Prevalence of generalized and abdominal obesity in police worker - A cross-sectional study

Raju, Somesh; Tiwari, Sunita; Verma, Nar Singh; Kumari, Richa

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“…This rotation duty of police worker affects their sleep pattern which leads to irritability, agitation and stress. 22 Our study result showed that 31.84% of subjects having mild stress and 16.73% of subject were suffering from moderate level of stress. This high level of perceived stress among police personnel need for certain strategies to reduce their stress level.…”

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“…This high prevalence of obesity among police personnel in our study may be attributable to poor levels of nutritional awareness, increased intake of fatty foods, and a low level of physical activity. 22 Most of the police personnel reside in battalion premises and frequently use vehicle for travel which curtails their physical activity. Most of the non officer police personnel perform rotation duty.…”

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Prevalence of Obesity Related to Stress in Police Workers- A Cross-Sectional Study

Raju¹,

Kumari

Tiwari

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Background: Despite the prevalence of obesity and its increases in associated diseases such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease, no studies have addressed the spread of obesity among police officers working in stressful environment. Therefore, the present study conducted to access the prevalence of work related stress in police personnel. Aims and Objective: To access the prevalence of obesity and stress burden among police workers and to see association of stress burden of police workers with their obesity. Material and Method: This cross-sectional observational study done on 245 police workers in PAC, Sitapur, India. Subjects having more than ten years of working experience were included in study. Anthropometric measurements of subject recorded by following standard protocol. Standardized stress scale was used to access the degree of stress in police workers. Available data analyze and expressed in percentage, mean with SD and chi square test to see the significance of association. Results: According to result of body mass index 77.14% of subjects were obese and 9.8% of subject was overweight. According to waist circumference 82.04% of subjects were obese. Result of stress score showed that 31.84% of subjects having mild stress and 16.73% of subjects having moderate stress. 30.35% of subjects having abdominal obesity were suffered from mild stress and there association was highly significant (p=0.02). Conclusion: The study recommends health education programs to combat obesity and overweight. Regular counseling should be conducted to alleviate work related stress.

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Prevalence of Obesity Related to Stress in Police Workers- A Cross-Sectional Study

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“…Nature of job showed that 82.31% of individuals having AO related to field or shift, but the association was not found to be significant. [19] The prevalence of current smoking and alcohol consumption was seen in 25.9% of males in the study by Shivaramakrishna et al [20] whereas Gupta et al in their research study observed smoking to be prevalent in 36.5% of males. [21] Our study indicates the prevalence of IGT to be 5.4% among serving Army personnel, comprising healthy NCOs and other rank personnel.…”

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Study of risk factors causing coronary heart disease among army personnel of the rank non-commissioned officers and below in the age group of 20-50 years and its association with prehypertension

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Singh²,

Bajpai³

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Int J Med Sci Public Health

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increase in India, possibly due to the changing lifestyle, and is causing grave concern. CHD will be the most important cause of mortality in India by the year 2015 as per futuristic predictions. [1] CHD causes more deaths annually than any other disease in the world. For CHD and stroke, unhealthy diet, physical inactivity, tobacco use, and harmful use of alcohol are the leading behavioral risk factors. For about 80% of CHD and cerebrovascular disease, behavioral risk factors are mainly the culprit for causation. [2] Hypertension is a huge public health problem because it is frequent and an important contributor) to the epidemic of CHD, together with other risk factors including cholesterol, Background: Coronary heart disease (CHD) is an acute public health problem both in developed and in developing countries, like India. Assessing the prevalence of CHD in the community is equivalent to assessing the tip of the iceberg. Hypertension is a major risk factor for CHD and hypertension disease prevalence tip of the iceberg in the community is much more obscure. Objective: The objective of the study was to carry out a cross-sectional study among serving Army personnel, comprising healthy non-commissioned officers and other rank personnel to successfully assess the risk factors for CHD and their association with prehypertension. Materials and Methods: Screening of risk factors for CHD among 200 randomly selected participants was carried out. Blood pressure, height, weight, serum total cholesterol, serum triglycerides, serum high-density lipoprotein (HDL), random blood sugar levels, and smoking status were the major risk factors screened. Results: Nearly 63% of Army personnel were found to be having blood pressure commensurate to the range of prehypertension. About 15% were detected to be overweight, 22% had hypercholesterolemia, 5.4% had impaired glucose tolerance (IGT), and 19.2% were current smokers. Higher age, body mass index, high serum triglycerides, low serum HDL, and IGT were found to be independently associated with increased prevalence of prehypertension in multiple logistic regression analysis. Conclusion: Our findings recommend the constant monitoring of CHD risk factors and the formulation of effective preventive strategies for adequate control of alarming incidence.

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Prevalence of generalized and abdominal obesity in police worker - A cross-sectional study

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Prevalence of Obesity Related to Stress in Police Workers- A Cross-Sectional Study

Prevalence of Obesity Related to Stress in Police Workers- A Cross-Sectional Study

Study of risk factors causing coronary heart disease among army personnel of the rank non-commissioned officers and below in the age group of 20-50 years and its association with prehypertension

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