Overweight and obesity in nurses, advanced practice nurses, and nurse educators

Miller, Stephen J.; Alpert, Patricia T.; Cross, Chad L.

doi:10.1111/j.1745-7599.2008.00319.x

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“…Be that as it may, it seems that physicians themselves are incognizant of their effectiveness in assisting patients in CVD prevention, which makes it vitally important that educational interventions be devised for physicians with a view to improving the quality of preventive care in connection with CVD (44,45). Nurses, another significant component of health care teams, can make major contributions to CVD prevention (44,45), but their endeavors to effect necessary modifications in the society's lifestyle are hampered by formidable obstacles (46). It seems that quantitative and qualitative research is needed to analyze the roles and responsibilities of health care professionals and determine the reasons for their unwillingness to control CVD risk factors (47).…”

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Lifestyle and the Most Important Risk Factors of Cardiovascular Disease in Physicians, Nurses, and Faculty Members

Nobahar

Razavi

2015

Middle East J Rehabil Health

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Background: Health and treatment groups have the chief responsibility for controlling the risk factors of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and encouraging appropriate lifestyle changes that affect the prevention of this disease. Objectives: We sought to assess the lifestyle of physicians, nurses, and faculty members and to determine the most important risk factors of CVD among them. Patients and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on the physicians, nurses, and faculty members of Semnan University of Medical Sciences. The risk factors of CVD under consideration included smoking; sporting habits; life-and work-related stress; consumption of fruit, vegetables, fish, meat, and fast food; body mass index; systolic and diastolic blood pressures; control of cholesterol, triglyceride, and blood sugar levels in the preceding two years; history of depression; and family history of CVD. Results: Totally, 108 subjects who filled in their questionnaires were included in the study. The study population, including 68.5% females, had a mean age of 36.30 ± 8.878 years. Smokers comprised 1.8% of the subjects. Exercise more than twice a week was reported by 19.4%. Correspondingly, severe and moderate life-related and work-related stress was reported by 61.1% and 63.9% of the subjects. Also, 17.6% and 51.9% of the respondents consumed vegetables and fruit, respectively, more than once a day; 5.6% had fish more than once a week; and 69.4% and 4.6% ate meat and fast food, respectively, more than twice a week. The mean body mass index was 24.67 ± 3.77, and 39.8% of the participants were overweight or fat. A history of CVD was reported in 0.9%, history of hypertension in 2.8%, history of diabetes in 1.9%, and history of depression in 6.5% of the subjects. High triglyceride levels were detected in 7.4%. Additionally, 45% and 53.7% had controlled their cholesterol and triglyceride levels and blood sugar, correspondingly, for the preceding 2 years. A history of CVD was reported in 20.4% of the study population. The emphasis on CVD risk-factor control was lower among the physicians than among the nurses and faculty members. Conclusions:The findings of the present study indicate the necessity of modifying lifestyle and controlling CVD risk factors to upgrade the programs of the national health system for reducing the incidence of this disease.

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Lifestyle and the Most Important Risk Factors of Cardiovascular Disease in Physicians, Nurses, and Faculty Members

Nobahar

Razavi

2015

Middle East J Rehabil Health

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“…However many, 53% lacked the initiative to make lifestyle changes to intervene in their own OW/OB disease processes. As many as 76% of the practitioners do not address the issue upon client encounter with those who meet the diagnostic criteria for overweight or obese states, although 93% recognize overweight and obesity as a disease that requires some intervention [7].…”

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“…Too often nurses exert a tremendous deal of energy and passion into caring for patients, students and their families. Nurses must make their own health and welfare a priority as well [7].…”

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The Paradox of Obesity in Graduate level Advance Practice Nurses and Nurse Educators

Barber¹,

Barber²

2017

J Nurs Care

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“…Evidence suggests that HCPs are gaining weight like the general population [1][2][3]. A study from the US showed that 40% of the paediatricians were overweight or obese [4] whereas a study conducted among Mexican physicians reported a higher (74%) proportion of physicians as either overweight or obese [5].…”

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“…Studies from the US [2], Canada [8], European Unions' countries [9], Egypt [10,11], Saudi Arabia [12], Iran [13], Malaysia [14] and Pakistan [15] have reported a growing burden of obesity among trainee HCPs. Similarly, data from the Behavioural Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) which is the world's largest, on-going telephone health survey system conducted by the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and has a representative sample of the US population has revealed that healthcare workers (HCWs) may not always be able to model healthy behaviours for their patients [16].…”

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