Comparison of Differences Between the Two Groups of Patients in Orthopedic and Cardiac Wards of Hospital in the Terms of High-risk Life Factors

Mehran Setareh¹*, Abolfazl Noori¹, Farhad Taremian² and Saeed Charakdar³

¹Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Mousavi Hospital, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran. 2Department of clinical psychology , Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran. 3General Medical , Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran.

DOI : http://dx.doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.13005/bbra/1505

ABSTRACT:

Abnormal social behaviours and unfavorable conditions of life can be considered as risk factors for disease incidence for each individual. Many studies have been already done on family circumstances, psychic stresses, drug and alcohol consumption, individual's or family's criminal history and etc. and their relationship with various diseases. For example, significant relationships have been found between drug and alcohol consumption with diseases and unfavorable environmental conditions with disease incidence. The study aims to find the relationship between cardiac and orthopedic diseases with three variables of patient's general information, individual and family risk factors for violence and crime commitment. This study is an analytical survey with examining 283 patients in cardiac and orthopaedic wards accompanied by completing the questionnaire by patient. Polygraph test was also performed to validate the results. Finally, the data obtained was statistically analyzed with SPSS software. The results represent a significant association between the disease and variables including age, marital status, education, smoking, tattoos and parents decease. The results showed the relationship between the patient's disease and some family and personal circumstances, which can be correlated with individual or environment.

KEYWORDS: Cardiac; Risk factors; Violence; Orthopedic

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