<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>It is very important to promote public awareness of the negative effects on health — trans fatty acid effects on cardiovascular disease. The study included 70 patients of the Latvian Centre of Cardiology, Pauls Stradiņš Clinical University Hospital (PSCUH). The PSCUH research institute gave permission to conduct the study. The patients answered questions about their awareness of trans fatty acids. The questionnaire used was obtained from the study “Use of Trans Fat Information on Food Labels and Its Determinants in a Multiethnic College Student Population” and modified for survey of the cardiology unit patients. The majority (74%) of the respondents had heard and read something about trans fatty acids, but 62% women and 54% men were poorly informed about trans fatty acids and their negative effect on cardiovascular diseases. Unclear issues for patients were discussed after the questionnaire.</p></abstract>

It is very important to promote public awareness of the negative effects on health — trans fatty acid effects on cardiovascular disease. The study included 70 patients of the Latvian Centre of Cardiology, Pauls Stradiņš Clinical University Hospital (PSCUH). The PSCUH research institute gave permission to conduct the study. The patients answered questions about their awareness of trans fatty acids. The questionnaire used was obtained from the study “Use of Trans Fat Information on Food Labels and Its Determinants in a Multiethnic College Student Population” and modified for survey of the cardiology unit patients. The majority (74%) of the respondents had heard and read something about trans fatty acids, but 62% women and 54% men were poorly informed about trans fatty acids and their negative effect on cardiovascular diseases. Unclear issues for patients were discussed after the questionnaire.

Cardiology Centre Patients’ Awareness of the Negative Effects of Trans Fatty Acids on Cardiovascular Diseases

Pauls Stradiņš Clinical University Hospital

Proceedings of the Latvian Academy of Sciences. Section B. Natural, Exact, and Applied Sciences.

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It is very important to promote public awareness of the negative effects on health — trans fatty acid effects on cardiovascular disease. The study included 70...

Cardiology Centre Patients’ Awareness of the Negative Effects of Trans Fatty Acids on Cardiovascular Diseases

Published Online: Jan 19, 2018

Page range: 440 - 446

Received: Dec 09, 2016

Accepted: Dec 13, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/prolas-2017-0078

Keywords
trans fatty acids (TFA), cardiovascular disease (CVD), coronary heart disease (CHD), the effect of awareness

© 2017 Lāsma Plociņa et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Cardiology Centre Patients’ Awareness of the Negative Effects of Trans Fatty Acids on Cardiovascular Diseases

Published Online: Jan 19, 2018

Page range: 440 - 446

Received: Dec 09, 2016

Accepted: Dec 13, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/prolas-2017-0078

Keywordstrans fatty acids (TFA), cardiovascular disease (CVD), coronary heart disease (CHD), the effect of awareness

© 2017 Lāsma Plociņa et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
trans fatty acids (TFA), cardiovascular disease (CVD), coronary heart disease (CHD), the effect of awareness