Prevalence and access to care for cardiovascular risk factors in older people in Sierra Leone: a cross-sectional survey.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Prevalence of cardiovascular disease risk factors (CVDRFs) is increasing, especially in low-income countries. In Sierra Leone, there is limited empirical data on the prevalence of CVDRFs, and there are no previous studies on the access to care for these conditions.

Methods

This study in rural and urban Sierra Leone collected demographic, anthropometric measurements and clinical data from randomly sampled individuals over 40 years old using a household survey. We describe the prevalence of the following risk factors: diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidaemia, overweight or obesity, smoking and having at least one of these risk factors. Cascades of care were constructed for diabetes and hypertension using % of the population with the disease who had previously been te

SUBMITTER: Odland ML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7482482 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature