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[The influence of knowledge of cardiovascular risk factors for 1st and 6th year medical students' lifestyle].
Lenart, A, Mosio, J, Knap, K, Dziad, D, Adamik, K, Olszowska, M
Przeglad lekarski. 2014;(7):389-93
Abstract
BACKGROUND The most important way to reduce the incidence of the atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (CVD) is prevention, which should include modification of risk factors. AIM: To define knowledge of primary CVD prevention, and to rate compliance with prevention rules among students'. MATERIAL AND METHODS The study included 275 first year (ly) students and 161 sixth year (6y) students of the Faculty of Medicine (303 Females and 133 Males; aged 18-29 years). Anonymous questionnaire on acquaintance with the primary prevention, compliance with it and correct values and units of blood pressure, blood glucose and cholesterol level was conducted among survey participants. RESULTS 6y students indicated risk factors of CVD significantly more correctly than ly students. The proper value of male and female waist circumference was indicated correctly more often by 6y students than ly students. When compared to ly students, 6y students more often marked properly the heart attack symptoms, tests which are necessary to diagnose ACS, and markers of the myocardial necrosis. Respectively, among the ly and 6y students the mean BMI was: 20.82 kg/m2 vs. 21, 74 kg/m2, mean waist circumference: 70.00 cm vs.74.81 cm. 6y students more often than ly students eat regular meals, eat fruits and vegetables more than 4 times a week, exercise more than 30 minutes a day. CONCLUSIONS Sixth year medical students' knowledge about the prevention of CVD is greater than the first year students' but still is unsatisfactory. Sixth year students slightly often follow the rules of primary prevention than first year students.
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[Psychologic and educational conditions to preserve psychologic health in medical college students].
Khusainova, IIu
Meditsina truda i promyshlennaia ekologiia. 2010;(6):28-32
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Psychologic counselling program was designed for medical college students to preserve and strengthen the psychologic health. Comparative analysis of psychologic health parameters in main (experimental) group of students subjected to the program vs. the reference group who did not participate in the experiment proved the program efficient.
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Intra- and intercultural comparisons of the personality profiles of medical students in Argentina and the United States.
Rimoldi, HJ, Raimondo, R, Erdmann, JB, Hojat, M
Adolescence. 2002;(147):477-94
Abstract
This study was designed to compare the personality profiles of medical students in Argentina and the United States. The ultimate purpose of the research was to study the value of personality measures in predicting academic and professional performances. Participants were 421 medical students in Argentina (254 women, 167 men) and 623 medical students in the United States (207 women, 416 men). Eight personality measures were administered: Perception of Stressful Life Events, Test Anxiety, General Anxiety, Loneliness, Self-Esteem, Locus of Control, Extraversion, and Neuroticism. Intracultural comparisons showed some minor gender differences in personality profiles within each culture (e.g., in the United States, women scored higher than men on the Perception of Stressful Life Events and General Anxiety scales, and in Argentina, women scored higher on the Test Anxiety scale). Intercultural comparisons of personality profiles showed that Argentine medical students obtained higher average scores than did their American counterparts on the Perception of Stressful Life Events, Test Anxiety, General Anxiety, External Locus of Control, Extraversion, and Neuroticism scales. Argentine students scored lower on the Loneliness scale than did their American counterparts. Psychometric findings supported the measurement properties of the personality measures in the two cultures (e.g., construct validity, and internal consistency aspect of reliability). Further study of the implications of the findings in predicting academic attainment in medical school and to physician performance is recommended.