Lower Limb Varicose Veins among Nurses: A Single Center Cross-Sectional Study in Mansoura, Egypt
Hala S Abou-ElWafa1, Aml A M El-Metwaly2, Abdel-Hady El-Gilany3
1Occupational Health and Industrial Medicine, Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt.
Background:
Lower limb varicose veins are common among nurses due to occupational and nonoccupational risk factors.
Aims:
To estimate the prevalence of lower limbs varicosity and its associated risk factors.
Settings And Design:
A cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out among 201 nurses at Mansoura University Hospital from January 1st to May 31st, 2018.
Methods:
A questionnaire was used to collect sociodemographic data, risk factors for varicose veins, and occupational details. Varicose veins were diagnosed by Doppler ultrasound.
Statistical Analysis:
Univariate and logistic regression analyses were done.
Results:
The prevalence of varicose veins was 18.4%. Significant independent predictors are being ≥25 years old, working in emergency rooms and ICU/operative rooms, and using oral contraceptives with adjusted odds ratios [95% Confidence Interval (CI)] of [8.7 (2.6-28.4)], [10.8 (2.6-45.9)], [16.2 (3.9-67.4)], and [4.2 (1.3-13.2)], respectively.
Conclusions:
Independent predictors, other than age, are modifiable and those with highest AOR are occupationally related.
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