Self-awareness of soldiers regarding risk factors for cardiovascular diseases
Objectives Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) remain the leading cause of death in Europe. There are more and more young people and middle-aged patients with obesity, unrecognized hypertension and metabolic abnormalities. Professional soldiers should not have CVDs. Most cardiovascular risk factors can b...
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| author | Magdalena Zawadzka Aleksandra Lis Justyna Marszalkowska-Jakubik Pawel Szymanski |
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Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) remain the leading cause of death in Europe. There are more and more young people and middle-aged patients with obesity, unrecognized hypertension and metabolic abnormalities. Professional soldiers should not have CVDs. Most cardiovascular
risk factors can be controlled and identified.
Material and Methods
The research was conducted as the online survey. During the study, the level
of knowledge regarding to cardiovascular risk factors depending on several variables, was assessed. Moreover, the assess respondents’ awareness of exposure and the level of knowledge about risk factors for CVDs and preventive measures in this area.
Results
Almost one-fourth of respondents
(23.4%, N = 311) indicated the knowledge of most or all cardiovascular factors such as: high level of cholesterol, tobacco smoking, advanced aged,
abdominal obesity, alcohol abuse and others. The respondents demonstrated a sufficient level of factors influencing the increase of cholesterol levels in the blood.
Conclusions
The results obtained during the study show that educational programs are necessary to raise awareness of cardiovascular risk factors and reduce incidence rate in the next step. Conducting training on harmful agents can result in raising general health awareness
among Polish Soldiers. Int J Occup Med Environ Health. 2025;38(1):30–40 |
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| spelling | doaj-art-182bed05591c4e40a9f7aed6189fe4a52025-08-20T02:04:54ZengNofer Institute of Occupational MedicineInternational Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health1232-10871896-494X2025-02-01381304010.13075/ijomeh.1896.02513199652Self-awareness of soldiers regarding risk factors for cardiovascular diseasesMagdalena Zawadzka0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0176-6609Aleksandra Lis1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3693-1806Justyna Marszalkowska-Jakubik2Pawel Szymanski3https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3438-7509Medical University of Lodz, Łódź, Poland (Department of Epidemiology and Public Health)Medical University of Lodz, Łódź, Poland (Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Drug Analyses and Radiopharmacy)Medical University of Lodz, Łódź, Poland (Department of Epidemiology and Public Health)Medical University of Lodz, Łódź, Poland (Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Drug Analyses and Radiopharmacy)Objectives Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) remain the leading cause of death in Europe. There are more and more young people and middle-aged patients with obesity, unrecognized hypertension and metabolic abnormalities. Professional soldiers should not have CVDs. Most cardiovascular risk factors can be controlled and identified. Material and Methods The research was conducted as the online survey. During the study, the level of knowledge regarding to cardiovascular risk factors depending on several variables, was assessed. Moreover, the assess respondents’ awareness of exposure and the level of knowledge about risk factors for CVDs and preventive measures in this area. Results Almost one-fourth of respondents (23.4%, N = 311) indicated the knowledge of most or all cardiovascular factors such as: high level of cholesterol, tobacco smoking, advanced aged, abdominal obesity, alcohol abuse and others. The respondents demonstrated a sufficient level of factors influencing the increase of cholesterol levels in the blood. Conclusions The results obtained during the study show that educational programs are necessary to raise awareness of cardiovascular risk factors and reduce incidence rate in the next step. Conducting training on harmful agents can result in raising general health awareness among Polish Soldiers. Int J Occup Med Environ Health. 2025;38(1):30–40https://ijomeh.eu/Self-awareness-of-soldiers-regarding-risk-factors-for-cardiovascular-diseases,199652,0,2.htmlrisk factorssoldierscardiovascular diseasemilitary personnelexpertiseeducational programs |
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| title | Self-awareness of soldiers regarding risk factors for cardiovascular diseases |
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| title_sort | self awareness of soldiers regarding risk factors for cardiovascular diseases |
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