在Jos的厨房工作者中,身体不活动和医生诊断的关节炎
C U Uhunmwangho1, F O Anjorin2, L C Imoh3
1Department of Medicine, University of Jos, Jos, Nigeria. Tel: +2348163486124
West African journal of medicine
|October 31, 2023
概括
尼日利亚厨房工作者,尤其是女性,体力不活动很普遍. 医生诊断的关节炎显著增加了身体不活动的几率,强调了有针对性的工作场所炼计划的需要.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 流行病学 流行病学
- 职业健康 职业健康 职业健康
背景情况:
- 身体不活动是全球卫生危机,在世卫组织非洲地区对非传染性疾病和死亡率作出重大贡献.
- 该地区对身体不活动和关节炎的研究有限,需要对特定职业群体进行研究.
研究的目的:
- 为了评估尼日利亚乔斯的厨房工人身体不活动的水平.
- 在这个人群中确定身体不活动和医生诊断的关节炎之间的关联.
主要方法:
- 一项涉及尼日利亚乔斯116名中学厨房工作者的横截面研究.
- 数据收集包括关于社会人口统计,病史 (包括关节炎诊断) 和休时间体育活动 (LTPA) 的问卷.
- 评估了人体测量,血压,禁食血糖和脂质概况;使用NCEP ATP III标准诊断了代谢综合征.
主要成果:
- 65.6%的参与者身体不活跃,女性的比例明显更高.
- 50.9%的参与者报告了医生诊断的关节炎,其中88.1%是女性.
- 医生诊断的关节炎与身体不活动的几率高出四倍 (OR4.51),女性性别,代谢综合征和更高的BMI是独立的决定因素.
结论:
- 在厨房工作者中,身体不活动非常普遍,特别是被诊断为关节炎的女性.
- 迫切需要基于社区和特定于工作场所的运动干预措施.
- 干预措施应优先考虑性别平等和包容性,以有效解决身体不活动问题.
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