abstract background and purpose : stroke is a leading cause of death and functional disability. while there have been major advances regarding the management of stroke, a significant proportion of people are still unaware of stroke-related symptoms and risk factors. this study was performed to assess the public awareness and attitude of stroke warning signs and risk factors among a sample of ir...

conclusions although older patients need more self-care and the quality of this self-care originates from their attitude toward cvd risk factors, their lack of awareness about the main risk factor of their condition is a major challenge for secondary prevention measures. in addition, younger patients’ significant emphasis on biological risk factors as uncorrectable factors can reduce their sens...

conclusions as perceived risk factors may not always translate to a real risk factor, patients with a perceived risk factor toward cvd may experience anxiety and depression. the results found in females are discussable. objectives the current study was conducted to compare anxiety and depression among cardiovascular patients with and without a perceived risk factor toward cvd. methods the admin...

aim: tobacco use is one of the major causes of death worldwide and the most preventable risk factor of the coronary heart disease. the purpose of this study was to determine attitudes, risk perception and perceived vulnerability toward to water pipe (wp) smoking among male students in zarandieh city of iran. methods: this cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out on 400 male adolescents...

results after controlling for gender and educational level, we observed statistically significant differences in the modified means between the patients who considered the behavioral risk factors and those who considered the physiological risk factors (p = 0.012, md = 5.03) and between the patients who regarded the behavioral risk factors and those who regarded the psychological risk factors (p...

background & aim:  the most important risk factor for one’s sexual health is high-risk sexual behavior. implementation of educational programs has been considered as one of the most crucial interventions in the prevention and treatment of these behaviors. therefore, this study aimed to determine the effect of an educational program on the knowledge and attitude of female sex workers toward prev...

the disposal of nuclear wastes is one of the most controversial issues faced by authorities in japan. in this regard, a survey was conducted among 172 university students to analyze the attitude towards the sitting of a nuclear waste repository in the country. the study focused on a number of variables that influenced the perception of risks before the 2011 tohoku earthquake and tsunami. resul...

background: according to the high prevalence of cardiovascular diseases (cvd) in developing countries as well as high treatment expenses for patients and health-care systems, cvd prevention in such societies has a great importance. one of the most effective strategies is improvement of knowledge and attitude towards the cvd risk factors. this study aimed to evaluate the knowledge and attitude o...

This paper utilizes nonparametric tests to investigate the following hypotheses: One, that there is no difference in household wealth distributions derived from the Survey of Consumer Finances for three survey years during the 1990s, namely, 1992, 1995, and 1998. Two, that there is consistency between households attitudes to taking financial risk and their financial risk taking behavior. Three ...

We propose a model of history-dependent risk attitude (HDRA), allowing the attitude of a decision-maker (DM) towards risk at each stage of a T -stage lottery to evolve as a function of his history of disappointments and elations in prior stages. We establish an equivalence between the existence of an HDRA representation and two documented cognitive biases. First, the DM’s risk attitudes are rei...