Farias PADM, Raposo SRF, Pereira HJADR. Health promotion at work: assessment of lifestyles of administrative assistants in a hospital.
Rev Esc Enferm USP 2022;
56:e20220198. [PMID:
36122364 PMCID:
PMC10081597 DOI:
10.1590/1980-220x-reeusp-2022-0198en]
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Abstract
OBJECTIVE
To characterize the lifestyles of administrative assistants in a hospital, in order to define health promotion strategies in the workplace.
METHOD
A quantitative, descriptive, cross-sectional study, carried out with administrative assistants (N = 167) of a medium-sized Portuguese hospital. The data were collected through a questionnaire (QEV&PS-SO) for sociodemographic characterization and analysis of health determinants related to lifestyles.
RESULTS
It was observed that 54% of the sample did not practice physical exercise, 52% had four or fewer meals a day, 29% were smokers, 51% had insomnia, and 45% had no health surveillance, as well as 51.5% were overweight or obese and 63% had an increased or very increased risk of developing metabolic complications. No significant differences were identified in relation to weight, physical exercise or stress according to sex or age.
CONCLUSION
The results support the need to develop intervention programs with strategies aimed at promoting healthy lifestyles among workers in health institutions, to be comprehensively integrated within the scope of occupational health.
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