Cardiovascular disease determinants: Burden and knowledge among women in a rural community of Delhi
Background: Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are becoming major health burden in developing countries such as India. Rural women are reported to have high CVD-related mortality rates and are less likely to receive appropriate treatment. Objective: To assess knowledge, practices, and burden of CVD-re...
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| description | Background: Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are becoming major health burden in developing countries such as India.
Rural women are reported to have high CVD-related mortality rates and are less likely to receive appropriate treatment.
Objective: To assess knowledge, practices, and burden of CVD-related risk factors among women in a rural area of Delhi.
Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted at Pooth Khurd village, a rural pocket situated in
northwest district of Delhi through house-to-house survey by two investigators. A total of 100 women above 18 years of age
and resident of the village were included in the study using systematic random sampling technique. A pretested interview
schedule, containing items to assess knowledge and practices regarding CVDs and risk factors based on various validated
tools, was used. Fischer’s exact and Pearson’s correlation tests were applied; tests were two sided with p-value below 0.05
considered significant.
Results: Poor CVD knowledge was seen among study participants with less than half of subjects identifying family history
(24%), tobacco and alcohol intake (48%, 47%), and so forth as risk factors for CVDs. High burden of risk factors, such as
high salt intake (35%), inadequate physical activity (77%), and raised blood sugar (5%), and poor health-seeking behavior
were observed.
Conclusion: This study reflects poor knowledge and relatively high burden of CVD risk factors among rural women.
Poor knowledge is predictive of high CVD risk in community settings. |
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| spelling | ukm.eprints-87862016-12-14T06:48:08Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8786/ Cardiovascular disease determinants: Burden and knowledge among women in a rural community of Delhi Jitendra K. Meena, Anjana Verma, Bratati Banerjee, Gopal Krishna Ingle, Background: Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are becoming major health burden in developing countries such as India. Rural women are reported to have high CVD-related mortality rates and are less likely to receive appropriate treatment. Objective: To assess knowledge, practices, and burden of CVD-related risk factors among women in a rural area of Delhi. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted at Pooth Khurd village, a rural pocket situated in northwest district of Delhi through house-to-house survey by two investigators. A total of 100 women above 18 years of age and resident of the village were included in the study using systematic random sampling technique. A pretested interview schedule, containing items to assess knowledge and practices regarding CVDs and risk factors based on various validated tools, was used. Fischer’s exact and Pearson’s correlation tests were applied; tests were two sided with p-value below 0.05 considered significant. Results: Poor CVD knowledge was seen among study participants with less than half of subjects identifying family history (24%), tobacco and alcohol intake (48%, 47%), and so forth as risk factors for CVDs. High burden of risk factors, such as high salt intake (35%), inadequate physical activity (77%), and raised blood sugar (5%), and poor health-seeking behavior were observed. Conclusion: This study reflects poor knowledge and relatively high burden of CVD risk factors among rural women. Poor knowledge is predictive of high CVD risk in community settings. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2015-06-17 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8786/1/P.298-303.pdf Jitendra K. Meena, and Anjana Verma, and Bratati Banerjee, and Gopal Krishna Ingle, (2015) Cardiovascular disease determinants: Burden and knowledge among women in a rural community of Delhi. International Journal of Public Health Research, 4 (2). pp. 298-303. ISSN 2232-0245 www.ijphr.ukm.my |
| spellingShingle | Jitendra K. Meena, Anjana Verma, Bratati Banerjee, Gopal Krishna Ingle, Cardiovascular disease determinants: Burden and knowledge among women in a rural community of Delhi |
| title | Cardiovascular disease determinants: Burden and
knowledge among women in a rural community of Delhi |
| title_full | Cardiovascular disease determinants: Burden and
knowledge among women in a rural community of Delhi |
| title_fullStr | Cardiovascular disease determinants: Burden and
knowledge among women in a rural community of Delhi |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cardiovascular disease determinants: Burden and
knowledge among women in a rural community of Delhi |
| title_short | Cardiovascular disease determinants: Burden and
knowledge among women in a rural community of Delhi |
| title_sort | cardiovascular disease determinants burden and knowledge among women in a rural community of delhi |
| url | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8786/1/P.298-303.pdf |
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