Medical Science
Volume 24, Issue 103, May - June, 2020
Lifestyle stress-related pattern of Saudi patients with chronic illnesses: A case-control study
Fayez Saud Alreshidi1, Salem Hmoud S Alswayda1, Othman Mohammad Alassaf1, Hammad Yousef Alomaim1, Ziad Hani K Alanazi1, Abdulaziz Saad Sharea Alshammri1, Anas Abdulqader Abdullah Fathuldeen1, Mohammad Anizan Alshmmri2, Mohammed Ahmed Babikir Bealy1, Hussain Gadelkarim Ahmed1,3♦
1College of Medicine, University of Hail, Saudi Arabia
2Intensive care service department, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
3Department of Histopathology and Cytology, FMLS, University of Khartoum, Sudan
♦Corresponding author
Prof. Hussain Gadelkarim Ahmed,
College of Medicine, University of Hail,
Saudi Arabia;
Email: hussaingad5@gmail.com
ABSTRACT
Objective: the objective of this study was to assess the lifestyle stress-related pattern of Saudi patients with chronic illnesses.
Methodology: This is a case-control study enrolled 304 Saudi volunteers living in the city of Hail, Northern Saudi Arabia. All
participants were selected randomly regardless of age and sex. Participants with chronic illness including; (Type2 Diabetes Mellitus
(T2DM), Hypertension (HTN), Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), Dyslipidemia and Asthma) were ascertained as case group and those
without any reported chronic illness were ascertained as a control group. Results: The most frequent chronic illness in the present
study was T2DM, followed by dyslipidemia, hypertension, Asthma, and cardiovascular disease, representing 71/186(38%),
65/186(35%), 45/186(24%), 27/186(15%), and 18/186(10%). The absence of stress was observed in 22/115(19%) of the controls
compared to only 12/186(6.5%) of the cases. A higher proportion of stress was observed among cases compared to controls,
especially when beheld within the entire group. The risk of the stress among patients with chronic illnesses and the RR (95% CI)
=1.1499 (1.0464 to 1.2635), P = 0.0037. Conclusion: Stress is prevalent among patients with chronic illness in Hail Region. High
episodes of stress might suggest the possibility of progression of stress into anxiety and depression, which necessitates further
research.
Keywords: Lifestyle, chronic illness, hypertension, T2DM, dyslipidemia, asthma, Saudi Arabia
Medical Science, 2020, 24(103), 1649-1655
