Percepción en médicos del impacto de la enfermedad cardiovascular en la mortalidad femenina

Autor:	Cristine Carreño, Mauricio Fernández, Sofía Quiroz, Manuel Parra, María José Ojeda, Sebastián D. Calligaris, Valeria Parada
Jazyk:	Spanish; Castilian
Rok vydání:	2018
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty business.industry media_common.quotation_subject MEDLINE Health knowledge General Medicine medicine.disease Neglect Breast cancer Cardiovascular Diseases Family medicine Physicians Medicine Perception Women business Cause of death media_common
Zdroj:	Revista médica de Chile v.146 n.10 2018 SciELO Chile CONICYT Chile instacron:CONICYT
Popis:	Background There is a misconception that the main cause of death among women is breast cancer, even among physicians, who may neglect cardiovascular preventive measures in this gender Aim: To assess the knowledge among physicians about the main cause of death among women. Material and methods A survey was answered by 231 physicians attending a Cardiology and a Gynecology Meeting. Results Sixty eight percent of respondents indicated that cardiovascular diseases are the main cause of death among women. A higher proportion of specialists than trainees, answered correctly the question (72 and 56% respectively). No gender differences in the answers were recorded. Conclusions The knowledge about cardiovascular risk in women should be reinforced among physicians.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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