Estresse percebido e parâmetros antropométricos em policiais militares da cidade de Dourados - MS

Abstract

Introduction: The stress can be characterized as a forward reaction to a demand or threat to the body, the physical or emotional way. The military Police are the considered the profissionals with increased risk of developing stress in the workplace. Objective: Identify the perceived stress the military Police of the city Dourados-MS, the measurement and classification anthropometric parameters, besides the relation with the level of physical activity and age of the military police. Methods: It’s a transverse study with military Police o the city Dourados-MS. The questionnaires to scale os stress perceived were applied during the TAF, as well as the anthropometric for calculations to IMC and conicity índex. It was used the descriptive statistics for the variables using the t-student test, considering a significance level of 5%. Results: This study evaluated 96 msn with na average age 37,60=0,68 with 52,1% active and 69,7% overweight. Represent na overall average of 21,75 spot on the equal or perceived stress scale. Amony those represent above 25 points, 69,6% were overweight os obese. Conclusions: The military Police are active in relation to the level os physical activity and they represent IMC above the recommended and have no perception of stress. As to conicity índex no increased risk of developing cardiovascular diseases, however, the greater the physical activity level smaller that risk.