Key result
The prevalence of hypertension among police personnel was 67.9%, significantly associated with long duty hours, higher rank, prolonged service duration, and inappropriate eating habits.
Why the study?
Hypertension is a major cause of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, and police personnel face occupational violence and stress that may affect their health.
Cross-Sectional (n=402)
No
Hypertension is highly prevalent (67.9%) among police personnel in Gwalior, India, driven by occupational stress, long duty hours, and lifestyle factors.
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High prevalence of hypertension among police personnel supports targeted occupational screening; cross-sectional data leaves open causal links to duty factors.
Context: Hypertension is an emerging public health problem due to its high prevalence and association with cardiovascular and overall morbidity and mortality. Police personnel constitute a special occupational group with exposure to violence and stress at work, which affects their health directly and indirectly. Methodology: A cross-sectional study was conducted to find out the prevalence of hypertension and its relation with respect to police duty profile along with other risk factors among the police personnel of the Gwalior district stationed at various police stations. Results: In total, 402 police personnel were included in the study. Forty (14.7%) participants reported that they had h/o hypertension, while 26 (9.5%) reported that they were diagnosed as hypertensive in recent 1-2 months. As per the findings of our study, 273 (67.91%) participants come out to be hypertensive; among them, 207 (75.8%) were diagnosed in the current study. With increase in hierarchy, more police personnel suffered with hypertension. Conclusions: Long duty hours, higher rank, prolonged service duration, and inappropriate eating habits are the significant factors for the high prevalence of hypertension in police personnel.
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Chauhan et al. (2022) conducted a cross-sectional in Hypertension (n=402). Occupational and lifestyle risk factors (e.g., service duration, diet, stress) vs. Unexposed or lower risk categories was evaluated on Prevalence of hypertension. The prevalence of hypertension among police personnel was 67.9%, significantly associated with long duty hours, higher rank, prolonged service duration, and inappropriate eating habits.
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