. 2017 Jul 19;15:19. doi: 10.1186/s12959-017-0144-2

Table 2.

Awareness of VTE

Item	Options	No. of responses	Percent
Which of the following cause DVT?	Blood clot in vein^b	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%
Know what a blood clot in your leg is or DVT?	No	119	68.4%
Which of following are signs/symptoms of DVT?^{a, c}
	Swelling of leg^b	30	54.5%
	Itching of leg	11	20.0%
	Pain/tenderness in leg^b	27	49.0%
	Noticeable changes in color of leg^b	16	29.0%
	The leg feels warm^b	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%
	No	148	85.1%
Which of following are signs/symptoms of PE?^{a, d}
	Shortness of breath^b	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 out^b	6	23.0%
	Pain radiating down arm	5	19.2%
	You cough up blood^b	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
	A hospital stay^b	49	28.2%
	Surgery^b	67	38.5%
	Cancer^b	47	27.0%
	Not moving a long time^b	119	68.4%
	Pregnancy/giving birth^b	40	23.0%
	Using estrogen-based meds^b	14	8.0%
	Family history of blood clots^b	59	33.9%
	Older age (65+)^b	72	41.4%
	Too much exercise	6	3.4%
	High blood cholesterol^b	92	52.9%
	Donating blood	8	4.6%
	High blood pressure^b	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 legs^b	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%

N = 174

^aMore than one response allowed

^bIndicates correct response

^cN = 52

^dN = 26

^eN = 82