A study of the various factors associated with non-communicable diseases at field practice area of UHTC of a tertiary health care centre
Journal Title: Medpulse International Journal of Community Medicine - Year 2018, Vol 8, Issue 2
Abstract
Background: Industrialization, socio-economic development, urbanization, changing age structure, changing lifestyles has placed India at a position where it is facing a growing burden of non-communicable diseases. Aims and Objectives: To Study of the various factors associated with Non Communicable diseases at field practice area of UHTC of a tertiary health care centre. Methodology: This was a cross-sectional study carried out in the field practice area of UHTC supposed to serve for the population of 10000, attached to the department of Community Medicine of a tertiary health care centre during the one year period i.e. January 2017 to January 2018, all the persons infield practice area surveyed by House to house visits and personal interviews and anthropometric measurements. The statistical analysis done by Chi-square test and analyzed by SPSS 19 version software. Result: In our study we have seen that the majority of the patients were in the age group of >60 were 39.08%, followed by 50-60 were 26.21%, 40-50 were 19.91%, 30-40 were 13.27%, 20-30 were 1.54%. Majority of the patients were Male i.e. 55.97% followed by Female 44.03%. The most common non–communicable diseases prevalent were Cardiovascular diseases were 52.55%, followed by Diabetes in 28.35%, Chronic lung diseases in 15.48%, Stroke in 8.31%, Cancer in 3.15%, Others in 2.35%. The most common associated risk factors were Obesity (Overweight and Obese BMI >25 and >30) were 53.62% , followed by Sedentary life style in 46.38%, Tobacco chewing in 31.70%, Tobacco smoking in 25.80%, Unhealthy eating habits in 23.73%, Alcohol addiction in 19.57% , Family history in 9.05%. Conclusion: It can be concluded from our study that the most common non communicable diseases prevalent were Cardiovascular diseases Diabetes, Chronic lung diseases , Stroke and Cancer the most common associated factors were Obesity (Overweight and Obese BMI >25 and >30) , followed by Sedentary life style , Tobacco chewing, Tobacco smoking in Unhealthy eating habits etc.
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S Chenna Krishna Reddy, Mohammad Rafi
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