Prevalence of Cardiac Risk Factors and Attitude toward Self-Risk Assessment among Cardiac Care Givers.

However, there seems to be an increasing trend in prevalence of CVD in Asian and African countries. 5 Taking into account the health-related knowledge available to hospital workers and their easy access to healthcare provision, it is believed that the incidence of cardiovascular diseases and their modifiable risk factors would be comparatively low. 1 , 6 However, certain risk factors associated with work, such as long shifts, mental and physical stress, which classify the hospital’s atmosphere and place health workers in a high occupational risk category for certain illnesses.

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