Acta clinica Croatica, Vol. 41 No. 4, 2002.
Original scientific paper
Attitude to Health - Differences between Two Groups of Patients
Suzana Kukulj
Katia Novak-Lauš
Blaženka Barišić
Renata Iveković
Abstract
The aim of the study was to determine whether patients suffering from bronchial asthma constitute a special group of patients regarding their attitude to two groups of etiologic factors and their interaction: 1) ecologic factors and 2) sets of their own habits and behavior. Control group consisted of patients with coronary disease, where the influence of these factors on the disease development is well known. The study did not include objective measurement of ecologic factors but the information on their presence in the patients. environment was obtained through a questionnaire structured especially for this study, based on known scales and verified in our circumstances. The study included 50 patients with bronchial asthma and a control group of 51 patients with coronary disease. χ2-test was used to define the significance of differences in the analyzed variables, with a risk level up to 5%. Results showed statistically significant differences between asthmatic and coronary patients in their attitude to health. All patients lived in the same city, in a similar ecologic milieu, yet the asthmatic patients perceived ecologic factors in their environment much more often. Coronary patients more frequently blamed life struggle and stresses as well as their own habits and behavior for the occurrence of their disease.
Keywords
Asthma, psychology; Morbidity, trends; Questionnaires; Socioeconomic factors; Attitude to health
Hrčak ID:
14749
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Publication date:
2.12.2002.
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