Publicación:

Actividad física y factores de riesgo cardiovascular predominantes en los trabajadores de una Institución

Resumen

Introduction: Cardiovascular risk is a public health problem, a weight of the efforts of science to answer the questions that arise over time, which remains empty in their answers; we refer to the latent possibility of cardiovascular risk in the common of people. Especially when it comes to lifestyles in order to take care of ourselves to maintain optimal health in advanced ages, there is no environment exception in institutions in occupational health. Objective: To describe the cardiovascular risk factors and physical activity of the workers of an institution reported in the existing literature. Methodology: Narrative review of the literature, carried out in the databases Science Direct, ProQuest, Scopus CIB, Dialnet and Virtual Health Library (VHL), Scielo, PubMed, EBSCOhost and Google academic search, in the period between 2010 to 2020, identifying 40 articles which were critiqued from the literature and analysis of sociodemographic variables and those related to the topic. Results: The review of the studies showed that the participants have an average age of 37-54 years of age, the predominant gender was female, and (85.7%) were married. (100%) of the studies identified that (82.5%) of the participants engaged in physical activity. Covering the topic of cardiovascular risk variables, of the 40 articles studied, one (70%) shows us the BMI where overweight with (64.2%) predominates and (25%) of the information articles information on the routine exams where HDL in (80%) is the most evaluated and only half of the information of total cholesterol and LDL (50%) and triglycerides with (30%). Conclusions: The role of the health sector takes strength as an engine of not only care but prevention, it strengthens campaigns to have a healthy lifestyle anticipating risks.