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[Motivation to change unhealthy life styles and cardiovascular risk]
David Pérez-Manchón1, Gema María Alvarez-García2, Esteban González-López3
1Centro de Salud Universitario Villanueva de la Cañada, Consultorio de Brunete, Dirección Asistencial Noroeste del Servicio Madrileño de Salud (SERMAS), Madrid, España.
Objective:
Study the relationship between motivation to change unhealthy life styles and cardiovascular risk.
Method:
Cross sectional study, random, stratified by age, carried out in the field of primary care with a sample of 369 people. It was felt that with smoking or smoking cessation active consumption less than a year, the physical habit was valued at work and leisure, food habits were assessed in adherence to mediterranean diet and the stages of motivation were categorized precontemplative phase to maintenance phase. The cardiovascular risk was stratified with the SCORE table calibrated in Spain.
Results:
The 49.6% were men and 50.4% were women, with an average age of 41.2 years. The prevalence of smoking was 31.4% (95% CI 26.56-36,30), 58% in sedentary lifestyle (95% CI 52.27-62,63) and 68% for bad diet (95% CI 63.97-73,69). The 69.8% of smokers, 77.8% of sedentary and 48.4% of people without proper diet was precontemplative to change their lifestyles.
Conclusions:
Precontemplative stages in unhealthy life styles have association with risk factors and increase the global cardiovascular risk. The transtheoretical model is a useful tool for the assessment of unhealthy behaviors in lifestyles.
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