Abstract
PurposeThe present study aimed to determine the effect of demographic characteristics, occupation, anthropometric indices, and leisure-time physical activity levels on coronary risk and health-related quality of life among military police officers from the State of Santa Catarina, Brazil.MethodsThe sample included 165 military police officers who fulfilled the study’s inclusion criteria. The International Physical Activity Questionnaire and the Short Form Health Survey were used, in addition to a spreadsheet of socio-demographic, occupational and anthropometric data. Statistical analyses were performed using descriptive analysis followed by Spearman Correlation and multiple linear regression analysis using the backward method.ResultsThe waist-to-height ratio was identified as a risk factor low health-related quality of life. In addition, the conicity index, fat percentage, years of service in the military police, minutes of work per day and leisure-time physical activity levels were identified as risk factors for coronary disease among police officers.ConclusionsThese findings suggest that the Military Police Department should adopt an institutional policy that allows police officers to practice regular physical activity in order to maintain and improve their physical fitness, health, job performance, and quality of life.
Highlights
The field of public security sets high prerequisite entry standards for physical fitness and good health, the demands of police work do not allow police officers to maintain their physical fitness, which tends to deteriorate over time [1,2].This decline in physical fitness among police officers is primarily due to a general decrease in physical activity throughout their careers
Previous studies conducted with police officers have found that higher anthropometric indices such as body mass index, waist circumference, abdominal circumference, body fat and total body mass are related to years of police service
The sample was composed of military police officers who agreed participate in the study, were older than 18 years and were active duty
Summary
The field of public security sets high prerequisite entry standards for physical fitness and good health, the demands of police work do not allow police officers to maintain their physical fitness, which tends to deteriorate over time [1,2].This decline in physical fitness among police officers is primarily due to a general decrease in physical activity throughout their careers. Previous studies conducted with police officers have found that higher anthropometric indices such as body mass index, waist circumference, abdominal circumference, body fat and total body mass are related to years of police service. Such studies suggest that improving physical fitness is essential to improve police officers’ performance and quality of life [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8]. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of demographic characteristics, occupation, anthropometric indices, and leisure-time physical activity levels on police officers coronary disease risk and quality of life
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