Percepción en médicos del impacto de la enfermedad cardiovascular en la mortalidad femenina

Background: There is a misconception that the main cause of death among women is breast cancer, even among physicians, who may neglect cardiovascular preventive measures in this gender Aim: To assess the knowledge among physicians about the main cause of death among women. Material and methods: A...

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Autores principales: FERNÁNDEZ,MAURICIO, PARRA,MANUEL, CALLIGARIS,SEBASTIÁN, PARADA,VALERIA, OJEDA,MARÍA JOSÉ, QUIROZ,SOFÍA, CARREÑO,CRISTINE
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Publicado: Sociedad Médica de Santiago 2018
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spelling oai:scielo:S0034-988720180010011672019-03-07Percepción en médicos del impacto de la enfermedad cardiovascular en la mortalidad femeninaFERNÁNDEZ,MAURICIOPARRA,MANUELCALLIGARIS,SEBASTIÁNPARADA,VALERIAOJEDA,MARÍA JOSÉQUIROZ,SOFÍACARREÑO,CRISTINE Cardiovascular Diseases Perception Physicians Women Background: There is a misconception that the main cause of death among women is breast cancer, even among physicians, who may neglect cardiovascular preventive measures in this gender Aim: To assess the knowledge among physicians about the main cause of death among women. Material and methods: A survey was answered by 231 physicians attending a Cardiology and a Gynecology Meeting. Results: Sixty eight percent of respondents indicated that cardiovascular diseases are the main cause of death among women. A higher proportion of specialists than trainees, answered correctly the question (72 and 56% respectively). No gender differences in the answers were recorded. Conclusions: The knowledge about cardiovascular risk in women should be reinforced among physicians.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Médica de SantiagoRevista médica de Chile v.146 n.10 20182018-12-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872018001001167es10.4067/S0034-98872018001001167
institution Scielo Chile
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language Spanish / Castilian
topic Cardiovascular Diseases
Perception
Physicians
Women
spellingShingle Cardiovascular Diseases
Perception
Physicians
Women
FERNÁNDEZ,MAURICIO
PARRA,MANUEL
CALLIGARIS,SEBASTIÁN
PARADA,VALERIA
OJEDA,MARÍA JOSÉ
QUIROZ,SOFÍA
CARREÑO,CRISTINE
Percepción en médicos del impacto de la enfermedad cardiovascular en la mortalidad femenina
description Background: There is a misconception that the main cause of death among women is breast cancer, even among physicians, who may neglect cardiovascular preventive measures in this gender Aim: To assess the knowledge among physicians about the main cause of death among women. Material and methods: A survey was answered by 231 physicians attending a Cardiology and a Gynecology Meeting. Results: Sixty eight percent of respondents indicated that cardiovascular diseases are the main cause of death among women. A higher proportion of specialists than trainees, answered correctly the question (72 and 56% respectively). No gender differences in the answers were recorded. Conclusions: The knowledge about cardiovascular risk in women should be reinforced among physicians.
author FERNÁNDEZ,MAURICIO
PARRA,MANUEL
CALLIGARIS,SEBASTIÁN
PARADA,VALERIA
OJEDA,MARÍA JOSÉ
QUIROZ,SOFÍA
CARREÑO,CRISTINE
author_facet FERNÁNDEZ,MAURICIO
PARRA,MANUEL
CALLIGARIS,SEBASTIÁN
PARADA,VALERIA
OJEDA,MARÍA JOSÉ
QUIROZ,SOFÍA
CARREÑO,CRISTINE
author_sort FERNÁNDEZ,MAURICIO
title Percepción en médicos del impacto de la enfermedad cardiovascular en la mortalidad femenina
title_short Percepción en médicos del impacto de la enfermedad cardiovascular en la mortalidad femenina
title_full Percepción en médicos del impacto de la enfermedad cardiovascular en la mortalidad femenina
title_fullStr Percepción en médicos del impacto de la enfermedad cardiovascular en la mortalidad femenina
title_full_unstemmed Percepción en médicos del impacto de la enfermedad cardiovascular en la mortalidad femenina
title_sort percepción en médicos del impacto de la enfermedad cardiovascular en la mortalidad femenina
publisher Sociedad Médica de Santiago
publishDate 2018
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