Psychological influence of preventive measures in the realization of the program of ischaemic heart disease prevention.

In carrying out the programme of ischaemic heart disease prevention among the male population of Kaunas aged 45 to 59 years, in the course of two years the possible adverse influence of certain preventive measures (information about the given disease) on the attitude of the examined subjects to their state of health was investigated. A certain influence was found only in IHD patients, whereas no such influence was observed in healthy persons and in subjects with borderline values of HD risk factors.