Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and associated risk factors in health care professionals in a community hospital in Brazil.

Autor:	Magalhães VDS; Curso de Medicina, Universidade de Passo Fundo (UPF), Passo Fundo, RS, Brazil., Jost TDA; Curso de Medicina, Universidade de Passo Fundo (UPF), Passo Fundo, RS, Brazil., Pasqual HM; Curso de Medicina, Universidade de Passo Fundo (UPF), Passo Fundo, RS, Brazil., Becker ALG; Curso de Medicina, Universidade de Passo Fundo (UPF), Passo Fundo, RS, Brazil., Marques LM; Curso de Medicina, Universidade de Passo Fundo (UPF), Passo Fundo, RS, Brazil., Manica M; Curso de Medicina, Universidade de Passo Fundo (UPF), Passo Fundo, RS, Brazil., Delani BLL; Curso de Medicina, Universidade de Passo Fundo (UPF), Passo Fundo, RS, Brazil., Langaro JP; Curso de Medicina, Universidade Federal da Fronteira Sul, Passo Fundo, RS, Brazil., Afonso DT; Hospital São Vicente de Paulo, UPF, Passo Fundo, RS, Brazil., Hoppe L; Hospital São Vicente de Paulo, UPF, Passo Fundo, RS, Brazil.; Departamento de Hepatologia, UPF, Passo Fundo, RS, Brazil., Orsolin A; Clínica Medsom, Passo Fundo, RS, Brazil., Vartha APP; Curso de Medicina, Universidade de Passo Fundo (UPF), Passo Fundo, RS, Brazil.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Revista brasileira de medicina do trabalho : publicacao oficial da Associacao Nacional de Medicina do Trabalho-ANAMT [Rev Bras Med Trab] 2021 Mar 03; Vol. 18 (4), pp. 449-456. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Mar 03.
DOI:	10.47626/1679-4435-2020-582
Abstrakt:	Introduction: Health care professionals are vulnerable to several health problems, including overweight, stress and anxiety. As such, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is a likely diagnosis in this population. Objectives: To investigate the association between non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and levels of stress and anxiety in a sample of health care workers in a community hospital in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. Methods: The sample consisted of 107 health care workers who were interviewed and screened for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease based on clinical, imaging and laboratory parameters. Occupational stress was evaluated using Lipp's Stress Symptom Inventory, and anxiety was assessed using the Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale. Results: The mean age of the sample was 37.6 years. Most participants were female (89.1%) and the most frequent occupation was nursing technicians (83.2%). While 77.22% of participants did not report significant levels of stress, 30.7% did have mild anxiety. Statistical tests did not reveal a significant association between non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and stress (p = 0.688) or anxiety (p = 0.996). Conclusions: All participants with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease had some degree of anxiety, but only some experienced stress symptoms, according to Lipp's Inventory. Statistical tests did not confirm an association between stress, anxiety and the presence non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Nevertheless, the potential association between these variables should continue to be investigated given the global rise in the prevalence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and its implications for health care workers. Competing Interests: Conflicts of interest: None
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