Anxiety and dyslipidemia among primary health care professionals: A Cross-sectional study

• Published in: Work (Reading, Mass.) Vol. 71; no. 3; pp. 739 - 748
• Main Authors: Barbosa, Caroline da Silva, das Merces, Magno Conceição, Costa Santana, Amália Ivine, de Souza e Silva, Douglas, Pimentel, Rodrigo Fernandes Weyll, Coelho, Julita Maria Freitas, e Almeida, Alex Almeida, Damasceno, Kairo Silvestre Meneses, Rossi, Thais Regis Aranha, D’Oliveira Júnior, Argemiro
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.01.2022; IOS Press BV
• Subjects: Anxiety; Anxiety - epidemiology; Anxiety Disorders; Bivariate analysis; Brazil - epidemiology; Cross-Sectional Studies; Data collection; Dyslipidemia; Dyslipidemias - complications; Dyslipidemias - epidemiology; Health care; Health Personnel; High density lipoprotein; Humans; Lipids; Low density lipoprotein; Medical personnel; Metabolic disorders; Nurses; Nursing; Physical activity; Prevalence; Primary care; Statistical analysis; Triglycerides; Brazil; epidemiology; primary health care; Anxiety; dyslipidemia; mental health
• ISSN: 1051-9815; 1875-9270
• DOI: 10.3233/WOR-205095

BACKGROUND: Cross-sectional studies point out important evidence between anxiety and dyslipdemic disorders in health workers. OBJECTIVE: Our main objective was to estimate the association between anxiety and dyslipidemia in Primary Health Care (PHC) nursing professionals in Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brazil. METHODS: A confirmatory cross-sectional study involving 376 PHC nursing professionals. Data collection occurred through the application of a questionnaire containing sociodemographic, labor and lifestyle issues, and the Beck Inventory for anxiety; to evaluate the lipid profile, the HDL-c, LDL-c, and triglycerides markers were evaluated. Descriptive, bivariate analysis and Logistic Regression were performed. RESULTS: The estimated prevalence of moderate/severe anxiety corresponded to 26.1% and dyslipidemia was 54.8%, with a statistically significant association between both of variables stratified by physical activity (PR = 2.69; 95% CI = 1.87–3.85) and (PR = 1.87; 95% CI = 1.53–2.28). CONCLUSIONS: There is a positive association between anxiety and dyslipidemia in Primary Health Care nursing professionals.