Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome among nursing personnel and its association with occupational stress, anxiety and depression

to identify the prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome among nursing personnel, and its association with occupational stress, anxiety and depression. a descriptive correlational study undertaken with 226 nursing personnel from a teaching hospital. Data collection was undertaken through application of the...

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Published in:Revista latino-americana de enfermagem 2015-05, Vol.23 (3), p.435-440
Main Authors: Ribeiro, Renata Perfeito, Marziale, Maria Helena Palucci, Martins, Julia Trevisan, Ribeiro, Patrícia Helena Vivan, Robazzi, Maria Lucia do Carmo Cruz, Dalmas, José Carlos
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Aged
Agotamiento Profesional
Ansiedad
Anxiety - complications
Cross-Sectional Studies
Depresión
Depression
Enfermería
Female
Humans
Male
Metabolic Syndrome - complications
Metabolic Syndrome - epidemiology
Metabolismo
Middle Aged
NURSING
Obesidad
Occupational Diseases - complications
Original
Prevalence
Salud Laboral
Stress, Psychological - complications
Young Adult
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Summary:to identify the prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome among nursing personnel, and its association with occupational stress, anxiety and depression. a descriptive correlational study undertaken with 226 nursing personnel from a teaching hospital. Data collection was undertaken through application of the Job Stress Scale, the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale and a sociodemographic questionnaire, with variables of Metabolic Syndrome. Univariate analyses and Chi-squared and Pearson tests were used for correlation between the variables, with a level of significance of 5%. 86 (38.1%) workers presented Metabolic Syndrome, of whom 183 (81.1%) were female, and 43 (19.9%) male, aged between 23 and 66 years old. In relation to anxiety and depression, 154 (68.1%) presented anxiety, with 48 (31.2%) also presenting Metabolic Syndrome; 185 (81.8%) presented depression, of whom 62 (33.5%) also had Metabolic Syndrome. It was ascertained that 61 (27.0%) workers presented stress and that of these, 14 (22.9%) presented Metabolic Syndrome. a correlation was observed between the variables of anxiety and Metabolic Syndrome and stress and Metabolic Syndrome, there being no correlation between the variables of depression and Metabolic Syndrome.
ISSN:1518-8345
0104-1169
1518-8345
DOI:10.1590/0104-1169.0383.2573