Correlation of physical activity, nutritional status and occupational stress with cardiovascular risk in police officers

Abstract

Objective: To establish the correlation between physical activity, nutritional status and work stress and cardiovascular risk in police officers of an Operational Unit, Lima 2020. Methods: The basic research, a non-experimental crosssectional design, with a quantitative approach, descriptive correlational level, the sample consisted of 300 police officers. The WHO Global Physical Activity Questionnaire (GPAQ), which determines the level of physical activity, work time, travel and leisure time, was used. Results: 86.67% of the police officers perform high level physical activities, 69.67% of them do not present work stress, 59.33% are overweight and 28.67% are obese. Also, 40.67% of the policemen showed increased cardiovascular risk, 22.67% of the policemen showed high cardiovascular risk and 36.66% of the policemen showed low cardiovascular risk. Conclusion: Police officers in an Operational Unit, Lima 2020, have a high level of physical activity (86.67%). No significant correlation with cardiovascular risk was found between physical activity and work stress. The results of the statistical analysis indicate that physical activity at work has no correlation with cardiovascular risk in police officers. A statistical correlation was found between organizational work stress and cardiovascular risk in police officers of an Operational Unit, Lima 2020.