Probability of experiencing oxidative stress in health professionals from Lima city

Abstract

Introduction: The human being maintains a constant oxide-reduction balance, preserving the balance between the production of intermediates that are generated as a result of cellular metabolism for its proper functioning, supplying necessary nutrients in relevant quantities, the loss of proper functioning leads to an imbalance due to accumulation of compounds that are the product of reactions that, when formed in excess, exceed the necessary quantities due to external or internal factors or causes, giving rise to a change that leads to a state of oxidative stress.

Objective: To determine the probability of experiencing oxidative stress in health professionals in the city of Lima.

Method: Descriptive cross-sectional study of health professionals aged 29 to 70 years of both sexes from the city of Lima, after signing the informed consent, a questionnaire on the probability of experiencing oxidative stress was applied, to obtain information on age, gender, body mass index, blood pressure, lifestyle and complex situations. Each question contained alternatives to choose from with scoring. Subsequently applied, the respective quantification was carried out adding the values ​​and determining the probability of experiencing oxidative stress, according to the score obtained: between 0 and 30 little probability, between 31 and 50 low or medium probability, greater than 50 high probability.

Results: After processing the results, it was determined that 16% have minimal probabilities of suffering oxidative stress (10.71% of women and 5.36% of men), 79.46% low or medium (42.86% women and 36.61% men) and 4.46% high probabilities (2.68% women and 1.79% men). 16% have minimal probabilities of suffering oxidative stress, 79.46% low or medium and 4.46% high probabilities. The Xi square test was used 1- α = 95%, α = 0.05 if there was no significant relationship between the variables The alternative hypothesis was rejected.

Conclusions: The probability of experiencing oxidative stress in health professionals is low.