HDL-knowledge in the lay public: Results of a representative population survey

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• 作者：Thomas Dorner ; J George Fodor ; Kitty Lawrence ; Bernhard Ludvik ; Anita Rieder
• 关键词：Cardiovascular risk factor ; Public health knowledge ; Awareness ; Population-based survey
• 刊名：Atherosclerosis
• 出版年：2007
• 出版时间：November 2007
• 年：2007
• 卷：195
• 期：1
• 页码：195-198
• 全文大小：83 K

文摘

The aim of this study was to examine the extent of the general public's knowledge concerning HDL-cholesterol and to identify the role of gender, age, population size of the locality and socio-economic factors.<h4 class=""h4"">Designh4>

Cross-sectional population-based telephone survey.<h4 class=""h4"">Settingh4>

Austrian general population.<h4 class=""h4"">Participantsh4>

Nine hundred and ninety nine subjects aged 16 years or over, randomly selected from the official telephone directory in Austria.<h4 class=""h4"">Main resultsh4>

13.9 % of the 999 participants were familiar with the term HDL-cholesterol, correctly identified HDL-cholesterol as the favourable cholesterol component and indicated that HDL-cholesterol should be high rather than low. Knowledge of HDL-cholesterol increased with population size of the locality, total net income of the household and educational level. Respondents in bigger localities had their HDL-cholesterol measured more frequently. Older people and males reported making significantly more attempts to positively influence their HDL-cholesterol level. 29.6 % of those respondents familiar with the term HDL-cholesterol reported having had their HDL-cholesterol measured at some point. Physicians, newspapers and television were identified as the most important sources of information on HDL-cholesterol by 79.7, 19.9 and 10.3 % of the study subjects, respectively.<h4 class=""h4"">Conclusionsh4>

Although measuring HDL-cholesterol plays a major role in the assessment of cardiovascular risk, public knowledge about HDL-cholesterol is scarce.