Chest Pain

Research reports from J.L. Thanavaro and co-authors provide new insights into chest pain

Published in Heart Disease Weekly, November 14th, 2010

According to a study from the United States, "We sought to determine health promotion behavior (HPB) in women with chest pain (CP), and to explore the best predictors of HPB. The sample included 39 women without previous coronary heart disease (CHD), between ages 30 and 65 years, who were admitted with low-risk or intermediate-risk CP."

"The Health Promotion Lifestyle Profile II, the CHD Knowledge Tool for Women, and the Benefits and Barriers Scales were used to measure HPB, CHD knowledge, benefits, and barriers to risk modification for the study. Women had low HPB scores ((X) over bar = 127.3 +/- 23.5). The best predictors for HPB (adjusted R-2 = .44) included...

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Source: Heart Disease Weekly (2010-11-14)

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