Almost all working adults have at least one risk factor for non-communicable diseases: Survey of working adults in Eastern Ethiopia.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The disease burden and mortality related to Non-communicable Diseases (NCD) increased in the last couple of decades in Ethiopia. As a result, an estimated 300,000 deaths per annum were due to NCD. According to a World Health Organization report, 39% of the total deaths in Ethiopia were attributable to NCD. Rapid urbanization characterized by unhealthy lifestyles such as tobacco and/or alcohol use, physical inactivity, low fruits and vegetable consumption, and overweight drive the rising burden of NCD. However, studies on risk factors for NCD and associated variables are limited among working adults in Eastern Ethiopia. Therefore, this study aimed to examine the magnitude of the risk factors of NCD and associated factors among working adults in Eastern Ethiopia.

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SUBMITTER: Motuma A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8884490 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature