SVEST O POLNO SPECIFIČNIM FAKTORIMA RIZIKA, PRIKRIVENA MIZOGINIJA I DUGOROČNA OPTIMIZACIJA KARDIOVASKULARNOG RIZIKA: REZULTATI PILOT STUDIJE:

Biljana Parapid; Žaklina  Grujić; Ognjen Bisenić; Milica Djurović; Petar Simić; Bosiljka Djikanović Tetiković; Sonja Petrović; Jovana Vuković Banjanac; Kristina Simatović; Dijana Djikić; Ivana Petrović Djordjević; Ana Mladenović Marković; Zlatibor Lončar; Slavica Djukić Dejanović; Dragan Simić; Nanette Kass Wenger; Vladimir Kanjuh

doi:10.5937/medi58-55012

Biljana Parapid
Žaklina Grujić University Clinical Centre of Serbia, Division of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia https://orcid.org/0009-0002-3512-4225
Ognjen Bisenić University Clinical Centre of Serbia, Division of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia https://orcid.org/0009-0002-7521-1016
Milica Djurović University Clinical Centre of Serbia, Division of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia https://orcid.org/0009-0009-4596-6179
Petar Simić 2Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinic Narodni Front, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia https://orcid.org/0009-0004-6175-8576
Bosiljka Djikanović Tetiković School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Serbia https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8288-6391
Sonja Petrović University Clinical Centre of Serbia, Division of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia https://orcid.org/0009-0008-8048-0206
Jovana Vuković Banjanac University Clinical Centre of Serbia, Division of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3299-8691
Kristina Simatović University Clinical Centre of Serbia, Division of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia https://orcid.org/0009-0003-6954-9843
Dijana Djikić University Clinical Centre of Serbia, Division of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0889-4702
Ivana Petrović Djordjević University Clinical Centre of Serbia, Division of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia https://orcid.org/0009-0003-9841-9458
Ana Mladenović Marković University Clinical Centre of Serbia, Division of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9571-1574
Zlatibor Lončar Emergency Center, University Clinical Center of Serbia, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2165-3601
Slavica Djukić Dejanović University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Department of Psychiatry, Kragujevac, Serbia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5652-0860
Dragan Simić University Clinical Centre of Serbia, Division of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4031-3573
Nanette Kass Wenger Emory University School of Medicine, Emory Women’s Heart Center, Atlanta, Georgia, USA https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0990-6151
Vladimir Kanjuh Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Belgrade, Serbia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5937/medi58-55012

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Health literacy is cornerstone of prevention, while sex specific prevention of cardiovascular disease – leading cause of death of women worldwide – remains less addressed and still matter of local cultural habits than guidelines directed management.

METHODS: A validated multiple-choice questionnaire (MCQ) designed to both educate patients and help the healthcare team learn about their traditional and sex specific modern risk factors (RF) management, including opting for comprehensive personalized long term follow up (FU) was offered to all.

RESULTS: Out of 130 patients hospitalized in our department (Jan 1, 2024 – Feb 24, 2024) who were offered to fill in the MCQ, 37.7% accepted, while 11.5% were excluded on ethical grounds. Women (49%) were older than men, had a more significant burden of traditional RF and possessed higher levels of knowledge and interest in RFs of both sexes, while men – especially those who declined to participate without a clear reason – even stated having no interest in their female relatives’ risk profiles. Men – unlike women – showed no particular interest in a personalized and tech-savvy options of FU, although they equally use hand-held devices.

CONCLUSION: These results confirm results in a similar sample of only women conducted in the same setting a year ago, however, results in men where surprising for the hostility exhibited towards junior and mid-career women was absent when approached by a senior male member of the healthcare team, confirming misogyny needs to be actively suppressed.

KEY WORDS: health literacy, heart disease, cardiovascular risk, sex specific risk factors, misogyny

SEX SPECIFIC RISK FACTOR AWARENESS, COVERT MISOGYNY AND LONG-TERM CARDIOVASCULAR RISK MANAGEMENT: PILOT STUDY

Misogyny and Cardiovascular Risk: Pilot Study Results

Abstract