STUDY ON HYPERTENSION PREVALENCE IN MEDICAL STAFF FROM A ROMANIAN ACADEMIC EMERGENCY COUNTY HOSPITAL
Abstract:
Hypertension is one of the most important cardiovascular risk factors. Study objective was to quantify the prevalence of hypertension in medical staff and identify factors that influence blood pressure. Blood pressure, body mass index (BMI), waist-hip ratio (WHR), blood glucose, total cholesterol (TC), HDL and LDL cholesterol, triglycerides and questionnaires on work ability, emotional exhaustion and fatigue of 300 employees (doctors, nurses, nursing assistants, janitors and other medical staff) of a Romanian clinical emergency hospital were analyzed. Prevalence of hypertension was 30%; awareness level was 51.1%. Hypertension was significantly associated with gender, BMI ≥ 25 mg/m2, abdominal obesity, TC ≥ 200 mg/dl, LDL cholesterol ≥ 130 mg/dl, triglycerides ≥ 150 mg/dl, age and seniority (p<0.001), and with occupational category (p<0.01). Prevalence of hypertension in medical staff, although below national and European level, is important. Physicians have high hypertension prevalence. Accumulation of risk factors increases cardiovascular risk in medical staff.
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