From: Varicose veins and its risk factors among nurses at Dhulikhel hospital: a cross sectional study
Characteristics | Frequency (%) | ||
---|---|---|---|
Participants with varicose veinsa (n = 83) | Participants without varicose veins (n = 98) | Total Participants (n = 181) | |
Age (years), mean (SD), [range] | 26.8 (6.8) [19–52] | 24.6 (5.5) [19–56] | 25.6 (6.2) [19–56] |
BMI (kg/ m2), mean (SD), [range] | 24.36 (4.7) [15.9–40.8] | 23.01 (4.6) [16–43.3] | 23.63 (4.7) [15.9–43.3] |
Work station | |||
Gynecology ward | 7 (8.4) | 10 (10.2) | 17 (9.4) |
Pediatrics ward | 9 (10.8) | 16 (16.3) | 25 (13.8) |
Operating theatres | 14 (16.9) | 18 (18.4) | 32 (17.7) |
Surgery ward | 7 (8.4) | 6 (6.1) | 13 (7.2) |
Orthopedics ward | 5 (6.0) | 12 (12.2) | 17 (9.4) |
Critical care units | 14 (16.9) | 10 (10.2) | 24 (13.3) |
Medicine ward | 10 (12.0) | 17 (17.3) | 27 (14.9) |
Out-patient department | 7 (8.4) | 6 (6.1) | 13 (7.2) |
Teaching faculty | 10 (12.0) | 3 (3.1) | 13 (7.2) |
Marital status | |||
Married | 31 (53.4) | 27 (46.6) | 58 (32.0) |
Unmarried | 52 (42.3) | 71 (57.7) | 123 (68.0) |
Parity | |||
Nulliparous | 64 (42.2) | 87 (57.6) | 151 (83.4) |
Parous | 19 (63.3) | 11 (36.7) | 30 (16.6) |
Education | |||
Certificate level | 59 (41.5) | 83 (58.5) | 142 (78.5) |
Bachelors or above | 24 (61.5) | 15 (38.5) | 39 (21.5) |
Bowel habit | |||
Regular | 69 (43.7) | 89 (56.3) | 158 (87.3) |
Irregular | 14 (60.9) | 9 (39.1) | 23 (12.7) |
Family history | |||
Present | 23 (69.7) | 10 (30.3) | 33 (18.2) |
Absent | 60 (40.5) | 88 (59.5) | 148 (81.8) |
Work experience (in years), mean (SD), [range] | 5.23 (6.1) [1–28] | 3.89 (4.9) [1–35] | 4.5 (5.4) [1–35] |
Time spent in standing (hours/day), mean (SD), [range] | 3.28 (0.8) 3.29 [3 - 6] | 3.02 (0.9) [1–6] | 3.60 (1.0) [1–6] |
Time spent in sitting (hours/ day), mean (SD), [range] | 1.28 (0.6) [1–4] | 1.86 (0.8) [1–4] | 1.59 (0.8) [1–4] |
Time spent in walking (hours/ day), mean (SD), [range] | 2.37 (0.8) [1–4] | 3.03 (0.9) [1–5] | 2.72 (0.9) [1–5] |