23-Year Dynamic of Adherence to Cardiovascular Prevention and Behavioral Factors and Awareness about the Health in Female Population 25-44 Years in Russia / Siberia

Objective: To determine the 23-year trends 1994-2016 of adherence towards cardiovascular diseases prevention in general female population aged 25-44 years in Russia / Siberia.
Methods: Under the third screening of the WHO program MONICA random representative sample of women were surveyed in Novosibirsk in 1994 (n=284 aged 25-44y). In 2016 a random representative sample of women the same age was examined in the same district of Novosibirsk (n = 540). Questionnaire MOPSY “Awareness and attitude towards the health” was used.
Results: There is a positive trend in self-rated health in female population aged 25-44 years despite this 50% of women rate their health negatively and 96% consider the existence of high chance to be ill with serious disease within next 5-10 years.
Majority of women believed in the possibilities of modern medicine for the prevention of heart disease but there is extremely low level of healthcare utilization as prevention measure and it doesn’t exceed 10% in those women (p<0.05). There is a growth of job stress levels and upward trends in family status changes over 23 years. Some changes in behavioral status were found over 1994-2016 yy: increased share of people quit smoking and doing regular physical exercises, improved diet behavior.
Conclusion: We showed there is a positive trend in CVD risk factors prevention in women 25-44y. In spite of this, half of the women negatively evaluate their health and using of healthcare resources is deficient.