Risk assessment for non- communicable diseases among adult population of area adopted by urban and rural health care training centre of IGGMC, Nagpur: A cross sectional study

Abstract

NCDs are leading cause of premature deaths worldwide. Global trends suggest that these diseases to a large extent are associated with life styles like- unhealthy dietary intake, physical inactivity, tobacco use, high alcohol consumption and are on the rise. CBAC (Community Based Assessment Checklist) is a simple means of early identifying risk of NCDs in the community. There is a paucity of published literature using CBAC as screening tool. Hence this community based study was undertaken among adult population of area adopted by urban and rural health care training centre of IGGMC, Nagpur to assess the risk of NCDs and serve as a tool for early diagnosis and treatment.To assess the risk of Non Communicable Diseases using Community Based Assessment Checklist among adult population of area adopted by urban and rural health training centre, IGGMC, Nagpur. To study the risk of NCDs with place of residence and suggest recommendations based on the study findings. A cross sectional community based study was conducted among 376 adults residing in the field practice area of Urban and Rural Health care Training Centre of IGGMC, Nagpur. Data was collected by conducting face to face interview with structured questionnaire which included socio-demographic variable and CBAC questionnaire. Study was conducted from January to May 2022 by using consecutive sampling till sample size was achieved.Overall risk of NCD was found to be 60.9%. The risk of NCD was 61.2% among rural adults while it was 60.6% among urban adults of adopted field practice area of IGGMC, Nagpur. The risk of NCD was found to be significantly associated with Age (p= 0.000), Gender (p=0.000), tobacco use (p=0.000), alcohol consumption (p= 0.000), Waist circumference (p=0.000) and family history of hypertension, Diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular illnesses (p=0.000). There was no significant association found between risk of NCDs and CBAC variables by place of residence except for waist circumference (p = 0.03) Overall most CBAC variables were found to have significant association with NCDs risk however no significant difference was observed between CBAC variables and place of residence.