Abstract
Objectives: The incidence of coronary heart disease in Pakistan is not
well established. While the role of lifestyle risk factors and job-related conditions in the
development of such diseases, still needs more clarification. Study Design: Cross-sectional
study. Settings: Faisalabad Medical University, Faisalabad. Period: Jan, 2018 – Dec, 2018.
Material & Methods: 30 office workers of FMU were approached including males & females.
A semi-structured questionnaire was used. For evaluation of habitual physical activity Baecke
questionnaire was used. Results: 30 office workers of FMU of age groups ranging from 20
above to 59 years (37.333±12.103) were being studied. A questionnaire to evaluate lifestyle and
awareness of cardiovascular diseases and risk factor profile and prevalence was administrated
to the participants with 23 males and 7 females. Among all, reported smokers were 19%. 47%
participants had never performed exercise, overall statistical analysis for physical exercise was
1.4000 ± 0.62146, df =29, p ˂ 0.000, 95% CI. Job strain intensity was assessed according to
Job Strain Index (JSI) Scale. It was reported that 53% workers had hard intensity while overall we
found JSI 3.3333 ± .75810, df=29, p ˂ 0.000, 95% CI. Conclusion: Some flexibility regarding
their job, proper awareness about Cardiovascular Diseases (CVDs) and their risk factors is the
need of the day.
Qamar Mehboob, Waqar Arif, Sana Arif. (2020) Role of lifestyle in the development of Cardiovascular diseases among the workers working in the offices., The Professional Medical Journal, Volume 27, Issue 12.
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