Parkash Jai, Kalhan Meenakshi, Singhania Komal, Punia Anita, Kumar Brijesh, Kaushal Pankaj
Medical Officer, Civil Hospital, Gurugram, Haryana, India.
Department of Community Medicine, Pt. B.D. Sharma PGIMS, Rohtak, Haryana, India.
Int J Appl Basic Med Res. 2019 Jul-Sep;9(3):143-147. doi: 10.4103/ijabmr.IJABMR_356_18.
Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) kill 40 million people each year, equivalent to 70% of all deaths globally. Cardiovascular diseases account for most NCD deaths or 17.7 million people annually. Police work has been regarded by some researchers as one of the most stressful occupations in the world, and coronary heart disease has been identified as a major cause of mortality in this population.
A cross-sectional study was carried out during July 2016-June 2017 among 450 policemen posted in Rohtak city of Haryana selected randomly. The investigator made two measurements of blood pressure. Data were collected using predesigned, pretested, semi-structured interview schedule, and analyzed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences version 20.0.
Of 450 participants, 164 (36.4%) participants were found to be hypertensive. Age of study participants, duration of service, rank, and education are significantly associated with the prevalence of hypertension (HTN) among policemen.
HTN in policemen has emerged as an important public health problem. Knowledge of risk factors for HTN may give tracks for prevention in this population. Therefore, it is the need of hour to devise a sound screening strategy to diagnose HTN among policemen and devise a comprehensive strategy for the management of HTN.
非传染性疾病（NCDs）每年导致4000万人死亡，占全球所有死亡人数的70%。心血管疾病占非传染性疾病死亡人数的大部分，每年有1770万人。一些研究人员认为警察工作是世界上压力最大的职业之一，冠心病已被确定为该人群死亡的主要原因。
2016年7月至2017年6月期间，对随机抽取的哈里亚纳邦罗塔克市的450名警察进行了横断面研究。研究人员测量了两次血压。使用预先设计、预先测试的半结构化访谈时间表收集数据，并使用社会科学统计软件包第20.0版进行分析。
在450名参与者中，发现164名（36.4%）参与者患有高血压。研究参与者的年龄、服务年限、职级和教育程度与警察中高血压（HTN）的患病率显著相关。
警察中的高血压已成为一个重要的公共卫生问题。了解高血压的危险因素可能为该人群的预防提供线索。因此，当务之急是制定一个合理的筛查策略来诊断警察中的高血压，并制定一个全面的高血压管理策略。
