Lupus & antiphospholipid syndrome
Cardiovascular disease risk perceptions and influencing factors among Chinese systemic lupus erythematosus patients
Authors' conclusion
Body mass index, family history, health literacy, depression, social support, and psychological resilience influenced CVD risk perceptions among Chinese SLE patients.
Study context
- Population
- SLE patients attending outpatient and inpatient rheumatology departments, First Affiliated Hospital of the University of Science and Technology of China, November 2022 to March 2023
- Participants
- 201 patients
- Outcome
- Cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk perception (Chinese version of the Attitudes and Beliefs about Cardiovascular Disease Risk Questionnaire) and its influencing factors
Methodological detailsconvenience sampling, single-centre
- Convenience sampling
- Single-centre
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
CVD risk perception score
SLE
57.18
mean · SD 13.02
- Correlation with health literacy (Pearson r), p < .05
- 0.152
- Correlation with depression (Pearson r), p < .05
- 0.277
- Correlation with social support (Pearson r), p < .05
- −0.393
- Correlation with psychological resilience (Pearson r), p < .05
- −0.374
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
Cardiovascular disease risk perceptions and influencing factors among Chinese systemic lupus erythematosus patients. Lupus. Published 1 December 2023. doi:10.
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