1. [Risk factors for cardiovascular diseases among nursing professionals: strategies for health promotion].
- Author
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Magalhães FJ, Mendonça LB, Rebouças CB, Lima FE, Custódio IL, and de Oliveira SC
- Subjects
- Adult, Body Weight, Cardiovascular Diseases prevention & control, Family Health, Female, Health Promotion methods, Hospitals, Public, Humans, Job Satisfaction, Male, Middle Aged, Risk Factors, Sedentary Behavior, Stress, Psychological, Waist Circumference, Cardiovascular Diseases etiology, Nursing Staff, Hospital
- Abstract
The objectives of this study are to identify modifiable and non-modifiable risk factors to cardiovascular diseases present in professional nursing and to describe strategies for health promotion to control and prevent these factors. It is a documentary and quantitative study, conducted with 165 professional nursing records of a public hospital in Fortaleza-CE. The analysis was made using descriptive statistics, with data presented in charts and tables. As a result it was found risk factors such as family history of arterial hypertension (72.9%), sedentary people (64.9%), overweight (56.4%), and high waist circumference (49.7%), among others. Regarding health promotion strategies, it can be mentioned: educational guidance, referrals and follow-up clinical data. It is believed in the need for special attention to such professionals, since they experience a stressful profession, facing problems such as job dissatisfaction, lack of financial recognition and some occupational diseases, which may impair their quality of life and hinder self-care.
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- 2014
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