Perception of Cardiovascular Risk

Overview

The aim of the study is to describe the association between the perception of cardiovascular (CV) risk and the actual CV risk and, secondarily, to detect the actual CV risk to assess the prevalence of clinical risk factors, determined by means of appropriate instruments.

Cardiovascular (CV) disease is the major cause of premature death in adults that carries serious economic consequences. Risk perception for CV disease has been reported as the subjective judgment of the likelihood of having a CV event. Risk perception is an important precursor to adopting a healthy lifestyle. However, both overestimation and underestimation of actual risk due mostly to poor health literacy are common. For these reasons, CV prevention services of health care professionals (e.g., nurses, physicians) should, on the one hand, include screening for the presence of risk factors, and on the other hand, know the CV risk perceptions of those being cared for. The aim of the study is to describe the association between the perception of cardiovascular (CV) risk, investigated by means of the Perception of Risk of Heart Disease Scale and a Likert-5 scale question, and the actual CV risk according to the SCORE2 and, secondarily, to detect the actual CV risk ascertained by the SCORE2 and to assess the prevalence of clinical risk factors (alterations in the lipid, glucose, or anthropometric profile) determined by means of appropriate instruments.

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