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Study Frequency of Hypertension and Obesity and their Relationship with Lifestyle Factors (Nutritional Habits, Physical Activity, Cigarette Consumption) in Ardabil City Physicians, 2012–13

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Few studies have been done on lifestyle of Iranian physicians. As physicians have important role in health promotion, the main goal of the study was to assess the lifestyle of this influential group. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted o...

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Autores principales: Fathi, Afshin, Ahari, Saeid Sadeghieh, Amani, Firouz, Nikneghad, Mohammad Reza
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5112967/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27890976
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-0218.193332
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author Fathi, Afshin
Ahari, Saeid Sadeghieh
Amani, Firouz
Nikneghad, Mohammad Reza
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description BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Few studies have been done on lifestyle of Iranian physicians. As physicians have important role in health promotion, the main goal of the study was to assess the lifestyle of this influential group. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted on lifestyle of all registered physicians of Ardabil hospitals, Iran, 2012–13. In this research, 225 physicians were selected, by using simple random sampling. Demographic and lifestyle data were obtained by self-report using standard questionnaires, physical activity by official Iranian short-version of the international physical activity questionnaire, and dietary intake by food frequency questionnaire. Weight and height was performed according to standard protocols by using standardized and zero calibrated instruments. Data were analyzed by inferential statistics using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences. 16 software. RESULTS: Findings showed that 8% of participants were hypertensive, 21.3% smoker, 40%–47% inactive, 51.1% overweight, and 18.2% obese. There was a significant relationship between blood pressure and self-reported lifestyle habits (P < 0.05). And 70.7% of males and 74.1% of females had regular 10-min walking each day and moderate activity of males was significantly higher than females (P < 0.05). Food frequency weekly consumption of overweight and obese physicians were significantly higher than normal weight physicians (P < 0.05). CONCLUSION: Few doctors follow a healthy lifestyle; this may have a negative effect on society attitude about health.
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spelling pubmed-51129672016-11-25 Study Frequency of Hypertension and Obesity and their Relationship with Lifestyle Factors (Nutritional Habits, Physical Activity, Cigarette Consumption) in Ardabil City Physicians, 2012–13 Fathi, Afshin Ahari, Saeid Sadeghieh Amani, Firouz Nikneghad, Mohammad Reza Indian J Community Med Original Article BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Few studies have been done on lifestyle of Iranian physicians. As physicians have important role in health promotion, the main goal of the study was to assess the lifestyle of this influential group. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted on lifestyle of all registered physicians of Ardabil hospitals, Iran, 2012–13. In this research, 225 physicians were selected, by using simple random sampling. Demographic and lifestyle data were obtained by self-report using standard questionnaires, physical activity by official Iranian short-version of the international physical activity questionnaire, and dietary intake by food frequency questionnaire. Weight and height was performed according to standard protocols by using standardized and zero calibrated instruments. Data were analyzed by inferential statistics using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences. 16 software. RESULTS: Findings showed that 8% of participants were hypertensive, 21.3% smoker, 40%–47% inactive, 51.1% overweight, and 18.2% obese. There was a significant relationship between blood pressure and self-reported lifestyle habits (P < 0.05). And 70.7% of males and 74.1% of females had regular 10-min walking each day and moderate activity of males was significantly higher than females (P < 0.05). Food frequency weekly consumption of overweight and obese physicians were significantly higher than normal weight physicians (P < 0.05). CONCLUSION: Few doctors follow a healthy lifestyle; this may have a negative effect on society attitude about health. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC5112967/ /pubmed/27890976 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-0218.193332 Text en Copyright: © 2016 Indian Journal of Community Medicine http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Fathi, Afshin
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Amani, Firouz
Nikneghad, Mohammad Reza
Study Frequency of Hypertension and Obesity and their Relationship with Lifestyle Factors (Nutritional Habits, Physical Activity, Cigarette Consumption) in Ardabil City Physicians, 2012–13
title Study Frequency of Hypertension and Obesity and their Relationship with Lifestyle Factors (Nutritional Habits, Physical Activity, Cigarette Consumption) in Ardabil City Physicians, 2012–13
title_full Study Frequency of Hypertension and Obesity and their Relationship with Lifestyle Factors (Nutritional Habits, Physical Activity, Cigarette Consumption) in Ardabil City Physicians, 2012–13
title_fullStr Study Frequency of Hypertension and Obesity and their Relationship with Lifestyle Factors (Nutritional Habits, Physical Activity, Cigarette Consumption) in Ardabil City Physicians, 2012–13
title_full_unstemmed Study Frequency of Hypertension and Obesity and their Relationship with Lifestyle Factors (Nutritional Habits, Physical Activity, Cigarette Consumption) in Ardabil City Physicians, 2012–13
title_short Study Frequency of Hypertension and Obesity and their Relationship with Lifestyle Factors (Nutritional Habits, Physical Activity, Cigarette Consumption) in Ardabil City Physicians, 2012–13
title_sort study frequency of hypertension and obesity and their relationship with lifestyle factors (nutritional habits, physical activity, cigarette consumption) in ardabil city physicians, 2012–13
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5112967/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27890976
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-0218.193332
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