A study on associated risks of smoking, alcohol and smokeless tobacco on hypertension among advocates

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dc.contributor.authorEdward, Shanthien_US
dc.contributor.authorPeriasamy, Praveenaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-06T08:58:19Z
dc.date.available2020-05-06T08:58:19Z
dc.date.issued2019-12
dc.description.abstractBackground: Advocates, being stressed out and depressed in the law profession due to unstable work pattern, work overload and lack in coping up skills. They thrive a lot to survive in the profession. In such circumstances, lawyers may lean on alcohol or tobacco. In view of above issues, one of the main objectives of the study is to evaluate the association between use of alcohol, tobacco, smoking and hypertension among practising advocates.Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in a sample of 300 practising advocates at Madurai district court for a period of 1 year by simple random sampling method. Data was collected using structured interview schedule and analysed using SPSS.Results: Around 263 (87.66%) study participants were non-smokers and 37 (12.33%) were tobacco smokers. Among the tobacco smokers, a majority of 24 (64.86%) were found to be hypertensives (p=0.002). In the current study among the alcohol consumers, a majority of 26 (55.32%) were hypertensives and among the non-consumers of alcohol, only 38.34% were hypertensives (p=0.044).Conclusions: Advocates being professionals are well educated, informative and aware of complications. Adoption of healthy life style practices, the prevalence of hypertension may be reduced among the advocate community. Life style modifications such as cessation of smoking, alcohol and tobacco should be adopted. Promotive activities like arrangement of health camps in the court, health education, counselling on self-care, stress bursting leisure time activities would reduce the dependency on tobacco and alcohol.en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Community Medicine, Shri Balaji Medical College and Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Community Medicine, ESIC Medical College and PGIMSR, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.citationEdward Shanthi, Periasamy Praveena. A study on associated risks of smoking, alcohol and smokeless tobacco on hypertension among advocates. International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health. 2019 Dec; 6(12): 5114-5117en_US
dc.identifier.issn2394-6032
dc.identifier.issn2394-6040
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/201901
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherMedip Academyen_US
dc.relation.issuenumber12en_US
dc.relation.volume6en_US
dc.source.urihttps://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20195454en_US
dc.subjectAlcoholen_US
dc.subjectTobaccoen_US
dc.subjectHypertensionen_US
dc.subjectStressen_US
dc.subjectLifestyleen_US
dc.titleA study on associated risks of smoking, alcohol and smokeless tobacco on hypertension among advocatesen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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