Author/Authors :
ndongo amougou, sylvie university of yaounde 1 - faculty of medicine and biomedical sciences, university teaching hospital - department of internal medicine and specialties, cameroon , epok, lucie ebah university of yaounde 1 - faculty of medicine and biomedical sciences - department of internal medicine and specialties, Cameroon , mfeukeu, liliane kuate general hospital, Cameroon , mfeukeu, liliane kuate university of yaounde 1 - faculty of medicine and biomedical sciences - department of internal medicine and specialties, Cameroon , hamadou, ba university of yaounde 1 - faculty of medicine and biomedical sciences - department of internal medicine and specialties, Cameroon , hamadou, ba central hospital, Cameroon , musa, ahmadou jingi university teaching hospital, Cameroon , jemea, bonaventure university of yaounde 1 - faculty of medicine and biomedical sciences, university teaching hospital - department of surgery and specialties, Cameroon , ouankou, christian ngongang university teaching hospital, Cameroon , danwe, dieudonné university of yaounde 1 - faculty of medicine and biomedical sciences - department of internal medicine and specialties, cameroon , menanga, alain university of yaounde 1 - faculty of medicine biomedical sciences - department of internal medicine specialties, Cameroon , menanga, alain general hospital, Cameroon
Abstract :
Cardiovascular diseases have reached epidemic proportions, with the greatest impact in low–income settings. Our study aimed to describe the sociodemographic characteristics, determine the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors, and estimate the cardiovascular risk in a group of Cameroonians health workers. Methods : Between January 2 and May 31, 2017, we carried–out a cross-sectional descriptive study in the Yaounde University Teaching Hospital (UTH). The participants were health personnel. We collected the following data : sociodemographic characteristics (age, sex, profession), anthropometry (weight, height, waist circumference), resting blood pressure, and fasting blood glucose. We calculated the global cardiovascular risk using the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) score. Results: We recruited 253 participants (46 males). Their mean age was 42.3±9.5 years. Sedentarity was the most frequent risk factor (88.5%). This was followed by low-intake of fruits and vegetables (75.5%), abdominal obesity (47.8%), excessive alcohol intake (32.8%), arterial hypertension (23.3%), diabetes (5.9%), and tobacco use (0.8%). Therate of awareness was 40% for hypertension and diabetes. The global cardiovascular risk was low in 87%, moderate in 9.5%, and high in 3.4%. This risk was higher in males. Conclusion: Cardiovascular risk factors are frequent among the employees of the Yaoundé University Teaching Hospital. The rate of global risk is higher in males. The rate of awareness is less than fifty percent.
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prevalence , cardiovascular risk factors , hospital personnel , Cameroon
