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ArticleAmerican journal of cardiovascular disease2023

Risk factors for cardiovascular diseases during medical academic training.

Marcos Thiago Faé, Marcelo Vier Gambetta, Nicolas Ramos, Samantha Cristiane Lopes, Caroline Oliveira Fischer Bacca

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Article in American journal of cardiovascular disease, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Marcos Thiago FaéResearch Center in Medical Sciences, Investigations in Health - NPCMed, Faculty of Medicine, Centro Universitário para o Desenvolvimento do Alto Vale do Itajaí - UNIDAVI, Jardim América Rio do Sul, Santa Catarina, CEP 89160-932, Brazil.
Marcelo Vier GambettaResearch Center in Medical Sciences, Investigations in Health - NPCMed, Faculty of Medicine, Centro Universitário para o Desenvolvimento do Alto Vale do Itajaí - UNIDAVI, Jardim América Rio do Sul, Santa Catarina, CEP 89160-932, Brazil.
Nicolas RamosResearch Center in Medical Sciences, Investigations in Health - NPCMed, Faculty of Medicine, Centro Universitário para o Desenvolvimento do Alto Vale do Itajaí - UNIDAVI, Jardim América Rio do Sul, Santa Catarina, CEP 89160-932, Brazil.
Samantha Cristiane LopesResearch Center in Medical Sciences, Investigations in Health - NPCMed, Faculty of Medicine, Centro Universitário para o Desenvolvimento do Alto Vale do Itajaí - UNIDAVI, Jardim América Rio do Sul, Santa Catarina, CEP 89160-932, Brazil.
Caroline Oliveira Fischer BaccaResearch Center in Medical Sciences, Investigations in Health - NPCMed, Faculty of Medicine, Centro Universitário para o Desenvolvimento do Alto Vale do Itajaí - UNIDAVI, Jardim América Rio do Sul, Santa Catarina, CEP 89160-932, Brazil.
Universidade para o Desenvolvimento do Alto Vale do Itajaí · BR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the main cause of morbidity and mortality in the world. Previous studies disagree about the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors (CVRFs) among medical students.

objectivesDetermine the CVRFs prevalence in medical students. Compare the FRCVs percentage from initial and advanced course stages. Evaluate whether the CVRFs percentage was similar to that from population in the same age group, as previously described in another studies.

methodThis is a cross-sectional observational study that evaluated the CVRFs prevalence in medical students using a semi-structured questionnaire, in addition to physical examination and laboratory tests. For statistical analysis, statistical package for the social science software (SPSS, version 22.0) was used.

results115 students were evaluated: 74.8%, female; mean age, 22.4±3.1 years. In the general sample was found altered dosages of total cholesterol (27.0%), high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL, 5.2%), triglycerides (12.2%), low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL, 8.7%), fasting glucose (4.3%), overweight (17.4%), obesity (5.2%), inadequate physical activity (45.2%), family history of cardiovascular disease (44.3%), stress (68.7%), anxiety (83.5%), insomnia (28.7%), sleep deprivation (60.0%), alcohol use (91.3%) and low cardiovascular risk (100.0%). The average score from PSS-14 questionnaire showed greater stress in the basic (27.0±6.7) and clinical cycle (28.3±7.1) and less stress in the internship (22.3±6.4). There was a statistical difference between the clinical cycle and internship (P < 0.05). During internship, there was a lower association between stress and graduation (33.3%), especially when compared to the clinical cycle (75.4%) (P < 0.01; ra=2.9).

conclusionCVRFs exposure and the risk of negative cardiovascular outcomes are lower in medical students when compared to young adult population. Suggestive of medical training contributes to self-care, health promotion, stress reduction and disease prevention, reducing the cardiovascular diseases prevalence, especially in the internship.

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