An-Najah Staff

The idea of assessment of myocardial infarction risk factors among patients comes while more and more patients in Palestine are dying from accelerated cardiovascular disease. While myocardial infarction has been described to have an epidemic-like spread all over the world with special emphasis on countries experiencing the transition to western lifestyle, it is important to evaluate the life style and behaviors of those patients after the onset of myocardial infarction. The risk factors of myocardial infarction among patients life in Nablus district were assessed. About 150 patients were selected randomly from Nablus community to participate in this study (108 Male, 42 Female). Those are patients with myocardial infarction selected from three main hospitals in Nablus city. Al-Watani hospital (MOH) n=50, Nablus specialty hospital, (private sectors) n=50, and CCU unit in Al-Arabi hospital, (private sectors). n=50. Microsoft Excel and SPSS software were used to analyze the data collected and to obtain results. Most of sample study participants were more than 50 years old. The majorities of participants live in Nablus city, finished their secondary level of education and had no university degree level. The results according to the gender were 64.81%of males and 66.67% of females of the study sample were diabetic, and 80.56% of males and 71.42% of female of the study sample were hypertensive, while 59.26% of males and 64.29% of females of the study sample relatives had cardiac diseases. All participants were surveyed for diet, physical activity, smoking, stress, knowledge, attitude, practice, and drugs compliance. They were also tested for blood pressure, FBS, cholesterol, triglyceride, HDL, LDL, weight, length, and BMI. Most of patients have no physical activity (86% of males and 98% of females), no control diet (65% of males and 48% of females),while percent of smoking patients were high according to their health situation (60% of males and 21% of females), they also had impaired fasting blood sugar, and high fasting lipids. The political and economical situations of Patients in Nablus city, and lack of health education among patients and their families, were the major reason of the lifestyle impairment. Patients who survived acute myocardial infarction need more attention and rehabilitation programs, this needs the efforts of both primary health care physicians and cardiologists.