Categories of health behaviors of patients before the onset of myocardial infarction depending on selected sociodemographic variables

Abstract

Admission. Myocardial infraction belongs to group of acute coronary syndromes which are characterized by disturbances in the coronary circulatory systems. That leads to reduction or limitation of blood flow in coronary artery.

Aim. Purpose of this study was assessment of patients health before myocardial infraction depending on sociodemographic variables. Risk factors of myocardial infraction can be split into two different groups: modifiable(dependent) and not modifiable(independent). Factors that depends on human lifestyle are divided to: lipid disorders, smoking, overweight, hypertension, diabetes, stress and excessive alcohol consumption. Independent factors are split to gender, age and genetic conditions.

Material and methods. Research has been conducted on group of one hundred patients with recognized myocardial hearth attack hospitalized in Department of Cardiology and the Department of Intensive Cardiac Supervision in the name of Ludwik Błażek in Inowroclaw. In this study method that has been used is estimation method. Data from the patients has been taken in questionnaire form. The research tool used in the study was the Health Behavior Inventory questionnaire and the author's record.

Results. Proper eating habits and positive mental attitude was presented on a same level both in women and man. Women reached higher level in preventive behaviors than men’s. Inverted results has been reached in healthy practices category. Respondents with vocational had the best results in proper eating habitats category. The highest preventive behavior level has been observed in group with secondary education. Respondents with high education level reached the higher result in positive mental attitude. The higher level on proper eating habitats has been observed in a group of divorced people. Preventive habitats reached the highest level in a group of married people. Singles reached the highest results in mental attitude category (...).