Avaliação do perfil cardiovascular dos profissionais de enfermagem que atuam em unidades hospitalares do município de Resende

Abstract

The circulatory problems are comorbidities that affect the cardiovascular system and depend on some factors to be diagnosed. They are considered public health problems and affect a large part of the population, in addition to being responsible for the increased incidence of occupational diseases in nursing professionals. Working conditions and lifestyle can be decisive for their development. This is an exploratory and descriptive research that aims to assess the cardiovascular profile of nursing professionals who work in hospital unitsin the city of Resende - RJ, with the main objective of collecting information related to the work environment of nursing professionals and its relationship with the development of cardiovascular diseases. As a way of obtaining the data, applied field research was used, with a quantitative and qualitative aspect, and a structured questionnaire was applied, with objective answers, in order to identify the factors that may trigger circulatory problems in this group of professionals. For the application of the questionnaire, a minimum of 149 participants were expected, but 30 people refused to respond, so it was sent to 119 people, having 101 responses as a preliminary sample for tabulation and analysis. After obtaining the answers, the data were organized into tables and graphs for a better understanding and analysis of the results. Therefore, based on the results, it can be said that nursing professionals who are not yet worn out, exposed to cardiovascular diseases, may in the future acquire the case there is no change in lifestyle and loss of intense work routine and multiple employment relationships.