A descriptive study on Non Communicable Disease among nursing personals in a Medical Teaching Institute, Kolkata

Abstract

Background- Nursing personnel are one of the important man power in health system. India has 1.7 nurses per 1,000 population, 43% less than the World Health Organisation norm. This creates a huge workload on Nurses. Due to busy schedule and night shift, physical activity was less among them which leads to obesity and other Non-Communicable Disease (NCD). Very few study was conducted in India in this aspect. With this background present study was conducted to find out proportion of NCD and association of different factors with NCD. Methods – Institutional based cross sectional study was conducted in a Medical Teaching Institute in Kolkata from January 2021 to March 2021. Sampling was done by complete enumeration and total 545 nurses were interviewed by a pre-designed, pretested structured questionnaire. Descriptive statistics such as frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation were used to describe the demographic profiles of respondents, the level of awareness, and the extent of practice. Chi-square test was applied to study the association and p-value obtained. Logistic regression was done to find out odds ratio. The p-value of less than 0.05 was considered statistically significant.Results - Proportion of any one non communicable disease was 23.2%. Majority of population belonged to 23-35 years age group , married , Hindu , Residing in nuclear family in Urban area and had GNM qualification. Age, education, caste, marital status, work load, obesity, anxiety and stress had significant association with NCD profile. Conclusion: Regular physical activity should be performed to prevent development of NCDs. Periodic medical check-up of nursing personnel should be conducted for early diagnosis of NCDs. Importance should also be given on workplace stress reduction.