A Cross Sectional Study on Assessment of Health Profile of Policemen Serving at Ahmadabad City, Gujarat

Introduction: Policemen are one of the important cadres for positive pace of development of any nation. They can work optimally if, they are physically and mentally fit. Objective: To assess socio-demographic and health profile, determinants of ill health and their correlates with work profile of ma...

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Autores principales:	Sahil R Solanki, Rujul P Shukla
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Publicado:	Indian Association of Preventive and Social Medicine 2021
Materias:	addiction health profile obesity policemen sleep stress Medicine R Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:2993422e78794d709d302e7930d561182021-11-17T07:19:40ZA Cross Sectional Study on Assessment of Health Profile of Policemen Serving at Ahmadabad City, Gujarat10.51957/Healthline_240_20212229-337X2320-1525https://doaj.org/article/2993422e78794d709d302e7930d561182021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.healthlinejournal.org/index_pdf/375.pdfhttps://doaj.org/toc/2229-337Xhttps://doaj.org/toc/2320-1525Introduction: Policemen are one of the important cadres for positive pace of development of any nation. They can work optimally if, they are physically and mentally fit. Objective: To assess socio-demographic and health profile, determinants of ill health and their correlates with work profile of male policemen at Ahmedabad city. Method: Study was carried out at Police headquarters, Ahmedabad where policemen from all over district reported for work. Calculated sample size was 416. List of all policemen was obtained, participants were selected through simple random sampling, and personal interview was carried out at Police Headquarters of the city. Result: The mean age of study participants was 42.50+9.32 years. In context to BMI,total75.3% policemen were either overweight or obese. Policemen with tobacco addiction were 186(45%).Of total, 11.29% and 7.69% were hypertensive and diabetics respectively. Around three-fourth (74%) policemen complained of perceived stress. Conclusion: Two thirds of the total participants were overweight or obese. Factors like improper dietary habits,presence of disease, disturbed sleep and tobacco addictions among Policemen had a significant association with their work profile. Majority were under perceived stress and its consequences.Sahil R SolankiRujul P Shukla Indian Association of Preventive and Social Medicinearticleaddictionhealth profileobesitypolicemensleepstressMedicineRPublic aspects of medicineRA1-1270ENHealthline, Vol 12, Iss 3, Pp 52-59 (2021)
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spellingShingle	addiction health profile obesity policemen sleep stress Medicine R Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 Sahil R Solanki Rujul P Shukla A Cross Sectional Study on Assessment of Health Profile of Policemen Serving at Ahmadabad City, Gujarat
description	Introduction: Policemen are one of the important cadres for positive pace of development of any nation. They can work optimally if, they are physically and mentally fit. Objective: To assess socio-demographic and health profile, determinants of ill health and their correlates with work profile of male policemen at Ahmedabad city. Method: Study was carried out at Police headquarters, Ahmedabad where policemen from all over district reported for work. Calculated sample size was 416. List of all policemen was obtained, participants were selected through simple random sampling, and personal interview was carried out at Police Headquarters of the city. Result: The mean age of study participants was 42.50+9.32 years. In context to BMI,total75.3% policemen were either overweight or obese. Policemen with tobacco addiction were 186(45%).Of total, 11.29% and 7.69% were hypertensive and diabetics respectively. Around three-fourth (74%) policemen complained of perceived stress. Conclusion: Two thirds of the total participants were overweight or obese. Factors like improper dietary habits,presence of disease, disturbed sleep and tobacco addictions among Policemen had a significant association with their work profile. Majority were under perceived stress and its consequences.
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title	A Cross Sectional Study on Assessment of Health Profile of Policemen Serving at Ahmadabad City, Gujarat
title_short	A Cross Sectional Study on Assessment of Health Profile of Policemen Serving at Ahmadabad City, Gujarat
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A Cross Sectional Study on Assessment of Health Profile of Policemen Serving at Ahmadabad City, Gujarat

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