Medical and Social Characteristics of Medical Activity of Patients with Diseases of Circulation System

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: The course and outcomes of the disease, including diseases of the circulatory system, are greatly influenced not only by the quality of medical care, but also by the attitude of patients to their health, as well as their medical activity. AIM: To study the age characteristics of the medical activity of patients with diseases of the circulatory system, taking into account gender and marital status. MATERIALS AND METHODS: On the basis of the Vinogradov City Clinical Hospital, Moscow, using a specially designed questionnaire, 582 patients hospitalized in the cardiological and neurological departments of the hospital for diseases of the circulatory system were interviewed. In the mathematical processing of the obtained data, the methods of variation statistics were used. RESULTS: Only 28.9% of the respondents answered that they regularly see a doctor for diseases of the circulatory system. Women were more active than men in terms of compliance with the dispensary observation schedule and the frequency of consultations with doctors of other specialties. According to the data obtained, 62.4% of the respondents considered it necessary to establish schools for the chronically ill and their family members, but only 17.4% of the respondents attended a school for a patient with diseases of the circulatory system. It was found that 86.1% of the surveyed patients with diseases of the circulatory system kept self-monitoring diaries: 68.7 per 100 respondents monitored blood pressure, 46 — blood sugar level and 33.6 — body weight. At the same time, married men are more likely to keep self-monitoring diaries for blood pressure, blood sugar levels and body weight. The timeliness of seeking medical care is the most important criterion that characterizes the medical activity of patients and largely determines the outcome of treatment and the cost of it. The conducted sociological study revealed a rather high medical activity of patients with diseases of the circulatory system, as well as its significant differences in a number of positions in age, gender, and marriage and family aspects. CONCLUSION: The identified features of the self-preserving behavior of patients with diseases of the circulatory system should be taken into account when providing them with therapeutic and preventive care.