심혈관계 질환 진단여부에 따른 심장내과에 내원한 환자들의 생활습관 및 식생활습관 변화의 추적 연구

Abstract

Objectives: The objective of this study was to investigate the behavior of life style and dietary habits between patients with cardiovascular and non-cardiovascular diseases and evaluate the improvement degree of both life style and dietary habits recommended by clinician during follow-up treatment. Methods: The 259 patients who visited Keimyung University Dongsan Hospital between June 2009 and November 2009 were recruited. To investigate cardiovascular risk factors, family history, heart failure diseases, and comorbidity diseases on the population, the questionnaire and the follow-up research were conducted. Results: The results showed that there were significant differences between the cardiovascular group and the non-cardiovascular group in alcohol, caffeine, vegetable intake. In addition, during follow-up treatment, the cardiovascular disease group showed no change in the improvement degree of life style, but the overall score in the case of dietary habits showed the tendency to increase. On the other hand, the non-cardiovascular disease group showed no change in the life style as well as dietary habits. Conclusions: Therefore, it is required to develop systematical management program of both the life style and dietary habits for the patients with/without cardiovascular diseases. Moreover it is needed to continuously encourage and educate the intervention program to the patients for managing life style and dietary habits by medical institution.