在苏丹北部的成年人中,多种疾病及其相关的危险因素:基于社区的横截面研究
Imad R Musa1, Ahmed Ali Hassan2, Ishag Adam3
1Royal Commission Hospital at AL Jubail Industrial City, Al Jubail, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Journal of health, population, and nutrition
|January 27, 2024
概括
多种疾病影响超过60%的苏丹成年人,年龄较大和女性性别是显著的风险因素. 这突出了一个主要的公共卫生问题,需要进一步调查和规划.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 流行病学 流行病学
- 老年学是一门学科.
背景情况:
- 多病症,定义为共存的长期疾病,是一个日益增长的全球健康挑战.
- 关于非洲成年人,特别是苏丹的多病发病率的数据有限.
- 这项研究通过调查苏丹成年人的多病症来解决信息稀缺的问题.
研究的目的:
- 为了确定苏丹成年人中多病症的流行率.
- 为了确定与这个人群中的多病症相关的风险因素.
- 为公共卫生战略提供信息,改善医疗保健规划.
主要方法:
- 一项基于社区的横截面研究在苏丹北部进行.
- 从250名成年人中收集了数据,使用调查问卷评估社会人口统计因素和特定疾病 (糖尿病,高血压,肥胖,贫血,抑郁症-焦虑症).
- 采用多变量逻辑回归分析来确定多病症相关风险因素.
主要成果:
- 多种疾病的患病率很高,影响了250名参与者的61.6%.
- 高血压 (59.2%),抑郁焦虑 (39.2%) 和肥胖 (26.8%) 是最常见的疾病.
- 增加年龄 (AOR=1.03) 和女性性别 (AOR=2.17) 与多发病率显著相关.
结论:
- 这项研究揭示了有关苏丹成年人多病症的重大公共卫生问题.
- 越来越多的年龄和女性性别被确定为关键的危险因素.
- 建议进行进一步的广泛研究,以指导有效的卫生系统规划和干预.
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