Self reported prevalence and treatment of sleep disorders in Austria.
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A Schmeiser-Rieder
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[Social medicine aspects of pre- and postmenopause].
Due to the increasing life expectancy most women nowadays suffer from menopausal problems. These include not only menopausal symptoms, but also osteoporosis and atherosclerosis. Hormone replacement therapy therefore is a measure for keeping physiological standards. It has both preventive and therapeutic importance, for the individual as well as for the public. Menopause Management is a task for lifestyle medicine, as a combination of pharmaceutical treatment and lifestyle changes. The women and physicians are working in a menopause managing team, and prevention and treatment of diseases and disorders are not separated.
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[Blood pressure awareness in Austria: indicators of an increasing information deficit].
Attitudes and knowledge of the Austrian population concerning hypertension have been investigated on a regular basis for 15 years (1978-1993). In 1978 a public campaign of information on hypertension was conducted all over Austria. Between 1978 and 1993 four representative population surveys, based on random samples, were performed (1978, 1984, 1990, 1993). The four surveys showed that maximal blood pressure awareness after the campaign was followed by a decrease of awareness between 1984 and 1993. Above all, lack of knowledge of personal blood pressure increased markedly over the observation period. The determinant "don't know my blood pressure" was self reported by 10% in 1978, 7% in 1984, rising to 17% and 18% in 1990 and 1993, respectively. This increase was significant in females and males younger than 50 years. Nearly no differences were found in self-reported high blood pressure and antihypertensive drug intake between 1978 and 1993 (1978, 1984, 1990: 14%, 1993: 12% with respect to the former; 1978: 10%, 1990: 11%, 1993: 8% with respect to the latter). In 1993 significantly less people than in 1978 reported that their blood pressure had been measured within the past three months (1978: 49%; 1993: 34%). People estimated overweight, alcohol, mental stress, and cigarette smoking as the most important risk factors for hypertension (89%, 89%, 88%, 83%, respectively). The importance of these risk factors in the eyes of the questioned population increased between 1978 and 1993, significantly in the case of cigarette smoking. Primarily a lack of information was found in knowledge of personal values, whereas knowledge of risk factors for hypertension was considerably higher. The results of the four surveys lead to the conclusion that the population should be informed about the health hazards of high blood pressure more intensively and people should be motivated to take an interest in their blood pressure.
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[Women and smoking].
Of the 300,000 deaths attributable to smoking among women in developed countries in 1985, 21% were coded to lung cancer, for example, 41% to cardiovascular diseases, primarily coronary heart disease and stroke, and 18% to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Overall, female deaths rates from lung cancer in developed countries increased by almost 200% between 1957 and 1987. Smoking and tobacco consumption is a health risk for women at all ages. All women, regardless whether they are pregnant, performing oral contraception or estrogen replacement should not smoke; if they are not able to stop on their own, appropriate counselling and therapy should be provided according to the state of the art. Women who smoke typically go through the menopause 2 or 3 years earlier than non-smokers. Cigarette smoking to increase the risk of estrogen-deficiency diseases, as cardiovascular risk and postmenopausal osteoporosis. Many women want to give up smoking for a number of reasons, such as health, freedom from smoking dependence, financial worries and of course pregnancy. Women find it more difficult to quit than men because of lack of social support, more reliance on cigarette to cope with stress and anxiety and fear of weight gain. Although many women manage to refrain from smoking for a long, they may relapse in situations involving negative emotions, such as conflicts, stress, loss. Men however, tend to relapse in positive situations, such as social events. Smoking cessation programmes have to cover specifically women's need including basic health education, discussion of withdrawal symptoms, strategies to maintain non-smoking and prevent relapse, continuing group support, stress management, advice on weight management, nutrition, fitness and exercise.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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[Smoking intervention program].
For promoting health the "Fonds Gesundes Osterreich" worked out an "Intervention Programme Against Smoking". In cooperation with different institutions as "Osterreichische Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Volksgesundheit", "Ludwig-Boltzmann Institut für Gesundheitspsychologie der Frau" and "Institute of Social Medicine, University of Vienna" a report on smoking and health, an update on smoking in pregnancy and associated health hazards, report and overview of smoking cessation in Austria and state of the art of smoking cessation therapy were carried out. Based on these projects curricula for physicians, pharmacists, midwives and psychologists were prepared to involve more and more health professionals that smoking cessation treatment will become a generally accepted part of any preventive or therapeutic strategy to control tobacco associated diseases. The target group of the intervention programme is the dissonant smoker, who wants to stop smoking, informing him and providing professional help. Many techniques ranging from self help to sophisticated combined therapeutic approaches including pharmacological interventions are now available to deal with the nicotine addiction problem. For health policy and public health smoking cessation will be one approach within the framework of a comprehensive approach to control the most important modern epidemic, the health damages caused by tobacco consumption.
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