沙特青少年非传染性疾病:流行率,风险因素和对公共卫生的影响
Mansour Almuqbil1, Syed Imam Rabbani2, Rafiulla Gilkaramenthi3
1Department of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Frontiers in public health
|February 21, 2025
概括
非传染性疾病 (NCD) 影响11.8%的沙特青少年,肥胖是最普遍的. 生活方式因素也与此有关,需要针对健康行为和降低风险的有针对性的干预措施.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 青少年健康 青少年健康
- 非传染性疾病 非传染性疾病
背景情况:
- 非传染性疾病 (NCD) 是一个日益严重的全球健康问题.
- 青少年群体特别容易受到非传染性疾病的长期影响.
- 了解沙特青少年非传染性疾病的患病率和风险因素对于公共卫生战略至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 在沙特青少年中确定包括肥胖,行为障碍,喘和焦虑在内的关键非传染性疾病的患病率.
- 确定在这个人口群体中导致这些情况的潜在风险因素.
- 为旨在改善沙特阿拉伯青少年福祉的公共卫生倡议提供信息.
主要方法:
- 一个回顾性横截面分析,利用来自2,160名沙特青少年的数据.
- 数据来源于官方政府数据库和同行评审文献.
- 统计分析包括ANOVA,千平方测试,后勤回归和皮尔森相关性 (p <0.05,95% CI).
主要成果:
- 沙特青少年中非传染性疾病的总体患病率为11.8%.
- 肥胖患病率最高 (OR=1.24,p=0.006),其次是行为障碍 (OR=1.12,p=0.041),喘 (OR=1.09,p=0.036) 和焦虑 (OR=1.06,p=0.042).
- 这些疾病与青春期的不同阶段之间发现了显著的关联.
结论:
- 肥胖,行为障碍,喘和焦虑对沙特青少年构成重大健康挑战.
- 生活方式因素,包括饮食和身体不活动,可能是导致这些非传染性疾病的因素.
- 促进健康生活方式的有针对性的干预措施对于减轻这一群体的长期健康风险至关重要.
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