Cardiovascular Risk Factor Knowledge and Behaviors Among Low-Income Urban Women in Mysore, India.
Karl Krupp, Meredith L Wilcox, Arun Srinivas and 3 others
PMID 32084082WHAT IT FOUND
Nearly half of 607 low-income urban women had poor cardiovascular risk factor knowledge, and 60% were not thinking about changing heart-health behaviors.
Key findings
01Nearly half of the women had poor cardiovascular risk factor knowledge, and only one-third had good knowledge.
0260% of the 607 women completing the behavior instrument reported they were not thinking about changing their heart health behavior and did not intend to do so in the next six months.
03In the multinomial logistic regression models, each one-year increase in age was associated with a 4% increase in the odds of poor rather than good knowledge.
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What it does not show
The sample was a nonprobability sample of consenting women from six slums in one city, so it may not represent other slum-dwelling women in India or other settings. Smoking, alcohol use, diet, sleep, and behavior change were self-reported, so recall and social desirability bias are possible. The study measured knowledge and behavior at one time, so it cannot show whether knowledge led to behavior change or whether education would improve outcomes. No intervention was tested. Some associations, including with hypertension, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, and medication adherence, were reported as data not shown.
Declared interests
No conflicts of interest were declared. The publication types list NIH and non-U.S. government research support.
The easy way to misread this
Do not read the association between low knowledge and not changing behavior as proof that heart-health education will improve cardiovascular outcomes. This was a survey of self-reported knowledge and intentions, not a tested intervention.