Knowledge and Attitudes Regarding Cardiovascular Disease Risk and Prevention in Patients With Coronary or Peripheral Arterial Disease

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Abstract
PATIENTS' GROWING demand for medical information and the exponential increase in patient-accessible health care information have contributed to a changing physician-patient relationship, in which patients increasingly influence their medical care.1-8 Patients' requests for treatment and attitudes about the importance of treatment are major determinants of physician behavior regarding prescription of preventive interventions.7,8 In addition, patients' perceptions of their personal risk of an adverse event and the effectiveness of preventive therapy influence the degree to which preventive health and risk-reduction behaviors are adopted by patients.9,10