Abstract: There are no enough studies that focus on the relationship between the modifiable risk factors and their effectiveness among cardiovascular diseases patients.
Objective: To determine the relationship and the main modifiable risk factors among cardiovascular patients in our community.
Design: A Cross – Sectional Descriptive Study.
Setting: Ibn – Sina Teaching hospital, Hadhramout Province, Yemen.
Method: This study was conducted from 1st January 2014 to the end of December 2014. Two hundred and thirty seven admitted patients with cardiovascular diseases were included in our study. Data was entered and analyzed by Statistical Package for Social Software Program (SPSS) version 14.
Result: Among Two hundred and thirty seven (237) patients, Male was the predominant gender (60.75%) in our study. Most patients were in the age group of ≥70 years at the time of admission (46.83%). Diabetes Mellitus, Hypertension, Obesity, Physical Inactivity, Smoking and incompliance to treatment were the powerful risk factors among our studied patients with Significant Statistical relationship ( P=0.000).
Conclusion: we have tremendously defected approaches among preventive measure perspective and health education to aware the public community about the dangerous of those factors and strong impact on their health.
Keywords: Modifiable Risk Factors, Cardiovascular Diseases.
Title: Effects of Modifiable Risk Factors among Admitted Patients with Cardiovascular Diseases
Author: Mohammed Ahmed Khamis Omar
International Journal of Healthcare Sciences
ISSN 2348-5728 (Online)
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