Introduction: Cardiovascular risk factors have been measured under different conditions, there is some missing information related to specific occupations, such as penitentiary staff which due to their characteristics could have an increased cardiovascular risk. Objective: To determine cardiovascular risk factors on military staff from penitentiary institutions in Santander—Colombia. Methods: Cross-sectional study conducted with 182 workers. Anthropometric parameters, blood pressure, serum lipid profile, and glucose levels were measured. Univariate and bivariate analyses were carried out to establish differences between individuals. Results: Anthropometric and biochemical measures showed that 71.3% participants were overweight or obese, 29.4% presented high blood pressure with increased levels of total cholesterol (27.5%), triglycerides (40.7%), glucose (9.3%), and 84.1% presented low levels of HDL cholesterol. Bivariate analysis found a negative correlation between BMI and HDL cholesterol ( p < .05) and a positive correlation between BMI with triglycerides ( p < .01), systolic and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) ( p < .01). Conclusion: The studied military population presented increased levels of cardiovascular risk in comparison with a similar group in age, gender of nonmilitary individuals. However, it is important to carry out comparative studies between military staff in order to determine the prevalence and other risk predicting factors present in this specific population.
RESUMEN | Debido a la situación actual de la pandemia, el trabajo en casa, o home office, se ha implementado como parte de las medidas de salud pública para prevenir la propagación del SARS-CoV-2. Aunque esta medida se introdujo rápidamente, es probable que permanezca en vigor durante algún tiempo para evitar nuevos brotes de la COVID-19. A pesar de ser pocos, diversos estudios han abordado la relación entre el home office y la salud de los trabajadores en el contexto de la pandemia actual. Algunos aspectos observados incluyen fatiga, alteraciones en la dieta, reducción de la actividad física y dolor. Otras condiciones observadas se encuentran asociadas con el tecnoestrés, a saber: sobrecarga de trabajo, invasión de la privacidad, ritmo del cambio de las tecnologías de la información, menor autonomía laboral, agotamiento emocional y contacto electrónico constante con el trabajo. En términos generales, la pandemia de COVID-19 ha creado un nuevo entorno para considerar la vida laboral y familiar dentro de la discusión del home office. Así mismo, realizar una lectura en contexto de los factores que se relacionan con el bienestar físico y mental es fundamental para garantizar impactos positivos en los trabajadores. Es importante realizar estudios y discusiones al interior de las organizaciones que permitan conocer, analizar y reformular estrategias y políticas orientadas a aspectos como las alteraciones en el bienestar físico y mental de los trabajadores en el contexto de la pandemia y la forma en que los entornos ocupacionales en el hogar afectan estos componentes. Palabras-clave | COVID-19; teletrabajo; salud mental; salud física; medicina del trabajo.
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