Clinical & Experimental Cardiology
Open Access

Job strain is associated with hypertension among nursing professionals in the municipal healthcare system of Belo Horizonte city, Brazil

8^th Cardiovascular Nursing & Nurse Practitioners Meeting

August 08-09, 2016 Las Vegas, USA

Adriano M Pimenta and Ada A Assuncao

Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil

Posters & Accepted Abstracts: J Clin Exp Cardiology

Abstract :

We conducted a cross-sectional study with a random sample of 273 nursing professionals of healthcare system in Belo Horizonte city, Minas Gerais State, Brazil, between September 2008 and January 2009. The aim was to assess the association between job strain and hypertension. Job strain was measured with demand-control model and hypertension, through self-reported medical diagnosis of the disease or use of antihypertensive medication. Prevalence Ratios (PR) of hypertension and their respective 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) were adjusted by multivariate Poisson regression. Among the professionals studied, 42.1% were nurses and 57.8%, nursing aide. Hypertension was diagnosed in 16.9%. Female sex (PR=0.56), increasing age (p for lineal trend < 0.001), family income of 4 or more minimum salaries (PR = 0.39) and job strain (PR = 2.53) were independently associated with hypertension after multivariate adjustment. Job strain is associated with hypertension among nursing professionals of healthcare system in Belo Horizonte city. This finding should be taken into account in the formulation of public policies involving the health promotion of these workers.

Biography :

Email: adrianompimenta@gmail.com