Level of resilience and its relationship with cardiovascular risk factors in medical residents of the Hospital de Clínicas

Abstract

Introduction: resilience is the ability of individuals to adapt to life's challenges. Objective: determine the level of resilience and its relationship with cardiovascular risk factors in resident doctors at the Hospital de Clínicas. Methodology: observational, analytical, cross-sectional, retrospective study. Non-probability sampling, carried out in the period from May to July 2022. The Wagnild & Young survey was used to evaluate resilience. Sociodemographic variables, resilience levels and cardiovascular risk factors were measured. Epi info software was used for data analysis. The absolute and relative frequency was calculated for the qualitative variables and the mean and standard deviation for the quantitative variables. To find the association between the level of resilience and cardiovascular risk factors, the Chi square was used; p: <0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: 154 residents participated in the study, 45.5 % of the residents were overweight or obese, 87.7 % consumed alcohol, 14.9 % had a sedentary lifestyle, 5.2 % had high blood pressure, 10.4 % had dyslipidaemia and 50 % had family history of cardiovascular disease. 48 % of doctors presented low resilience. A statistically significant relationship was found between low resilience and cardiovascular risk factors (p <0.05). Conclusion: Half of the residents have low resilience and there is a relationship between cardiovascular risk factors and low resilience in resident doctors at the Hospital de Clinicas.