Changes in patient profiles in the cardiology department of the University Hospital Gabriel Touré (UH-GT) : results of two cross-sectional studies of 2010 and 2022

• Published in: BMC cardiovascular disorders 2024-06, Vol.24 (1), p.290-5, Article 290
• Main Authors: Ba, Hamidou Oumar, Camara, Y, Poudiougou, M, Sangaré, I, Sidibé, N, Traoré, D, Menta, I
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Blood Pressure; Body mass index; Cardiology; Cardiology Service, Hospital; Cardiovascular diseases; Cardiovascular Diseases - diagnosis; Cardiovascular Diseases - epidemiology; Cardiovascular Diseases - physiopathology; Cardiovascular risk factor; Cross-Sectional Studies; Female; Females; Health aspects; Hospitals, University; Humans; Hypertension; Hypertension - diagnosis; Hypertension - epidemiology; Hypertension - physiopathology; Male; Mali; Middle Aged; Outpatient; Patients; Pharmacists; Prevalence; Prevention; Risk Assessment; Risk Factors; Smoking; Statistical analysis; Stroke - diagnosis; Stroke - epidemiology; Time Factors; Tobacco smoking; Tobacco Smoking - adverse effects; Tobacco Smoking - epidemiology; Trend; Trends; University hospital; Young Adult
• ISSN: 1471-2261; 1471-2261
• DOI: 10.1186/s12872-024-03890-3

Little is known about patient profile changes in medical facilities in our country, leading to this study to describe and compare patient profiles in 2010 and 2022. This was a cross-sectional study with new outpatients aged 15 years and more seen in the cardiology department of the UH-GT. Measurements included height, weight and body mass index (BMI). Systolic blood pressure (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) were recorded. Quantitative data are presented as the mean with standard deviation, and categorical one as proportions. Statistical tests were the t test to compare means and chi-test for categorical variables. The level of significance was set to 0.05. The sample consisted of 515 new patients (199 in 2010 and 316 in 2022) with 59.1% female in 2010 and 60.1% in 2022 (p = 0.821). We noticed an increase in hypertension (59.1-71.8%, p = 0.003) and a decrease in tobacco smoking (from 13 to 05.4%, p = 0.002) and stroke (from 05.8 to 02.2%, p = 0.033). Height increased significantly from 1.59 m to 1.66 m, p = 0.002. SBP and DBP showed significant decreases in their means from 155.43 to 144.97 mmHg, p =