A study of cardiovascular risk factors and its knowledge among school children of Delhi

George, Grace Mary; Sharma, Kamlesh; Ramakrishnan, S; Gupta, Sanjeev Kumar

doi:10.1016/j.ihj.2014.03.003

Cited by 40 publications

(45 citation statements)

References 10 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…8 Only 27.7% were involved in daily exercise and 37.1% in daily games in a study among school students in kerala (2010). 9 Statistically 43.8% of the children were physically active for at least 1 hour per day on all 7 days of the previous week in a study among 485 school children in New Delhi by George GM et al 10 The prevalence of thinness, overweight and obesity among children in the age group of 11 to 13 years were 10.8 %, 25.2% and 6.5%. The overall prevalence of overweight was 9.9% and obesity was 4.8% in a study at Karnataka by Kotian MS et al, in 2010 among 900 adolescents in the age group of 12 to 15 years.…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Association of screen time with physical activity and BMI in middle school children at Tamil Nadu, India

Kumar¹,

Shirley

2019

Int J Contemp Pediatr

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Background: The objective of this study was to find the association of screen time with physical activity and BMI in middle school children in the age group of 11 to 13 years in Tamil Nadu, India.Methods: This cross-sectional observational study was conducted among 139 middle school children aged 11 to 13 years at the state of Tamil Nadu, India from June 2019 to August 2019. Data regarding screen time and physical activity were collected from the children using a predesigned questionnaire and anthropometric measurements done. The data collected were analyzed with suitable statistical methods using SPSS 25 software.Results: Of the 139 children, 46(33.1%) were 11 years, 48(34.5%) were 12 years and 45(32.4%) were 13 years old. 74(53.2%) were male and 65(46.8%) were female. Majority of the study subjects (52.5%) had an average daily screen time of >120 minutes followed by 61 to 120 minutes (28.8%) and ≤60 minutes (18.7%). Of the 139 children studied, only 31.7% (44 children) followed the WHO recommendations of moderate to vigorous physical activity of at least 60 minutes per day, 57.5% of the children had normal BMI, 10.8 % had thinness, 25.2% were overweight and 6.5% were obese. Physical activity was found to decrease with increasing screen time, and this was found to be statistically significant. No statistically significant correlation between screen time and BMI was found. There was statistically significant correlation between physical activity and BMI.Conclusions: There is a significant correlation of screen time with physical activity in this study. Urgent measures need to be taken to decrease screen time and promote a healthy lifestyle.

show abstract

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Association of screen time with physical activity and BMI in middle school children at Tamil Nadu, India

Kumar¹,

Shirley

2019

Int J Contemp Pediatr

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Only half the study participants were aware of the type A personality can contribute to the reduction in the heart disease. 9,10 There was low awareness about the oral contraceptive as risk factor of the heart disease.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Assessment of awareness about cardiovascular diseases risk factors amongst first year medical students

Bhalge

Gaikwad

Kulkarni

et al. 2018

Int J Community Med Public Health

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Background: There are several risk factors contributing to cardiovascular diseases, such as age, gender and ethnicity. Positive family history being overweight and obese is also additional risk factors. Other, life style factor that contribute to hyper tension are smoking, stress cell phone use and physical inactivity, consumption of alcohol, increase salt intake reduce potassium intake. The objective of the study was to assess the awareness about cardiovascular diseases risk factors amongst first-year medical students. Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out amongst 136 first-year medical students of MIMSR Medical College, Latur, Maharashtra during the period of December 2017 to May 2018. A self-administered, pre-tested structured questionnaire was used to obtain information about awareness of cardiovascular diseases risk factors including diet, physical activity, smoking, and alcohol habits from the study subjects. Results: The study subjects were 136 first-year medical students belonging to 18-23 years age group. There was good awareness about high fat food, high sugar intake, smoking and alcohol consumption as cardiovascular diseases risk factors. Conclusions: There is good awareness about cardiovascular diseases risk factors among first-year medical students.

show abstract

“…Less than 30% subjects reported to get engage in moderate-to-vigorous exercises regularly which was lower than that reported among school-aged children in Delhi [43] and in Gujarat [50] but higher than in Kerala [44]. Inadequate physical activity was also reported from Ontario, US [51] and in Uttarakhand, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh in India [52].…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Exercise and eating habits among urban adolescents: a cross-sectional study in Kolkata, India

et al. 2017

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

BackgroundUnhealthy eating and lack of exercise during adolescence culminated into earlier onset and increasing burden of atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) worldwide. Among urban Indian adolescents, prevalence of these risk factors of CVD seemed to be high, but data regarding their pattern and predictors was limited. To address this dearth of information, a survey was conducted among urban adolescent school-students in Kolkata, a highly populated metro city in eastern India.MethodsDuring January–June, 2014, 1755 students of 9th-grade were recruited through cluster (schools) random sampling. Informed consents from parents and assents from adolescents were collected. Information on socio-demographics, CVD-related knowledge and perception along with eating and exercise patterns were collected with an internally validated structured questionnaire. Descriptive and regression analyses were performed in SAS-9.3.2.ResultsAmong 1652 participants (response rate = 94.1%), about 44% had poor overall knowledge about CVD, 24% perceived themselves as overweight and 60% considered their general health as good. Only 18% perceived their future CVD-risk and 29% were engaged in regular moderate-to-vigorous exercise. While 55% skipped meals regularly, 90% frequently consumed street-foods and 54% demonstrated overall poor eating habits.Males were more likely to engage in moderate-to-vigorous exercise [adjusted odds ratio (AOR) = 3.40(95% confidence interval = 2.55–4.54)] while students of higher SES were less likely [AOR = 0.59(0.37–0.94)]. Males and those having good CVD-related knowledge were more likely to exercise at least 1 h/day [AOR = 7.77(4.61–13.07) and 2.90(1.46–5.78) respectively].Those who perceived their future CVD-risk, skipped meals more [2.04(1.28–3.25)] while Males skipped them less [AOR = 0.62(0.42–0.93)]. Subjects from middle class ate street-foods less frequently [AOR = 0.45(0.24–0.85)]. Relatively older students and those belonging to higher SES were less likely to demonstrate good eating habits [AOR = 0.70(0.56–0.89) and 0.23(0.11–0.47) respectively]. A large knowledge-practice gap was evident as students with good CVD-related knowledge were less likely to have good eating habits [AOR = 0.55(0.32–0.94)].ConclusionsCVD-related knowledge as well as eating and exercise habits were quite poor among adolescent school-students of Kolkata. Additionally, there was a large knowledge-practice gap. Multi-component educational interventions targeting behavioral betterment seemed necessary for these adolescents to improve their CVD-related knowledge, along with appropriate translation of knowledge into exercise and eating practices to minimize future risk of CVDs.

show abstract

A study of cardiovascular risk factors and its knowledge among school children of Delhi

Abstract: Cardiovascular risk factors are highly prevalent among school children. Importantly, school children lack adequate knowledge regarding cardiovascular risk factors. School based interventions are required for cardiovascular risk reduction in childhood.

Cited by 40 publications

References 10 publications

Association of screen time with physical activity and BMI in middle school children at Tamil Nadu, India

Association of screen time with physical activity and BMI in middle school children at Tamil Nadu, India

Assessment of awareness about cardiovascular diseases risk factors amongst first year medical students

Exercise and eating habits among urban adolescents: a cross-sectional study in Kolkata, India

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About