Metabolic Syndrome Among Primary Health Care Nursing Professionals: A Cross-Sectional Population-Based Study

• Published in: International journal of environmental research and public health Vol. 16; no. 15; p. 2686
• Main Authors: das Merces, Magno Conceição, Santana, Amália Ivine Costa, Lua, Iracema, da Silva, Dandara Almeida Reis, e Silva, Douglas de Souza, Gomes, Antonio Marcos Tosoli, Miranda, Manuela Conceição das Merces, Barbosa, Caroline da Silva, Magalhães, Lucélia Batista Neves Cunha, Coelho, Julita Maria Freitas, Servo, Maria Lucia Silva, Portella, Daniel Deivson Alves, de Souza, Marcio Costa, Lago, Sueli Bonfim, Araújo, Edilene Maria Queiroz, Marques, Sergio Correa, Figueiredo, Virgínia Paiva, D’Oliveira Júnior, Argemiro
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 27.07.2019; MDPI
• Subjects: Abdomen; Acanthosis Nigricans; Adult; Alcohol Drinking; Blood pressure; Brazil - epidemiology; Burnout; Burnout, Psychological; Cholesterol; Cross-Sectional Studies; Data collection; Exercise; Fasting; Female; Humans; Insulin resistance; Laboratories; Life Style; Male; Metabolic syndrome; Metabolic Syndrome - diagnosis; Metabolic Syndrome - epidemiology; Middle Aged; Mortality; Municipalities; Nurses; Nursing; Population; Population-based studies; Prevalence; Primary care; Primary Health Care; Professionals; Triglycerides; Variables; Working conditions; Brazil; United States > US; metabolic syndrome; primary health care; nursing; work
• ISSN: 1660-4601; 1661-7827; 1660-4601
• DOI: 10.3390/ijerph16152686

This research aims at evaluating prevalence and factors associated with metabolic syndrome (MS) in primary health care (PHC) nursing professionals. A multicenter, population-based and cross-sectional study was conducted in a team-tested sample of 1125 PHC nurses in the state of Bahia, Brazil. Sociodemographic, labor, lifestyle and human biology variables were investigated by mean of anamnesis. MS was evaluated according to the criteria of the first Brazilian Guideline for Metabolic Syndrome, which fully adopts the criteria of the National Cholesterol Education Program’s Adult Treatment Panel III. MS-associated factors were tested by using robust Poisson Regression. The prevalence of MS found was 24.4%; low High Density Lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol was the most prevalent component of the syndrome. In the multivariate analysis, physical inactivity (PR = 1.25, 95% CI = 1.02–1.53), alcohol use (PR = 1.84, 95% CI = 1.22–2.77), acanthosis nigricans (PR = 3.23, 95% CI = 2.65–3.92), burnout syndrome (PR = 1.45, 95% CI = 1.17–1.81), (PR = 1.37, 95% CI = 1.12–1.69), working as a nursing technician (PR = 1.43, 95% CI = 1.14–1.80), were associated to MS. It was found that the prevalence of MS was high, which evidences the need for interventions in the PHC environment, improvement of working conditions, monitoring of worker safety and health, diet programs and physical activity.