Declining Prevalence of Tobacco Smoking in Vietnam

Bui, Tan Van; Blizzard, Leigh; Luong, Khue Ngoc; Truong, Ngoc Le Van; Tran, Bao Quoc; Ha, Son Thai; Phung, Hai; Otáhal, Petr; Srikanth, Velandai; Nelson, Mark; Au, Thuy Bich; Tran, Martin; Huynh, Quan; Callisaya, Michele L.; Gall, Seana

doi:10.1093/ntr/ntu202

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“…A recent assessment [ 7 ] is that the GPAQ has only poor to fair criterion validity but nonetheless was considered a suitable and acceptable instrument for monitoring the PA of populations. Similar conclusions specifically for the Vietnamese population were reached in a study [ 9 ] conducted in the highly urbanised province of HCMC, even though the validity of the instrument in rural Vietnam, where 70% of the population lives and educational standards are lower [ 11 ], is untested.…”

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confidence: 63%

“…The data are from a nationally-representative population-based survey of risk factors for NCD in Vietnam during 2009−10 that was designed in accordance with the WHO STEPS methodology [ 6 ]. The details have been presented previously [ 11 ]. The protocol of this survey was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Vietnam Ministry of Health and the Tasmanian Health and Medical Human Research Ethics Committee.…”

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Physical Activity in Vietnam: Estimates and Measurement Issues

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IntroductionOur aims were to provide the first national estimates of physical activity (PA) for Vietnam, and to investigate issues affecting their accuracy.MethodsMeasurements were made using the Global Physical Activity Questionnaire (GPAQ) on a nationally-representative sample of 14706 participants (46.5% males, response 64.1%) aged 25−64 years selected by multi-stage stratified cluster sampling.ResultsApproximately 20% of Vietnamese people had no measureable PA during a typical week, but 72.9% (men) and 69.1% (women) met WHO recommendations for PA by adults for their age. On average, 52.0 (men) and 28.0 (women) Metabolic Equivalent Task (MET)-hours/week (largely from work activities) were reported. Work and total PA were higher in rural areas and varied by season. Less than 2% of respondents provided incomplete information, but an additional one-in-six provided unrealistically high values of PA. Those responsible for reporting errors included persons from rural areas and all those with unstable work patterns. Box-Cox transformation (with an appropriate constant added) was the most successful method of reducing the influence of large values, but energy-scaled values were most strongly associated with pathophysiological outcomes.ConclusionsAround seven-in-ten Vietnamese people aged 25–64 years met WHO recommendations for total PA, which was mainly from work activities and higher in rural areas. Nearly all respondents were able to report their activity using the GPAQ, but with some exaggerated values and seasonal variation in reporting. Data transformation provided plausible summary values, but energy-scaling fared best in association analyses.

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Physical Activity in Vietnam: Estimates and Measurement Issues

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“… 17 18 In Vietnam, the prevalence of smoking has declined among both women and men over the last decades. 19 Similarly, as a result of implementing several nutrition and vaccination programmes, the rate of malnutrition has declined and the rate of vaccination has increased. 5 Therefore, we hypothesise that atmospheric pollution may play a role in the risk of hospitalisation for pneumonia, as seen in Hong Kong, 20 given the high concentrations reported for Hanoi.…”

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Childhood hospitalisation and related deaths in Hanoi, Vietnam: a tertiary hospital database analysis from 2007 to 2014

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ObjectiveTo describe hospital admission and emergency visit rates and potential risk factors of prolonged hospitalisation and death among children in Hanoi.Study designA retrospective study reviewed 212 216 hospitalisation records of children (aged 0–17) who attended the Vietnam National Children's Hospital in Hanoi between 2007 and 2014. Four indicators were analysed and reported: (1) rate of emergency hospital visits, (2) rate of hospitalisation, (3) length of hospital stay and (4) number of deaths. The risk of prolonged hospitalisation was investigated using Cox proportion hazard, and the risk of death was investigated through logistic regressions.ResultsDuring 2007–2014, the average annual rate of emergency visits was 2.2 per 1000 children and the rate of hospital admissions was 13.8 per 1000 children. The annual rates for infants increased significantly by 3.9 per 1000 children during 2012–2014 for emergency visits and 25.1 per 1000 children during 2009–2014 for hospital admissions. Digestive diseases (32.0%) and injuries (30.2%) were common causes of emergency visits, whereas respiratory diseases (37.7%) and bacterial and parasitic infections (19.8%) accounted for most hospital admissions. Patients with mental and behavioural disorders remained in the hospital the longest (median=12 days). Morbidities related to the perinatal period dominated mortality causes (32.5% of deaths among those admitted to the hospital. Among the respiratory diseases, pneumonia was the leading cause of both prolonged hospitalisation and death.ConclusionsPreventable health problems, such as common bacterial infections and respiratory diseases, were the primary causes of hospital admissions in Vietnam.

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“…STEPS surveys were conducted in Vietnam in 2005 and 2015 6 . In 2005, the prevalence of current smoking was 67.8% among men and 1.1% among women [4].…”

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“…In 2015, in the STEPS-GATS combined survey, the prevalence of tobacco use was 45.3% among men, 1.1% among women, and 22.5% overall for both sexes [5]. The comparison of the two STEPS surveys led to the conclusion that the prevalence of smoking was declining in recent cohorts of men and continued to decline in successive cohorts of women [6].…”

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confidence: 99%