The effects of family history and personal experiences of illness on the inclination to change health-related behaviour

Andersson, Per (author)

Sjöberg, Rickard L (author): Uppsala universitet,Centrum för klinisk forskning, Västerås

Öhrvik, John (author): Karolinska Institutet,Uppsala universitet,Centrum för klinisk forskning, Västerås

Leppert, Jerzy (author): Uppsala universitet,Centrum för klinisk forskning, Västerås

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National Institute of Public Health, 2009
2009
English.
In: Central European Journal of Public Health. - : National Institute of Public Health. - 1210-7778 .- 1803-1048. ; 17:1, s. 3-7

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Abstract Subject headings

The aim of the present study was to examine how a personal experience of illness and a family history of cardiovascular disease (CVD), adjusted for sex, level of education and nationality, affect risk behaviour. Participants were 1,011 and 1,043, 50-year-old men and women from Sweden and Poland, respectively, who were recruited from a primary health care screening programme. Family history, personal experience of illness and risk behaviour (smoking and exercise habits, BMI level) were self-reported. The results showed that smoking behaviour was affected by a personal experience of illness but not by a family history of CVD. No effects of these variables were found on the remaining risk-related variables tested in this study. These results suggest that individuals with a personal experience of illness may be more inclined to change smoking behaviour than the average person. Smoking prevention strategies may therefore benefit from targeting this group in particular.

By the author/editor: Andersson, Per; Sjöberg, Rickard ...; Öhrvik, John; Leppert, Jerzy

About the subject

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES: MEDICAL AND HEAL ...; and Health Sciences; and Public Health Gl ...

By the university: Uppsala University; Umeå University; Karolinska Institutet

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