Prevalence of complaints and risk factors in patients who applied to the ambulatory of general practice – family medicine.

Abstract

The aim of our work was to conduct a comprehensive assessment of the frequency and features of patient’s complaints, the prevalence of major vascular risk factors in patients who applied for medical care to the ambulatory of general practice – family medicine and analysis of the results based on questionnaires using the original questionnaire. Materials and methods: It was compiled a questionnaire according to which 87 people from 18 to 60 years old, were interviewed who applied to the general practice outpatient clinic – family medicine. The questionnaire included questions related to the well-being of those who went to the outpatient clinic, questions regarding the lifestyle, nutrition, bad habits, the specifics of work and the chronic pathology of the respondents and their relatives. First group included 42 (48.3%) middle-aged patients according to WHO classification, second group – 45 (51.7%) young adults. Results: With the help of questioning of the patients who went to the outpatient clinic, we identified and statistically confirmed the risks of the occurrence and development of pathology of arterial hypertension and coronary heart disease. The odds ratio is quite high in persons with memory impairment, attention – 4.41; feeling of heaviness in the head – 3.45; dizziness – 5.02; heartache – 5.54; overweight – 6.80; not involved in sports – 3.66 in our survey groups. Conclusions: In this study we have determined the risk groups of patients and the predictors of development of cardio- and cerebrovascular pathology in patients of the first group are revealed.