Abstract
ABSTRACT : Prevalence of Hypertension and Diabetes among sanitary workers in Tiruvannamalai Municipality – A Cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND : Sanitary Workers are an important but neglected occupational group. They engage in manual labour of door to door collection of wastes and exposed to stress at work interacting with public on a daily basis. In this background, study to estimate prevalence of hypertension and diabetes among sanitary workers becomes important.
AIM : The study aims to estimate the prevalence of Hypertension and Diabetes among sanitary workers in Tiruvannamalai Municipality.
METHODOLOGY : : A cross-sectional study among 267 sanitary workers of Tiruvannamalai Municipality was done. All eligible sanitary workers after inclusion and inclusion criteria were included for the study and data collected using semi-structured questionnaire. Physical parameters, blood pressure, fasting and postprandial blood glucose were measured.RESULTS : Among participants 19.9% had hypertension, 7.5% had diabetes mellitus and 7.5% had both hypertension and diabetes mellitus. More than 60% of them were newly detected.
CONCLUSION : Sanitary workers of Tiruvannamalai municipality differ in prevalence of hypertension and diabetes compared to general population. Screening and early detection of NCDs are important to prevent late detection and prevent complications.
KEYWORDS : Non-communicable diseases, Sanitary Workers, Tiruvannamalai Municpality