Abstract

GONZALEZ BALTAZAR, Raquel et al. Chronic-degenerative diseases in health professionals in Guadalajara (Mexico). Salud, Barranquilla [online]. 2014, vol.30, n.3, pp.302-310. ISSN 0120-5552.

Objective: To measure the prevalence of diabetes mellitus, hypertension and obesity in doctors and nurses in a health care provider institution in Guadalajara, (Mexico). Materials and methods: A descriptive study, conducted on 322 doctors and nurses, randomly selected, who were questioned about the presence of diabetes mellitus and hypertension and in case of not suffering them, a questionnaire of risk factors was applied to them, making fasting venous glucose suspects for diagnosis of diabetes, blood pressure measurements on two occasions for diagnosis of hypertension and body mass index (BMI)was calculated for diagnosis of overweight and obesity. Results: The prevalence found was 12.7 % for type II diabetes mellitus, hypertension 15 %, and 63 % for overweight and obesity according to the Mexican Official Standards: Overweight 21.7 % and Obesity 41.3 % (Obesity 1,17.1 %, Obesity II, 21.1 %, and Obesity III, 3.1 %). Conclusions: Doctors and nurses participating in the study had prevalence of diabetes and obesity any degree greater than the general population. Only in the case of hypertension the prevalence of the study population was lower than the national average for adults. The presence of risk factors for diabetes and hypertension was associated with statistical significance to the presence of both diseases.It is clear that health professionals in this study do not show better health than the general population.

Keywords : diseases; chronic-degenerative; health professionals.

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