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Participants with a non-cardiac chronic illness held similar cardiac misconceptions to people with heart disease, with no significant difference in total misconception scores (13.80 vs 13.66, p=0.58).
Cross-Sectional (n=528)
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People with non-cardiac chronic illnesses hold similar misconceptions about heart disease as cardiac patients, highlighting the need for broad public education to dispel myths.
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Cardiac misconceptions may extend beyond heart disease; Level 4 cross-sectional data leaves open whether broad education reduces them.
What people believe about their illness may affect how they cope with it. It has been suggested that such beliefs may be commonly held within society. This cross-sectional investigation examined the cardiac beliefs and misconceptions among cardiac patients and people with chronic illness. Participants with a noncardiac chronic illness hold similar cardiac misconceptions to people with heart disease (p = 0.58). Both groups showed high agreement on “people with heart disease should take life easy” and “always avoid anything that might bring on angina”. People with chronic illness are more likely than cardiac patients to believe that “once you have has one heart attack you are bound to have another one”.
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Lin et al. (2012) conducted a cross-sectional in Coronary Heart Disease and Chronic Illness (n=528). Non-cardiac chronic illness vs. Coronary heart disease was evaluated on Total score on the pilot York Cardiac Beliefs Questionnaire (pYCBQ) (p=0.58). Participants with a non-cardiac chronic illness held similar cardiac misconceptions to people with heart disease, with no significant difference in total misconception scores (13.80 vs 13.66, p=0.58).
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