title: Arterial hypertension in nursing personnel of an emergency hospital.
abstract: Risk factors related to the workplace environment are being studied to identify positive associations with hypertension disorders. Hypertension is considered as one of the main modifiable risk factors and most important public health issues. The study aims to describe the prevalence of hypertension and associate it with sociodemographic, labour and health aspects, in the health-care nursing staff of an emergency hospital.Cross-sectional study enrolled 606 nursing workers. The data were collected from February to June, and the analysis was conducted in November 2010. Arterial blood pressure, body mass index (BMI), waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) were assessed, and sociodemographic and labour variables were investigated by means of a questionnaire. The data were analysed by descriptive statistics, univariate and multivariate analysis. The prevalence of hypertension was 32% (n = 388), with positive associations with age > 49 years (OR = 2.55 (CI: 1.19 to 5.43)), ethnicity (non-white) (odds ratio (OR) = 2.22, confidence interval (CI) 1.16 to 1.24), BMI (OR = 2.24 (CI: 1.25 to 4.01)) and WHR (OR = 2.65 (CI: 1.95 to 7.763)). Arterial hypertension was frequent in the nursing staff of this emergency hospital. Further studies are needed to better understand the relationship between occupational aspects and arterial hypertension.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Nutrition and Phisioterapy/PUCRS, Pontífícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
authors.forename: Janete de Souza
authors.initials: Jde S
authors.lastname: Urbanetto
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Nutrition and Phisioterapy/PUCRS, PUCRS, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
authors.forename: Ana Elizabeth
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Prado Lima Figueiredo
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Nutrition and Phisioterapy/PUCRS, PUCRS, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
authors.forename: Andreia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: da Silva Gustavo
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing/Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
authors.forename: Tânia Solange
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Bosi de Souza Magnago
authors.affiliation: Medical School, PUCRS and Post Graduation Program in Medicine and Health Science (Nephrology), FAMED/Instituto de Pesquisas Biomédicas/PUCRS, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
authors.forename: Bartira Ercilia
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Pinheiro da Costa
authors.affiliation: Medical School, PUCRS and Post Graduation Program in Medicine and Health Science (Nephrology), FAMED/Instituto de Pesquisas Biomédicas/Hospital São Lucas/PUCRS, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
authors.forename: Carlos Eduardo
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Poli-de-Figueiredo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D016529:Emergency Nursing; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: hypertension; nursing; occupational health; surveillance of the workers health