Intellectual workers’ health and cardiovascular prevention: the results of a standardised preventive examination

Aim. To perform a standardised preventive examination in organised collectives of intellectual workers (educational and research institutions), to assess the potential and feasibility of cardiovascular risk assessment unification, with the goal of developing preventive workplace (WP) programmes.

Material and methods. A standardised preventive examination was performed in two organised collectives of intellectual workers (higher education institutions, 234 participants; technical research institute, 265 participants). According to the uniform protocol, questionnaire survey, anthropometry, and measurement of blood pressure (BP), cholesterol (CH) and blood glucose were performed.

Results. Among middle-aged educational and research workers, the WP examination demonstrated high prevalence of increased BP, high levels of total cardiovascular risk and separate risk factors (RFs). Therefore, cardiovascular risk reduction in intellectual workers should be addressed not only by health professionals, but also by rational work organisation and health promotion at WP.

Conclusion. The extended dispanserisation programme in educational and research workers should include simple methods of cardiovascular risk assessment (total risk and separate RFs). This would facilitate the creation of targeted preventive strategies for specific organised collectives of intellectual workers.

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