Differences in risk factors and self-care measures among Cardiology residents at Public and Private Hospitals: Analysis of the FRiCCAr survey

Abstract

Physicians, especially cardiologists, struggle daily with cardiovascular risk factors that cause our patients to suffer diseases that condition their quality of life; but in that fight we forget that we are people immersed within the same society, harassed by the same "ghosts" that haunt our patients, and often we put aside our personal care. Although from the FRICCAR survey developed in 2017 at country level, there has been progress in the knowledge of cardiovascular risk factors in cardiologists in Argentina, there is still
uncertainty about its distribution in the public and private sector. That is why as a goal we propose to determine if there are differences in cardiovascular risk factors and self-care measures among Cardiology residents in the public sector and those in the
private sector in our country. Conclusion: There was a high rate of overweight and obesity, sedentary lifestyle, smoking and dyslipidemia in residents of Cardiology, taking into account the average age of this population. There were no differences in them between the private and public areas, except in the sedentary lifestyle and benzodiazepine consumption that were greater in the group of public residencies. Strategies should be implemented to promote the practice of healthy lifestyles among health professionals in all areas.