[Incidence of risk factors for chronic noninfectious diseases among the population of 2 rural therapeutic districts in the Lithuanian SSR and the knowledge of the inhabitants of the presence of their risk factors]. / Rasprostranennost' faktorov riska khronicheskikh neinfektsionnykh zabolevanii u naseleniia dvukh sel'skikh terapevticheskikh uchastkov Litovskoi SSR i osvedomlennost' zhitelei o nalichii u nikh faktorov riska.

During examination of the adult population of two rural communities: 1558 inhabitants of a settlement of Salantai and 1713 inhabitants of a settlement of Merkine their arterial pressure was measured and they were interviewed. A high prevalence of risk factors of chronic noncommunicable diseases was established. Arterial hypertension was detected almost in 1/3 of the examined population, 50% of the male population smoked, 40.7% of the Salantai inhabitants and 32.2% of the Merkine inhabitants had excess body mass. The people were unaware of risk factors. Those who thought to be healthy, often had risk factors. Only 28.3% of the Salantai inhabitants and 25.5% of the Merkine inhabitants knew their arterial pressure, 74.8% and 79.3% respectively knew their height and body mass. With age the prevalence of risk factors grew and knowledge of them decreased.

[Psychological aspects of the measures for lowering the cholesterol level in a population study]. / Psikhologicheskie aspekty meropriiatii po snizheniiu urovnia kholesterina v populiatsionnom issledovanii.

Psychologic personality features influenced the participation of male subjects, aged 40-59, from Kaunas, in preventive procedures aiming to control hypercholesterolemia within a many-factor prophylactic program against coronary heart disease (CHD). A negative attitude to the recommendation to give up smoking and change dietary habits and physical behavior, demonstrated prior to the first medical examination, was indicative of a tendency to abstain from preventive procedures. According to the first medical check-up data, the abstaining individuals showed signs of somatic discomfort and psychologic stress more frequently. Unlike the voluntary participants, they had more marked difficulties in psychologic adaptation as assessed by the MMPI scale. The effectiveness of cholesterol-controlling measures also depended on the psychological makeup of the personality. A lower MMPI profile prevailed in those men whose increased cholesterol levels were eventually controlled.