Risk Factors Linked To Noncommunicable Diseases: A Community Based Case Control Study

Abstract

Background: Physical activity and exercise are important part for better physical and mental health including the older adults .TV viewing which is a common type of sedentary behaviour in developed and developing countries is being paid less attention. Excess sleep or lack of sleep is a predisposing factor for NCDs such as DM. Objectives: 1.To assesses the physical activity and TV viewing patterns among adults in the age group of 20 to 60 years, among cases and controls in the urban field practice area of a medical college. 2 To assess the sleep patterns among cases and controls in same study population. Methods: It is a community based case control study. The data was collected from individuals in the age group of 20 to 60 years among cases and controls. Cases were those diagnosed with Hypertension and DM. Those who were found negative were taken as controls. Purposive sampling was done with a sample size of 108. Semi structured questionnaire was used. Descriptive statistics and odds ratio was calculated. Results: Cases were found to have physical Inactivity when compared to the controls.TV viewing was highest among cases when compared to the controls. Excess sleep or lack of sleep is found to have a positive risk factor for development of NCDs. Conclusion: Physical inactivity was more among the cases when compared to the controls.TV viewing of more than 4 hours were highest among the cases when compared to the controls. Sleep of less than 6 hours was more among the cases