with ischemic cerebrovascular disease who underwent carotid endarterectomy (CEA) in 1995-1996. The results show that the knowledge of patients is fragmentary, hermetic, and static, at the same time serving as their basic perceptive-cognitive filter.
authors.affiliation: Independent Laboratory of Medical Psychology and Sociology, Pomeranian Academy of Medicine, Szczecin, Poland.
authors.forename: Maria J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Siemińska
authors.forename: Elzbieta
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Greszta
mesh_terms: D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000523:psychology / Q000601:surgery*; D016894:Endarterectomy, Carotid; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D020521:Stroke / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires