Risk factors for Non Communicable Diseases among people aged above 30 years in an urban slum of Guntur city - A cross sectional Study
Journal Title: National Journal of Research in Community Medicine - Year 2016, Vol 0, Issue 0
Abstract
Background: Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are the leading cause of death and have many modifiable risk factors. Objectives: To study the risk factors for NCDs among the population aged 30 and above in Urban field practice area of Katuri Medical College and Hospital, Guntur. Methods: A cross sectional study with sample size of 400 was conducted in an urban slum of Guntur city in 2014. Households were selected by systemic random sampling. One person from each house aged above 30yrs was interviewed. A modified WHO-STEPS questionnaire was used with risk factors of tobacco, alcohol use, physical activity, diet and blood pressure. Results: High prevalence of smoking (30.25%), alcoholics (24.5%), known hypertensives 31.75%) was observed and over all prevalence of hypertension was 65.7%. The proportion of population with BMI > 25 was 53% [females (63.5%) > males (44.2%). Percentage of vegetable and fruit intake i.e < 5times / week were 37.25% and 82.75% .Out of known hypertensives 86.6 % reported to be on treatment but only 21.8% of those were having the blood pressure under control .Physical activity 57.25 % were inactive. Conclusion and recommendations: NCD risk factors are high in this study population. Hence detailed NCD studies to find out the reason and plan for suitable intervention are recommended
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Chaitanya Gujjarlapudi, Prabakaran jayaraman, Phanindra Dulipala, Jagannath Rao
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