Risk factors of acute and chronic cholecystitis and cholelithiasis

Abstract

The article presents the results of a comprehensive statistical evaluation of risk factors that contribute to the development of cholecystitis and cholelithiasis in the city of Kursk. The research includes methodology for the questionnaire and the accumulative form preparation and data analysis of 203 patients with these diseases undergoing in-patient treatment in the city of Kursk in 2002–2012. The article describes in detail this group including information on gender, age, disabilities, condition at admission and type of treatment. The article discusses data on patients’ profession, industrial hazards, satisfaction with the job and expenses. The article presents the results of correlation and regression analysis undertaken to assess the impact of risk factors (pernicious habits, stresses, social status, nutrition) on the severity of the patients’ condition at admission, duration and course of the disease, the kind of treatment and disability.

Keywords

• abdominal surgery
• cholecystitis
• cholelithiasis
• risk factors
• pernicious habits