Prevalence of Varicose Veins and Quality of Life among Security Guards

Abstract

Varicose vein is a condition of lower limbs which is caused by distension and swelling of veins leading towards back flow and accumulation of blood in limbs. Objective: To find out the prevalence of varicose veins and quality of life among the security guards of Lahore. Methods: Data were collected from the 210 security guards of public areas of Lahore, using convenient sampling. Both male and female security guards 35-70 years with at least 6 duty hours and having more than 1 year of experience were included while; security guards with chronic diseases, history of trauma and amputated lower limbs were excluded. Perthe’s test and Brodie-Trendelenburg Test were applied to rule out the VV and Aberdeen’s Varicose Veins Questionnaire (AVVQ) was used to evaluate the quality of life. SPSS 26.0 was used to compute the results. Results: Mean age of the security guards was 44.661 ± 7.315 years. Females were 8(3.8%) and males were 202 (96.2%). Majority 204 (97.1%)) of participants had 7 to 10 duty hours. Brodie-Trendelenburg test shows positive response in 18(8.6%) participants for their right leg and 16 (7.6%) for left leg. While, Perthes test was positive in 16 (7.6%) participants for left leg, whereas 17 (8.1%) for right leg. Prevalence of varicose veins in security guards was found 8%. Majority of participants 199 (94.8%) presented good quality of life while, 11 (5.2%) reflected moderate quality of life. Conclusions: The prevalence of varicose veins among security guards of Lahore was low. The quality of life was good in the majority of the security guards.