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Protect the Protector: Morbidity and Health Behavior among Police Personnel in National Capital Region of India
INTRODUCTION: At the time of selection, police personnel undergo various health and fitness tests but subsequently health assessments are not done regularly. Unhealthy lifestyle and challenging work environment predispose them to various somatic sequelae, including cardiovascular diseases, musculosk...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6176699/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30319229 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijoem.IJOEM_28_18 |
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author | Meena, Jitendra K. Kumar, Rajesh Meena, G. S. |
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description | INTRODUCTION: At the time of selection, police personnel undergo various health and fitness tests but subsequently health assessments are not done regularly. Unhealthy lifestyle and challenging work environment predispose them to various somatic sequelae, including cardiovascular diseases, musculoskeletal, gastrointestinal, and psychological disorders, etc., There is limited epidemiological data on the morbidity profile among police personnel in India. AIM: To study the morbidity profile and the treatment-seeking behavior among police personnel in National Capital Region (NCR), India. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted between May and November, 2014 on 300 police personnel working in the NCR, India. We administered a predesigned, pretested questionnaire (α = 0.63) to the study participants based on World Health Organization-STEPS tool for assessing morbidity profile, lifestyle risk factors, and treatment-seeking behavior after obtaining informed consent from the study participants. RESULTS: Health complaints were reported by around half (n = 149, 49.6%) of the participants with the morbidity risk of 0.71 per person. The most common complaints were related to the cardiovascular and musculoskeletal system. Only around half of the affected participants took any treatment. Hospitalization rate reflected from past 1-year hospital admissions among participants was (n = 23, 7.7%). Data analysis suggested morbidity status of police personnel to be significantly associated with lifestyle risk factors such as abdominal obesity (n = 129, 86.5%), obstructive sleep apnea (n = 54, 36.2%), and distress (n = 48, 32.2%). CONCLUSION: Busy and challenging work life and poor control of health lead to high morbidity among police personnel. Regular health checks and lifestyle promotional activities are highly recommended to maintain a healthy police force. |
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spelling | pubmed-61766992018-10-12 Protect the Protector: Morbidity and Health Behavior among Police Personnel in National Capital Region of India Meena, Jitendra K. Kumar, Rajesh Meena, G. S. Indian J Occup Environ Med Original Article INTRODUCTION: At the time of selection, police personnel undergo various health and fitness tests but subsequently health assessments are not done regularly. Unhealthy lifestyle and challenging work environment predispose them to various somatic sequelae, including cardiovascular diseases, musculoskeletal, gastrointestinal, and psychological disorders, etc., There is limited epidemiological data on the morbidity profile among police personnel in India. AIM: To study the morbidity profile and the treatment-seeking behavior among police personnel in National Capital Region (NCR), India. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted between May and November, 2014 on 300 police personnel working in the NCR, India. We administered a predesigned, pretested questionnaire (α = 0.63) to the study participants based on World Health Organization-STEPS tool for assessing morbidity profile, lifestyle risk factors, and treatment-seeking behavior after obtaining informed consent from the study participants. RESULTS: Health complaints were reported by around half (n = 149, 49.6%) of the participants with the morbidity risk of 0.71 per person. The most common complaints were related to the cardiovascular and musculoskeletal system. Only around half of the affected participants took any treatment. Hospitalization rate reflected from past 1-year hospital admissions among participants was (n = 23, 7.7%). Data analysis suggested morbidity status of police personnel to be significantly associated with lifestyle risk factors such as abdominal obesity (n = 129, 86.5%), obstructive sleep apnea (n = 54, 36.2%), and distress (n = 48, 32.2%). CONCLUSION: Busy and challenging work life and poor control of health lead to high morbidity among police personnel. Regular health checks and lifestyle promotional activities are highly recommended to maintain a healthy police force. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018 /pmc/articles/PMC6176699/ /pubmed/30319229 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijoem.IJOEM_28_18 Text en Copyright: © 2018 Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Meena, Jitendra K. Kumar, Rajesh Meena, G. S. Protect the Protector: Morbidity and Health Behavior among Police Personnel in National Capital Region of India |
title | Protect the Protector: Morbidity and Health Behavior among Police Personnel in National Capital Region of India |
title_full | Protect the Protector: Morbidity and Health Behavior among Police Personnel in National Capital Region of India |
title_fullStr | Protect the Protector: Morbidity and Health Behavior among Police Personnel in National Capital Region of India |
title_full_unstemmed | Protect the Protector: Morbidity and Health Behavior among Police Personnel in National Capital Region of India |
title_short | Protect the Protector: Morbidity and Health Behavior among Police Personnel in National Capital Region of India |
title_sort | protect the protector: morbidity and health behavior among police personnel in national capital region of india |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6176699/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30319229 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijoem.IJOEM_28_18 |
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