Prevalence of chronic venous disease in health staff and its impact on quality of life at 6 months.

Abstract

To determine the frequency and stages of chronic venous disease (CVD) in health staff and its impact on the quality of life. Cross-sectional study on health workers, between the ages of 20 and 60, indistinct gender, to remain standing position ≥6.5 hours per day for at least 5 days a week. Socio demographic variables were recorded. The Clinical-Etiology-Anatomy-Pathophysiology (CEAP) scale was used to stage the CVD; to measure the quality of life, the CIVIQ-20 (Chronic Venous Insufficiency Questionnaire) survey was applied at baseline, at 3 and 6 months. All patients underwent detailed clinical examination followed by color Doppler ultrasound and angiology review. Included 37 patients, 62.1% woman. Average age was 36.6 ± 8.8 years. By CEAP the 78.3% of the patients presented CVD and the highest prevalence was C1; corroborating by Doppler ultrasound only in 29.7% of the patients. The predominant symptoms were night cramps (54.5%). The frequency of CVD is like the literature. Patients with chronic venous disease have poor quality of life which improves with treatment.