A study on cardiovascular disease risk factors among faculty members of a tertiary care teaching institute of Kolkata
Journal Title: The Journal of Community Health Management - Year 2018, Vol 5, Issue 2
Abstract
Introduction Medical faculty knows CVD risk factors and their prevention very well despite risk assessment and disease prevention efforts are lacking in this group due to their busy schedule and stress ObjectivesTo assess the prevalence and types of cardiovascular risk factors among faculty members of a tertiary care teaching hospital of Kolkata Materials and MethodAn Institution based cross sectional study was conducted among 246 faculty members using a pre designed structured questionnaire based on WHO STEPS Instrument from 5th March4th April 2018Results About 94 faculty members had one or more cardiovascular risk factors and different types of cardiovascular risk factors were male gender6748 smoking1138 alcohol consumption1504 fast food1314 junk food1150 cold drink 1749intake stress in last one year4065 family history of CVD1951 overweight obesity3537 pre hypertension7236 hypertension894 diabetes976 and high cholesterol ConclusionsThis small special group survey adds on the risk factors prevalent in the medical setup and thus focuses the attention of cardiovascular epidemiologist and researcher to conduct more studiesKeywords Cardiovascular Risk factors Faculty
Authors and Affiliations
Sita Chattapadhyay, Sachita Saha, Mausumi Basu, Raghunath Misra
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