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Overweight and hypertension among college of health sciences employees in Ghana

机译：加纳卫生科学学院员工中的超重和高血压

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Healthcare workers, by virtue of their greater access to information, are expected to have less risk of obesity, hypertension, and other health outcomes often linked to lifestyles. However, there is limited evidence on practices and status of personnel who work in the healthcare setting about hypertension and overweight in Ghana. The current study tests the hypothesis that overweight and hypertension rates, as well as related risk factors among staff and faculty of the College of Health Sciences (CHS), University of Ghana, will be more positive than among the lay public. In June and July 2009, a cross-sectional self-completed survey was administered to 141 male and female faculty and staff of the College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, in Accra. A representative sample was selected by proportionate random sampling from all seven academic and research units of the CHS. Anthropometry and blood pressure measurements were taken with questionnaire data on lifestyle, dietary history, and socio-demographic variables. Overweight and obesity were diagnosed as BMI >25 and >30 kg/m2, respectively. Abdominal adiposity was estimated as waist hip ratio >0.80 (females) or >0.95 (males). Hypertension was diagnosed as diastolic or systolic blood pressure > 140 or 90 mm Hg, respectively. Mean age of respondents was 40.5 + 10.8 years; 43% were over-weight, including 13% obese. More than one-third of overweight respondents did not report an overweight body image. Abdominal adiposity and hypertension rates were 25% and 34%, respectively. Low rates of regular physical activity (25%) and consumption of fruits and vegetables (40%) were observed. Overweight (OR=3.83; p<0.01) and central adiposity (OR=4.8; p<0.01) were associated with significantly increased risk of hypertension. Being married was a significant predictor of overweight (p<0.05), abdominal adiposity (p<0.05), and hypertension (p<0.05). The study concludes that working in a healthcare environment or being a health worker does not diminish your risk of overweight and hypertension. It is, therefore, recommended that interventions addressing overweight and hypertension should place attention more on environmental modifications rather than awareness creation.
机译：医护人员凭借其更多的信息获取途径，可以降低肥胖，高血压和其他与生活方式相关的健康后果的风险。但是，关于加纳高血压和超重的医疗机构工作人员的做法和状况的证据有限。当前的研究检验了以下假设：加纳大学卫生科学学院（CHS）的教职员工中超重和高血压的比率以及相关的危险因素将比普通民众更为积极。 2009年6月和2009年7月，对阿克拉加纳大学健康科学学院的141名男女教职员工进行了横断面的自我完成调查。通过按比例随机抽样从CHS的所有七个学术和研究单位中选择代表性样本。使用关于生活方式，饮食史和社会人口统计学变量的问卷数据进行人体测量和血压测量。超重和肥胖分别被诊断为BMI> 25和> 30 kg / m2。腹部肥胖估计为腰臀比率> 0.80（女性）或> 0.95（男性）。高血压被诊断为舒张压或收缩压分别> 140或90 mm Hg。受访者的平均年龄为40.5 + 10.8岁;超重者占43％，其中肥胖者占13％。超过三分之一的超重受访者没有报告超重的身体形象。腹部肥胖率和高血压发生率分别为25％和34％。观察到定期进行体育锻炼的比例较低（25％），而食用水果和蔬菜的比例较低（40％）。超重（OR = 3.83; p <0.01）和中央肥胖（OR = 4.8; p <0.01）与高血压风险显着增加有关。结婚是超重（p <0.05），腹部肥胖（p <0.05）和高血压（p <0.05）的重要预测指标。该研究得出的结论是，在医疗环境中工作或当医护人员并不会减少您超重和高血压的风险。因此，建议针对超重和高血压的干预措施应更多地关注环境的改善，而不是提高意识。

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