The Romanians, optimistic with regard to their health status
According to a survey, Romanians are optimistic with regard to their health status and nearly half of them did not consider themselves threatened by any health problem.
Articol de Marilena Frâncu, 28 Noiembrie 2012, 12:50
Romanians are optimistic with regard to their health status and nearly half of them did not consider themselves threatened by a health problem in the next five years, according to a survey.
Most of those questioned in a poll believe are healthy or very healthy, but consider cardiovascular disease, the greatest threat to their health.
The perception of the Romanians on their health status was not changed very much in the last year.
The percentage of those who consider that they are healthy, according to the study have remained at around 60 percent.
"In terms of perception with regard to chronic diseases, we have a slight decrease, from 23 per cent to 19 per cent . Interested to note here, is that the profile of those who consider themselves chronic disease patients, at the moment, remains the same.
"Basically, I'm rather women are rather people who are over 45 years of age and people who have a low education.
"What would be Interestingly to note here-the fact that only 5 per cent of Romanians appreciate that over the next five years could suffer from oncology problems and feel threatened in this regard," said Cristina Ghita, researcher at the Institute.
Cardiovascular disease, the greatest threat
Questioned about the health problems they may have in the future, Romanians consider cardiovascular disease as the greatest threat to their health.
In addition, people who already suffer from a chronic illness are more concerned with this problem, so that about half of those sufferers that could develop cardiovascular problems, in the near future.
Age seems to influence how people perceive the various health problems as being threatening.
The share of those who feel at risk to fall sick, seems to grow as the elderly progresses, so that older age groups feel more exposed to cardiovascular problems, stroke, vision loss or locomotive problems.
The study was conducted in October, on a sample of 900 people, and the margin of error is plus-minus 3.2 per cent .
Translated by
Denisse-Meda Bucura
