A survey of cardiovascular condition, risk factors, and general health of university staff employees
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The purpose of this descriptive research was the examination of cardiovascular conditions of 90 university staff employees, though Risko and GHQ-28 questionnaires. The variables of the research include: age, heredity, weight, physical exercises, cholesterol, systolic pressure, sex and General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28). The analysis of the data showed that 74.4% of the subjects were from 2.7 to 29.5 kg overweight. 91.1% of them, according to their own claim, were not addicted to any kind of drugs or cigarettes. The amount of cholesterol of 58.9% of the subjects ranged from 206 to 230 and the systolic pressure of 62.2% of them was 120 mmHg. 53.3% of the subjects were in Risk General Average condition. 1.1% of them were in Risk at Dangerous Level condition. Finally, the observed Pearson’s correlation between the two variables of Risko and GHQ-28 was -0.036, which, according to the critical table (chart), means there is no significant correlation between these two variables.
KEYWORDS:Risko; GHQ-28; cardiovascular
