**4. Qualitative analysis**

Analysis of personal data sheet was carried out. A personal data sheet comprising 14 items was prepared. The information in the personal data sheet was sought in order to match patients of CHD and non-CHD individuals on age, education, type of family and socioeconomic status.

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**Figure 1.**

**Table 1.**

*The Role of Lifestyle in Development of Coronary Heart Disease*

30–40 years of age, and 34.6% belonged to 50–60 years of age.

11.2% participants who had completed H.S.C or diploma.

**Table 1** and **Figure 1** show age group wise sample distribution. Fifty percent respondents belonged to the age group of 40–50 years. Similarly 14.8% belonged to

**Table 2** and **Figure 2** show that there are 53% participants who are having PG education. There are 35.8% participants who were having graduation and remaining

**Table 3** and **Figure 3** show that 71.6% participants belonged to the nuclear fam-

**Table 4** and **Figure 4** show socioeconomic status wise sample distribution. 4.9% respondents belonged to the 1,00,000–3,00,000 annual income group. 38.4%

35.8% respondents belonged to the 6,00,000–9,00,000 annual income group and similarly 20.9% respondents belonged to 9,00,000 and above annual income group. Two case studies have been given to understand experiences of CHD male patients in greater detail. As mentioned earlier, a lifestyle was referred as a general behaviour pattern of an individual which includes health behaviour pattern, job involvement and work style, social interactions, intimacy, locus of control and values. Health behaviour pattern is a set of habits includes sleeping habits, dietary

A CHD patient of 37 years old working as a senior manager from last 2 years. He represents a nuclear family having a wife and a daughter. He had no family history of any disease. He is non-vegetarian and most of the time had outside eatables. He is a chain smoker. He is workaholic, carrier and money oriented and no time to spend with his family. A matched non-CHD individual also non vegetarian but most of time take his meal with family and rarely had outside eatables. He does not have any bad habit like smoking, chewing tobacco, etc. He had perfect compartment of work place and for family. He spends his weekends with picnic, get-together with friends,

**Age group (years) CHD patients Non-CHD individuals**

30–40 12 12 40–50 41 41 50–60 28 28

respondents belonged to the 3,00,000–6,00,000 annual income group.

habits, daily exercise, smoking habit and physical and mental health.

**4.1 Demographic characteristics of the sample**

ily. Similarly 28.4% belonged to joint family.

*4.1.1 Case study 1*

His priority to people and money.

*Sample distribution according to age (N = 162).*

*Sample distribution according to age.*

*DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.86866*
