CORONARY HEART DISEASE RISK ASSESSMENT AMONG THE SECURITY STAFF IN A PUBLIC UNIVERSITY

Abstract

A cross sectional survey on the assessment of coronary heart disease risks was conducted on a group of security guards in a public university. The objectives were to assess the risk of coronary heart disease (CHO) among the security staff and to provide advice on CHO prevention and practice of a healthy lifestyle. A face-to-face questionnaire was used to conduct the survey. The main outcome measure was the coronary heart disease (CHO) risk score estimates. The findiws showed that 61 participants ( 5 3. 0%) have very high CHO risk factors, while the rest, 38.3% and 8.7% have moderate and low CHO risk factors respectively. With increasing age, there is an increase in total risk score among the target groups. The percentage increases almost 2􀃲fold between the 21-30 and the 31-40 age groups. Majority of the security staff had high CHO risk factors and more efforts and preventive measures must be taken to overcome this situation. Personalised advice was given to participants based on their CHD risks estimates.