Behavioral background of cardiovascular disease in pensioners of various professional types

Abstract

The study has been aimed at examining the influence of behavior patterns on the development of cardiovascular diseases in different professional types of retirement-age people. Methods: the clinical base of 500 pensioners (111 men and 389 women) attached to one of the Moscow clinics has been used in the study. Medical documents have been analyzed, the expert assessment has been carried out, the life experience has been surveyed, and behavioral features have been self-assessed. The severity of cardiovascular diseases has been taken as an independent variable, and the professional types have been used as the additional variables as follows: Realistic type, Conventional type, and Social type. Behavior patterns have been used as the dependent variables. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) (one-factor and two-factor) has been used as the data processing method. Results: bad habits (alcoholism, tobacco smoking, overnutrition), aggressiveness increase the severity of cardiovascular diseases among pensioners, whereas the existence of subject hobbies and optimism reduce it. In the pensioners of the Realistic type, sports hobbies have increased the risk, but subject hobbies and needlework reduced it. In the pensioners of the Social type, sports hobbies have further reduced the risk. In the pensioners of the Conventional type, the professional activity has reduced the risk, whereas the presence of a family, children, communication, and various hobbies have increased it. Overnutrition and aggressiveness have not produced a significant adverse effect. Conclusion: along with general behavioral prerequisites for the occurrence of cardiovascular diseases, individual ones are depending on the person's professional type. Additional research is needed to refine these results.