The Prevalence of Abdominal Adiposity among Primary Health Care Physicians in Bahia, Brazil: An Epidemiological Study

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Thiagoda Silva Santana¹  MariaLúcia Silva Servo¹  Iracema Lua¹  MárciaCristina Graça Marinho²  DandaraAlmeida Reis da Silva²  MarcioCosta de Souza²  ArthurPinto Silva²  KairoSilvestre Meneses Damasceno²  MagnoConceição das Merces²  AndréLuiz Brandão Costa²  MoniqueMagnavita Borba da Fonseca Cerqueira²  RodrigoFernandes Weyll Pimentel²  ThaisRegis Aranha Rossi²  RafaelMoura Coelho Pecly Wolter³  JulitaMaria Freitas Coelho⁴  CharlesSouza Santos⁵  LíviaMaria da Silva Gonçalves⁶  Argemiro D’Oliveira Júnior⁶  Douglasde Souza e Silva⁶  AmáliaIvine Costa Santana⁶  LuceliaBatista Neves Cunha Magalhães⁷  AnaVictória Gomes Fonseca⁸  PabloLuiz Santos Couto⁹  AndersonReis de Sousa^1,10  JeaneFreitas de Oliveira^1,10  PriscilaCristina da Silva Thiengo de Andrade^1,11  EllenMarcia Peres^1,11  SergioCorrea Marques^1,11  AntonioMarcos Tosoli Gomes^1,11  LiviaFajin de Mello dos Santos^1,11  LuizCarlos Moraes França^1,11  LuciaHelena Penna^1,11  AlexAlmeida e Almeida^1,12  PedroCarlos Muniz de Figueiredo^1,13  TatianaSantos Brandão^1,13 

[1] Department of Health, State University of Feira de Santana (UEFS), Feira de Santana, BA 44036-900, Brazil;Department of Life Sciences, State University of Bahia (UNEB), Salvador, BA 41150-000, Brazil;Department of Social Psychology and Development, Federal University of Espírito Santo (UFES), Vitória, ES 29075-910, Brazil;Federal Institute of Education of Bahia (IFBA), Simões Filho, BA 43700-000, Brazil;Health Department, University of Southwest Bahia (UESB), Jequié, BA 45200-000, Brazil;Health Sciences Postgraduate Program, School of Medicine, Federal University of Bahia (UFBA), Salvador, BA 40026-010, Brazil;Medicine School, University Center (UNIFTC), Salvador, BA 41741-590, Brazil;School of Administration, Univértix College, Três Rios, RJ 25635-416, Brazil;School of Nursing, FG University Center, Guanambi, BA 46430-000, Brazil;School of Nursing, Federal University of Bahia (EEUFBA), Salvador, BA 40110-060, Brazil;School of Nursing, State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), Rio de Janeiro, RJ 20551-030, Brazil;Transcend Clinic (TC), Salvador, BA 41730-101, Brazil;University Hospital Complex Professor Edgard Santos (HUPES), Salvador, BA 40110-060, Brazil;

关键词: abdominal fat;    health personnel;    health care;    body mass index;    physicians;   

DOI  :  10.3390/ijerph18030957

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Background: Labor activities are demanding for workers and can induce occupational stress. Primary health care (PHC) workers have faced problems that can lead to the development of stress and abdominal obesity. The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of abdominal adiposity among primary health care physicians in the metropolitan mesoregion of Salvador, Bahia. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study conducted with physicians from the family health units (FHUs) of the metropolitan mesoregion of Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. The number of FHUs corresponded to 41 teams (52 physicians). Anamnesis was performed and a questionnaire was applied. The clinical examination consisted of measuring waist circumference (WC), blood pressure levels (BP), and body mass index (BMI), as well as examining for acanthosis nigricans. Blood samples were collected for biochemical dosages. The data obtained were analyzed by SPSS version 22.0. Results: The sample included 41 physicians (response rate: 78.8%), of which 18 were women (44.0%). The percentage of overweight participants represented by BMI was 31.7%. The hypertriglyceridemia prevalence was 29.2%. HDL-c was low in 48.7% of the participants. The waist circumference measurement revealed a prevalence of abdominal adiposity of 38.8% (women) and 34.8% (men). Conclusions: Medical professionals in PHC are more susceptible to having higher abdominal adiposity, especially female physicians.

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