Assessment of Myocardial Infarction Risk among Patients in Babylon City

Abstract

Introduction
The idea of assessment of myocardial infarction risk factors among patients comes while Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in Iraq.1 While myocardial infarction has been described to have an epidemic like spread all over the world with special emphasis on countries experiencing the transition to lifestyle, it is important to evaluate the life style and behaviors of those patients after the onset of myocardial infarction.2
Objectives
Presented study aimed to assess and find out the frequency and significance of known risk factors in our patient population in Babylon City of myocardial infarction patients.
Materials and Methods
Descriptive design for risk factors of myocardial infarction among patients life in Babylon City were assessed.150 patients were a purposive sample from Babylon community to participate in this study (108 Male, 42 Female). Those are patients with myocardial infarction included from two main hospitals an Al-Hilla hospital n=100, Marchan hospital n=50, CCU unit. Microsoft Excel and SPSS software were used to analyze the data collected and to obtain results.
Results
Most of sample study participants were more than 40 years old. The majorities of participants live in Babylon city, finished their secondary level of education and illiteracy patients level. The results according to the gender were 64.81%of males and 66.67% of females of the study sample were diabetic, and 80.56% of males and 71.42% of female of the study sample were hypertensive, while 59.26% of males and 35.71% of females of the study sample electives had cardiac diseases. All participants were surveyed for diet, physical activity, smoking, knowledge, attitude, practice, and drugs compliance. Most of patients have no physical activity (86% of males and 98% of females), no control diet (65% of males and 48% of females), while percent of smoking patients were high according to their health situation (60% of males and 21% of females).
Conclusion
The political and economical situations of Patients in Babylon city, and lack of health information among patients and their families, were the major reason of the lifestyle impairment. Patients who survived acute myocardial infarction need more attention and rehabilitation programs, this needs the efforts of primary health care centers, Nurses and cardiologists.