Prevalence of stress, arterial hypertension and its risk factors in the cardiology department
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Lietuvos sveikatos mokslų universiteto Kauno ligoninė |
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2020-11-19 |
Cardiovascular diseases
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Introduction Hypertension is one of a major risk factor for the development of cardiovascular disease (CVD), which is a main cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. The main risk factors for the development of arterial hypertension is gender, obesity, alcohol consumption, smoking, low physical activity, dyslipidemia, diabetes, stress. Aim To assess the prevalence of stress levels and cardiovascular risk factors among patients with and without arterial hypertension. Methods This was a prospective study carried out at the Cardiology department in Kaunas Clinical Hospital. The survey started 1th of December 2019 and lasted till 1th of February 2020. The study was approved by the Bioethics centre of Lithuanian university of Health sciences (BEC-MF-421). There were 54 study participants who completed the two questionnaires (Perceived stress scale (PSS) and self-created questionnaire), which consisted of questions about gender, age, perceived stress, questions about cardiovascular disease risk factors (smoking, body mass index, dyslipidemia, diabetes mellitus, use of salt, physical activity, manifestation of the disease among blood relatives). PSS scoring range from 0 to 40, where 0-13 score indicates the lowest level of perceived stress, 14-26 indicates the moderate stress level, 27-40 considered high perceived stress. Responses to questions about cardiovascular risk factors were divided into five groups: four, three, two, one or none of risk factors. The results are statistically reliable when p <0.05. The descriptive statistics and statistical analysis were performed by using Microsoft Excel and statistical software SPSS 17.0. Results The mean age of study participants was 73.46 ± 1.18 years (median 75,5 years; min 45 years; max 89 years). The distribution of respondents by gender was: 53,7 % women and 46,3 % men. 83.3% respondents diagnosed arterial hypertension, 16.7% study participants were with norma... [...].