Prevalence and Stratification of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in the Staff Working in a Family Medicine Unit

Abstract

Objective: to determine the prevalence and stratification of cardiovascular risk factors (cvr) in the staff working in the Family Medicine Unit (fmu) no. 24 in Ciudad Mante, Tamaulipas, Mexico. Methods: cross-sectional study, non-probabilistic sample; staff from the Mexican Institute of Social Security (imss), who attended the Annual Valuation in Health Prevention and Promotion Services for the imss Workers (sppstimss) participated; 85 workers attending the fmu no. 24 were evaluated. Inclusion criteria: workers over eighteen years, both sexes, any employment category. Variables of age, gender, occupational category, anthropometric measures, family and personal background, serum glucose levels and lipid profile were evaluated. The Framingham scale was applied to determine global cvr. Results: 65 were female (76.4%), the average age was 39.4 years. Six members of the staff presented high blood pressure (8.2%); nine Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 (dm2) (10.5%) and one a heart disease (1.1%); 66 had some degree of overweight or obesity (76.4%). Global cardiovascular risk based on the Framingham scale was low in 76 participants (89.4%), moderate in eight (9.4%) and high in one (1.1%). Conclusions: the calculated cvr was low for most of the members, however, the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors was high; it is needed educational health strategies in workplace to reduce the prevalence of these factors.