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Table 5 The association between history of chronic diseases and staff occupation attending staff medical center at Hamad Medical Corporation (N = 3,097)

From: Prevalence of non-communicable disease and the associated factors among healthcare workers in Qatar

 

Occupation, n (%)

Chronic Disease

Nurse

Physician

Technician

Paramedic

Pharmacist

Dietitian

Therapist

Admin

Researcher

P-value

Any chronic diseases

         

0.011*

 No

802 (67.7)

403 (69.2)

236 (67.6)

220 (76.1)

69 (75.0)

11 (68.8)

117 (73.6)

55 (54.5)

33 (70.2)

 Yes

383 (32.3)

179 (30.8)

113 (32.4)

69 (23.9)

23 (25.0)

5 (31.3)

42 (26.4)

46 (45.5)

14 (29.8)

Hypertension

         

0.695

 No

1108 (93. 5)

531(91.2)

322 (92.3)

265 (91.7)

85 (92.4)

16 (100.0)

150 (94.3)

93 (92.1)

45 (95.7)

 Yes

77 (6.5)

51 (8.8)

27 (7.7)

24 (8.3)

7 (7.6)

0 (0.0)

9 (5.7)

8 (7.9)

2 (4.3)

Prediabetes

         

0.026*

 No

1138 (96. 0)

564 (96.6)

332 (95.1)

278 (96.2)

91 (98.9)

16 (100.0)

155 (97.5)

92 (91.1)

44 (93.6)

 Yes

47 (4.0)

18 (3.1)

17 (4.9)

11 (3.8)

1 (1.1)

0 (0.0)

4 (2.5)

9 (8.9)

3 (6.4)

Diabetes

         

 < 0.001*

 No

1033 (87. 2)

529 (90.9)

305 (87.4)

275 (95.2)

88 (95.7)

16 (100.0)

142 (89.3)

80 (79.2)

41 (87.2)

 Yes

152 (12.8)

53 (9.1)

44 (12.6)

14 (4.8)

4 (4.3)

0 (0.0)

17 (10.7)

21 (20.8)

6 (12.8)

Dyslipidaemia

         

0.237

 No

1154 (97. 4)

552 (94.8)

338 (96.8)

277 (95.8)

89 (96.7)

15 (93.8)

150 (94.3)

98 (97.0)

44 (93.6)

 Yes

31 (2.6)

30 (5.2)

11 (3.2)

12 (4.2)

3 (3.3)

1 (6.3)

9 (5.7)

3 (3.0)

3 (6.4)

CVD

         

0.459

 No

1181 (99. 7)

576 (99.0)

348 (99.7)

285 (98.6)

92 (100.0)

16 (100.0)

158 (99.4)

101 (100. 0)

47 (100.0)

 Yes

4 (0.3)

6 (1.0)

1 (0.3)

4 (1.4)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

1 (0.6)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

Chronic lung disease

         

0.003*

 No

1155 (97.5)

553 (95.0)

341 (97.7)

285 (98.6)

88 (95.7)

14 (87.5)

153 (96.2)

93 (92.1)

47 (100.0)

 Yes

30 (2.5)

29 (5.0)

8 (2.3)

4 (1.4)

4 (4.3)

2 (12.5)

6 (3.8)

8 (7.9)

0 (0.0)

 

Chronic kidney disease

         

0.270

 No

1181 (99.7)

581 (99.8)

346 (99.1)

285 (98.6)

91 (98.9)

16 (100.0)

159 (100.0)

101 (100. 0)

47 (100.0)

 Yes

4 (0.3)

1 (0.2)

3 (0.9)

4 (1.4)

1 (1.1)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

Thyroid disease

         

 < 0.001*

 No

1032 (87.1)

535 (91.9)

318 (91.1)

278 (96.2)

85 (92.4)

14 (87.5)

147 (92.5)

87 (86.1)

41 (87.2)

 Yes

153 (12.9)

47 (8.1)

31 (8.9)

11 (3.8)

7 (7.6)

2 (12.5)

12 (7.5)

14 (13.9)

6 (12.8)

Stroke

         

0.723

 No

1184 (99.9)

580 (99.7)

348 (99.7)

289 (100.0)

92 (100.0)

16 (100.0)

159 (100.0)

101 (100. 0)

47 (100.0)

 Yes

1 (0.1)

2 (0.3)

1 (0.3)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

Cancer

         

0.511

 No

1180 (99.6)

579 (99.5)

348 (99.7)

289 (100.0)

92 (100.0)

16 (100.0)

158 (99.4)

99 (98.0)

47 (100.0)

 Yes

5 (0.4)

3 (0.5)

1 (0.3)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

1 (0.6)

2 (2.0)

0 (0.0)

Depression

         

0.199

 No

1178 (99.4)

571 (98.1)

345 (98.9)

286 (99.0)

91 (98.9)

15 (93.8)

157 (98.7)

100 (99.0)

47 (100.0)

 Yes

7 (0.6)

11 (1.9)

4 (1.1)

3 (1.0)

1 (1.1)

1 (6.3)

2 (1.3)

1 (1.0)

0 (0.0)

Anxiety

         

0.296

 No

1167 (98.5)

564 (96.6)

338 (96.8)

282 (97.6)

90 (97.8)

15 (93.8)

156 (98.1)

99 (98.0)

46 (97.9)

 Yes

18 (1.5)

18 (3.1)

11 (3.2)

7 (2.4)

2 (2.2)

1 (6.3)

3 (1.9)

2 (2.0)

1 (2.1)

Stress

         

0.753

 No

1179 (99.5)

577 (99.1)

348 (99.7)

289 (100.0)

92 (100.0)

16 (100.0)

159 (100.0)

101 (100.0)

47 (100.0)

 Yes

6 (0.5)

5 (0.9)

1 (0.3)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

 
  1. *statistically significance