A Prospective Study To Know Socio-Demographic Profile In Patients With Acute Coronary Syndrome Admitted At A Tertiary Health Care And Teaching Hospital In Himachal Pradesh, North India
Journal Title: Harsukh Educational Charitable Society International Journal of Community Health and Medical Research - Year 2018, Vol 4, Issue 1
Abstract
Background: India alone is burdened with approximately 25% of cardiovascular-related deaths and a of morbidity and mortality. The present study was planned and commenced to know the socio-demographic profile in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS), as limited studies has been conducted so far in this region on this topic exclusively. Material and Methods: A prospective study was carried out to know the socio-demographic profile in acute coronary syndrome (ACS) including ST elevation and non ST elevation myocardial infarction. We enrolled 201 patients to know their socio-demographic profile admitted in the intensive care unit at Dr. R. P. Govt. Medical College, Kangra at Tanda, Himachal Pradesh, over a period of one year wef. 20th November 2016 to 19th November 2017. A predefined proforma was completed in every patient with a detailed socio-demographic history which revealed information about age, gender, education level, economic independency & occupation. Results: Our study showed a significant male predominance with the mean age of study population being 61.46 (±13.47 S.D.) years. The ratio of male to female patients was 3:1 (male patients 73.1% and female patients 26.9%). 44.8% of patients were less than 60 years of age and more than half of the total study population (55.2%) was in geriatric age group. All age groups had male preponderance except the age group 71- ≥ 80 years, and the finding was statistically significant. Conclusion: Maximum number of patients were in age group 61-70 years, males were marginally higher than their counterpart female patients. Age group 31-40 years too had preponderance of male patients than females. But female patients outnumbered their counterpart male patients in age group 71 ≥ 80 yrs. In the present study, significant differences were observed in patients with coronary artery disease and age, gender, marital, family, occupation and income status.
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Gautam AG, Bansal P, Chauhan R, Chadha V
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