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Differences And Similarities In Rural Residents’ Health And Cardiac Risk Factors, Florence M. Weierbach, Bernice Yates, Melody Hertzog, Bunny Pozehl
Differences And Similarities In Rural Residents’ Health And Cardiac Risk Factors, Florence M. Weierbach, Bernice Yates, Melody Hertzog, Bunny Pozehl
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Purpose: The current U.S. population exceeds three hundred million with approximately 20% living in non-urban rural areas. A higher percentage of rural residents have diagnosed heart disease and report poorer health compared to non-rural residents; however, it is not known whether risk factor modification for heart disease and health status differ based on degree of rurality. The purposes of this study were: 1) to compare differences in health status and cardiac risk factors between cardiac patients living in large and small/isolated rural areas, and 2) to compare the health status of rural cardiac patients with a national sample. Method: A …