Healthy lifestyle behaviors and risk of cardiovascular diseases among nursing faculty during COVID-19 Pandemic

Al-Mayahi, Ayad Majid Mousa; Al-Jubouri, Mohammed Baqer; Jaafar, Sabah Abdullah

doi:10.1590/0034-7167-2022-0372

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ORIGINAL ARTICLE • Rev. Bras. Enferm. 76 (Suppl 1) • 2023 • https://doi.org/10.1590/0034-7167-2022-0372 copy

Healthy lifestyle behaviors and risk of cardiovascular diseases among nursing faculty during COVID-19 Pandemic

Comportamentos saudáveis e risco de doenças cardiovasculares entre docentes de enfermagem durante a pandemia de COVID-19

Comportamientos de estilo de vida saludable y riesgo de enfermedades cardiovasculares entre el profesorado de enfermería durante la pandemia COVID-19

Authorship SCIMAGO INSTITUTIONS RANKINGS

ABSTRACT

Objective:

Cardiovascular diseases are the first ranked cause of death worldwide. Adhering to health promoting lifestyle behaviors will maintain an individual’s cardiovascular health and decrease the risk of cardiovascular diseases.

Methods:

In this descriptive study, 150 nursing faculty were surveyed via a non-probability (purposive) sampling method to assess their adherence to health promoting lifestyle in order to know the risk of cardiovascular diseases. The Arabic version of Health-Promoting Lifestyle Profile II (HPLP-II) was used to achieve this goal.

Results:

Seventy-two nursing faculty completed the survey. The results indicated that the study sample had moderate level of health promotion based on Health-Promoting Lifestyle Profile II.

Conclusion:

Nursing faculty are at risk of developing cardiovascular diseases based on their health promoting lifestyle behaviors as they scored low level of “health responsibility”, “physical activity”, and “stress management “. Encouraging healthy behaviors is recommended to prevent chronic diseases such as cardiovascular diseases.

Descriptors:
Pandemics; Disease; Healthy Lifestyle; COVID-19 Pandemic; Cardiovascular Risk

	Frequency	Percent	Cumulative Percent
Gender
Male	37	51.4	51.4
Female	35	48.6	100.0
Marital Status
Single	10	13.9	13.9
Married	60	83.3	97.2
Divorced	2	2.8	100.0
Academic Degree
Master’s Degree	36	50.0	50.0
Doctorate Degree	36	50.0	100.0
Scientific Position
Lecturer	26	36.1	36.1
Assistant Professor	31	43.1	79.2
Associate Professor	15	20.8	100.0
Monthly Income
Not Enough	4	5.6	5.6
Mostly Enough	21	29.2	34.7
Enough	47	65.3	100.0

	Frequency	Percent	Cumulative Percent
Smoking
No	59	81.9	81.9
Yes	13	18.1	100.0
Drinking Alcohol
No	72	100	100
Yes	0	0	100.0
BMI
Normal Weight	23	31.9	31.9
Overweight	28	38.9	70.8
Obese	21	29.2	100.0
Chronic Disease
None	56	77.8	77.8
Hypertension	10	13.9	91.7
Diabetes	6	8.3	100.0

	N	Mean	Std. Deviation
Health responsibility	72	2.4954	.58940
Physical activity	72	1.8941	.63588
Nutrition	72	2.6250	.51863
Spiritual growth	72	3.1250	.69325
Interpersonal relations	72	2.9568	.56118
Stress management	72	2.3559	.57518
Overall HPLP-II	72	2.5754	.40458

Domains Demographics	Health responsibility		Physical activity		Nutrition		Spiritual growth		Interpersonal relations		Stress management
Domains Demographics	Test Value	p value	Test Value	p value	Test Value	p value	Test Value	p value	Test Value	p value	Test Value	p value
Gender	.66	.51	.94	.34	-2.07	.04	.92	.36	.81	.42	2.07	.041
Age	1.3	.19	1.2	.22	.32	.74	.92	.35	1.17	.24	-.63	.52
Marital status	.47	.62	.14	.86	.41	.66	.15	.85	.47	.62	.63	.53
Affiliation	.75	.624	.87	.53	.58	.76	1.45	.19	1.06	.39	1.9	.07
Academic Degree	-.15	.87	1.28	.2	.27	.78	1.4	.14	1.6	.11	1.2	.21
Scientific position	1.04	.35	.61	.54	.72	.49	2.2	.11	4.4	.015	3.7	.029
Years of experience	1.8	.07	.51	.61	1.25	.21	2.39	.019	1.7	.09	.2	.84
Smoking	.17	.86	1.39	.16	3.54	.001	2.19	.031	1.09	.27	.79	.42
BMI	.78	.505	1.56	.2	.405	.75	.62	.6	.43	.73	1.7	.16
Chronic disease	1.24	.29	2.77	.06	1.94	.15	.51	.59	.43	.65	1.72	.18

No.	Demographic variable	Test value	p value
1.	Gender	0.51	0.603
2.	Age groups	2.06	0.135
3.	Marital status	0.39	0.677
4.	Affiliation	1.38	0.227
5.	scientific Degree	2.02	0.159
6.	Scientific position	3.76	0.028
7.	Years of experience in nursing	4.11	0.046
8.	Smoking	2.13	0.036
9.	BMI	0.44	0.719
10.	Chronic disease history	1.15	0.321

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[1] Corresponding author: Ayad Majid Mousa Al-Mayahi, E-mail: ayadm@conursing.uobaghdad.edu.iq