. Hossein Mohseni Pouya; . Sima Esmaeili Shahmirzadi; . Khadijeh Hajimiri; . Fereshteh Majlessi; . Mohsen Bagheri
Volume 7, Issue 4 , July and August 2017, , Pages 1-8
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death all over the world. Lifestylecan have an important role not only in reducing risk factors but also in the prevention ...
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INTRODUCTION: Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death all over the world. Lifestylecan have an important role not only in reducing risk factors but also in the prevention and treatmentof coronary heart diseases. The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between clinicalparameters and various aspects of patients’ lifestyles according to the severity of their coronaryartery stenosis.MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study was a descriptive, analytic study carried out on 220 patientsundergoing coronary angiography at Mazandaran Heart Center. Based on the angiography results,patients were divided into two groups: artery stenosis > 50% (110 cases) and < 50% (110). Patients’lifestyles were evaluated using health‑promoting behavior questionnaire. Blood pressure andtriglyceride, low‑density lipoprotein, high‑density lipoprotein, cholesterol, and fasting blood sugarwere also measured. After collecting data, SPSS 21 software, Chi‑square test, t‑test, and multiplelinear regression were used for analysis of the data.RESULTS: The results showed that in patients with positive angiographic data, there is a significantcorrelation between clinical parameters and dimensions of health‑promoting behavior (P < 0.05).CONCLUSION: Given the impact of clinical parameters on various aspects of lifestyle, it seemsthat by teaching the different aspects of lifestyle (such as having a healthy diet consisting of freshfruits and vegetables, reducing intake of saturated fat, physical activity and regular exercise, stressmanagement, and blood pressure control) to patients with a positive angiographic result, we canimprove their lifestyles by means of improving clinical parameters.
