Nazanin Khadem; Behzad Alizadeh; Shirin Sadat Ghiasi
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Background: Congenital heart disease (CHD) is a common condition, affecting 8 in 1,000 live births, and is not limited to pediatric cases anymore due to advancements in medical techniques. Thus, the enhancement of chronic disorders and the development of the comorbidities become noticeable and evaluation ...
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Background: Congenital heart disease (CHD) is a common condition, affecting 8 in 1,000 live births, and is not limited to pediatric cases anymore due to advancements in medical techniques. Thus, the enhancement of chronic disorders and the development of the comorbidities become noticeable and evaluation on the cardiovascular risk factors in patients is necessity.Method: A systematic review of English and Persian literature was done by using electronic search in databases of Scopus, PubMed, Science Direct, Up-to-date, and ProQuest from 2000 to 2021. The study was focused on the all article types with the theme of the risk factors on congenital heart disease in adults. Initially, 200 papers were extracted and evaluated by the research team in terms of inclusion criteria; and at last 74 papers were selected. The association between adults with congenital heart disease and risk of cardiovascular disease by conducting a narrative was evaluated.Result: out of six groups of risk factors which were recognized for adults with congenital heart disease, the level of physical activity is highly impressive. The findings showed that while women were less active and more likely to be obese, male patients had a greater prevalence of smoking and high blood pressure. Although age is discussable specifically based on the other medical factors, sex was not individually determined for the self-effective risk factor.Conclusion: Cardiovascular risk factors remained the noticeable leading obsession across time in the world. Alarmingly, the increasing rate of adult CHDs require best healthcare investments.
lahya afsharisaleh; Pegah Kheradmand; shabnam Niroumand; Hossein Zakeri
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Background and Objectives: Obstructive sleep apnea causes various psychological and physical complications, reduces productivity, and increases vehicle accidents. This study investigated the association of obstructive sleep apnea with the level of physical activity.Material and Methods: In this cross-sectional ...
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Background and Objectives: Obstructive sleep apnea causes various psychological and physical complications, reduces productivity, and increases vehicle accidents. This study investigated the association of obstructive sleep apnea with the level of physical activity.Material and Methods: In this cross-sectional study, people who referred to a specialized occupational medicine clinic were enrolled by simple random method. After applying the entry criteria, participants completed package including demographic and occupational data, the IPAQ International Activity Questionnaire, the ESS daily sleepiness assessment and the STOP-BANG (SB) questionnaire. Fasting blood glucose and lipid profiles were measured and divided into two groups according to the score of SB questionnaire. Results: Totally 126 participants were enrolled and the mean age was 36.85 ± 9.88 years. There were 65 subjects(52%) high risk to obstructive sleep apnea and 61 non- cases (48%). The group with SB score less than 3 was significantly more frequent. Glucose, triglyceride and LDL levels were significantly higher in obstructive sleep group (p<0.05). Participants with low physical activity had significantly higher chance of obstructive apnea (OR = 9.6, 95% CI 1.1–78.8berr In addition, rotational shift decreased the odds of obstructive sleep apnea to 0.17 and Individuals with ESS more than 10 carried higher odds of obstructive sleep apnea.Conclusion: There was a significant relationship between the severity of obstructive sleep apnea and physical activity. Exercise and daily activities in people who are prone to disease as well as patients with a disease can help to prevent and improve apnea and its subsequent complications.