Prevalence of non-communicable diseases risk factors and their determinants: Results from STEPS survey 2019, Nepal.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends ongoing surveillance of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and their risk factors, using the WHO STEPwise approach to surveillance (STEPS). The aim of this study was to assess the distribution and determinants of NCD risk factors in Nepal, a low-income country, in which two-thirds (66%) of annual deaths are attributable to NCDs.

Methods

A nationally representative NCD risk factors STEPS survey (instrument version 3.2), was conducted between February and May 2019, among 6,475 eligible participants of age 15-69 years sampled from all 7 provinces through multistage sampling process. Data collection involved assessment of behavioral and biochemical risk factors. Complex survey analysis was completed in STATA 15, along with

SUBMITTER: Bista B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8323895 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature