Using of questionnaire of European Society of Cardiology to identify non-conventional risk factors in patients with coronary artery disease in the Kyrgyz Republic

Aim.To analyze the results of using of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) questionnaire regarding the assessment of non-conventional risk factors in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD).Material and methods. Three hundred and ten patients with CAD (mean age 59,6±8,8 years, men 62,2) underwent a general clinical examination with the identification of conventional risk factors and assessing standard treatment goals. The cardiologist performed a two-stage assessment of non-conventional risk factors using the ESC questionnaire and validated questionnaires (DS-14, Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression and Anxiety) for clinical identification of anxiety, depression, type D personality.Results.In hospitalized patients, predominantly we noted severe clinical manifestations of the disease: acute coronary syndrome (51,6%), a decrease in the ejection fraction of less than 50% (40%), a history of acute myocardial infarction (29%), and a high frequency of conventional risk factors: arterial hypertension (75,8%), dyslipidemia (75,1%), obesity (40,9%). The majority of respondents did not reach the standard treatment goals: 13,8% of patients smoked, 30,9% did not follow the lipid-lowering diet, 81,3% did not follow recommendations regarding fish eating, 51,6% did not have recommended physical activity, 40,6% did not reached the target level of blood pressure, 59,3% — the target level of low-density lipoproteins, 59,8% — the target level of body mass index. We determined prevalence of following non-conventional risk factors: hostility (30,9%), type D personality (25,4%), low socio-economic status (12,2%) and anxiety (10%). Depression (5,1%), stress at work and in family life (4,5%), social exclusion (1,6%) were less common.Conclusion.The results are consistent with data obtained by foreign researchers. The use of the ESC questionnaire allows practitioners to focus on identifying nonconventional risk factors, receive data on the individual risk profile and expand the range of treatment and prevention strategies.