Table 2 Awareness of VTE
Item | Options | No. of responses | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|
Which of the following cause DVT? | Blood clot in veinb | 82 | 47.1% |
Lack of oxygen in vein | 5 | 2.9% | |
A tumor in vein | 7 | 4.0% | |
None of the above | 4 | 2.3% | |
Not sure | 76 | 43.7% | |
Know what a blood clot in your leg is or DVT? | Yes | 55 | 31.6% |
No | 119 | 68.4% | |
Which of following are signs/symptoms of DVT?a, c | |||
| Â | Swelling of legb | 30 | 54.5% |
Itching of leg | 11 | 20.0% | |
Pain/tenderness in legb | 27 | 49.0% | |
Noticeable changes in color of legb | 16 | 29.0% | |
The leg feels warmb | 10 | 18.1% | |
Leg paralysis | 20 | 36.3% | |
Other | 8 | 14.5% | |
Not sure | 2 | 3.6% | |
Know what a blood clot in your lung or PE? | Yes | 26 | 14.9% |
| Â | No | 148 | 85.1% |
Which of following are signs/symptoms of PE?a, d | |||
| Â | Shortness of breathb | 18 | 69.2% |
Slow, shallow breathing | 5 | 19.2% | |
Chest pain (may be worse with deep breath)b | 18 | 69.2% | |
Rapid heart rate | 7 | 26.9% | |
Lightheadedness/passing outb | 6 | 23.0% | |
Pain radiating down arm | 5 | 19.2% | |
You cough up bloodb | 6 | 23.0% | |
You have frequent headaches | 4 | 15.4% | |
Other | 3 | 11.4% | |
None of the above | 1 | 3.8% | |
Which of the following might increase your risk of developing a blood clot?a | |||
| Â | A hospital stayb | 49 | 28.2% |
Surgeryb | 67 | 38.5% | |
Cancerb | 47 | 27.0% | |
Not moving a long timeb | 119 | 68.4% | |
Pregnancy/giving birthb | 40 | 23.0% | |
Using estrogen-based medsb | 14 | 8.0% | |
Family history of blood clotsb | 59 | 33.9% | |
Older age (65+)b | 72 | 41.4% | |
Too much exercise | 6 | 3.4% | |
High blood cholesterolb | 92 | 52.9% | |
Donating blood | 8 | 4.6% | |
High blood pressureb | 83 | 47.7% | |
Other | 24 | 14.1% | |
None of the above | 2 | 1.1% | |
Not sure | 41 | 23.6% | |
Which of following help prevent a blood clot?a, e | Walking/stretching legsb | 76 | 92.7% |
Drinking plenty of fluids | 37 | 45.1% | |
Eating lots of fiber | 41 | 50.0% | |
Bed rest | 11 | 13.4% | |
Washing/bathing regularly | 27 | 32.9% | |
Don’t know | 11 | 13.4% | |
Other | 9 | 5.2% | |