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Assessment of Risk Factors in Patients With Myocardial Infarction

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  • Fatemeh Kiani
  • Nasrin Hesabi
  • Azizollah Arbabisarjou

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BACKGROUND- Coronary artery diseases (CAD) are one of the important health problems in the world, although considerable progresses have been made to decrease the mortality, they are still the first cause of death in many countries. Hence, the necessity of examining effective factors and risk factors on CAD can be one of the most important health priorities in many countries like Iran. OBJECTIVE- This study was performed to assess the risk factors in patients with myocardial infarction (MI) in Zahedan. MATERIALS & METHODS- This is a cross sectional study in which 213 patients were examined. They had been diagnosed to have heart failure. Data gathering took 18 months. Data gathering tool was a designed checklist which was filled up by an experienced nurse during interview. Obtained results were recorded in files and analyzed in SPSS 21. RESULTS- Results showed that 70% of patients were women and only 30% were men. 48% of them were illiterate and patients mean age was 58.3. SD had been 12.6. The mean of pain onset time till referring to hospital was 11 hours with SD of 2.1. 17% of patients (coronary artery diseases history), 25.5% (hypertension history), 26% (diabetes history), 15.5% (cholesterol history), 13% (smoking) and 3% have reported CABG history. The majority of people who referred had inferior MI (40.4%). 67.1% normal rhythm, 2.8% atrial fibrillation and 16% had ventricular tachycardia. Statistical tests showed a significant correlation between sex and the mean of referring time (p<0.05) but the relation between age and referring time was not significant. CONCLUSION- Effective risk factors on MI were recognized in this study. Some of them such as age, sex and education cannot be modified but many are controllable such as hypertension, diabetes, cholesterol, and smoking and on time referring after pain onset. Having considered the results of this study health promotion for society and especially vulnerable people can be provided by omitting or reducing risk factors.

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  • Fatemeh Kiani & Nasrin Hesabi & Azizollah Arbabisarjou, 2016. "Assessment of Risk Factors in Patients With Myocardial Infarction," Global Journal of Health Science, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 8(1), pages 255-255, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:ibn:gjhsjl:v:8:y:2016:i:1:p:255
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