OBJECTIVES Current National Health Service cervical screening information does not explain that the cause of cervical cancer is a sexually transmitted infection (human papillomavirus (HPV)). This study aimed to consider the impact that providing this information, in addition to risk factor information, might have on women's perceived risk of cervical cancer. METHODS Female students aged 18-24...

In mobile situations, consumers’ perceived risk is the important determinant of whether they adopt the mobile banking service. Meanwhile the root cause of consumers’ perceived risk is the existence of system usability of mobile banking service. After reviewing relevant literature, this text pointed out the system usability of mobile banking service is the important factor of consumers’ perceive...

Background: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) has emerged as a major cause of morbidity and mortality in HIV-infected adults. Research in noninfected populations suggests that knowledge of CVD risk factors significantly influences perception of risk. Understanding the level of risk factor knowledge and risk perception can inform the development of innovative interventions to reduce risk. The purpose...

The purpose of this study is to report the development of a scale to measure perceived risk associated with online shopping. This research identified a model of perceived risks consisting of four components: financial risk, product performance risk, time/convenience risk and privacy/security risk. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were used, and convergent and discriminant validity w...

Social phobia and depression are common and highly comorbid disorders in adolescence. There is a lack of studies on possible psychosocial shared risk factors for these disorders. The current study examined if low social support is a shared risk factor for both disorders among adolescent girls and boys. This study is a part of the Adolescent Mental Health Cohort Study's two-year follow-up. We st...

nowadays, internet technology provides an opportunity for banks and financial institutions to take advantages in dynamic and competitive turbulent environment in their favor. in addition, considering the importance and status of internet banking and growing trend of it in the country in recent years, now banks and financial institutions have found that maintaining status and effective developme...

years of age worldwide (39%). also in iran it is the cause of 45% of deaths. cardiovascular diseases place a huge social, economic and health burden on the society. patients suffer from this disease when they are at their highest social and economic productivity. the risk of this disease is related to modifiable factors such as smoking and high blood pressure, and also non-modifiable factors su...

BACKGROUND Cross-sectional studies suggest many people are unaware that cancer risk increases with age, but this misbelief has rarely been studied prospectively, nor are its moderators known. PURPOSE To assess whether people recognize that cancer risk increases with age and whether beliefs differ according to gender, education, smoking status, and family history of cancer. METHODS First, it...

conclusions although older patients need more self-care and the quality of this self-care originates from their attitude toward cvd risk factors, their lack of awareness about the main risk factor of their condition is a major challenge for secondary prevention measures. in addition, younger patients’ significant emphasis on biological risk factors as uncorrectable factors can reduce their sens...