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Determinants of Non Communicable Diseases: A Mixed-method Study on its Prevalence and Perceptions among Rural Population of Muchisa, West Bengal
Published: June 1, 2022 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2022/53398.16467
Sinjita Dutta, Ankita Mishra, Mausumi Basu, Meghna Mukherjee
1. Associate Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
2. Postgraduate Trainee, Department of Community Medicine, Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
3. Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
4. Statistician cum Tutor, Department of Community Medicine, Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Correspondence Address :
Dr. Ankita Mishra,
Postgraduate Trainee, Department of Community Medicine, 1st Floor, Academic Building, IPGME&R, AJC Bose Road, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
E-mail: 22ankita1992@gmail.com
Abstract
Introduction: Most people with Non Communicable Diseases (NCDs) are unaware of the problem because it usually does not have any signs or symptoms in the initial stages. The measures for prevention of NCDs are not well known to the rural population which results in a huge burden on the health system.
Aim: To estimate the burden of NCDs, and its risk factors among the rural population residing in a village of Budge Budge II block, West Bengal. Also to explore their perceptions regarding determinants, complications and prevention of NCDs, and to look for the association of NCDs with the risk factors and socio-demographic characteristics.
Materials and Methods: An observational study, with cross-sectional design using mixed-methods approach, was conducted on 160 residents of Muchisa, from December 2020 to March 2021. A predesigned, pretested and structured schedule, prepared on the basis of World Health Organisation (WHO) STEPS framework, was used to assess the presence NCD and associated risk factors in the study population. Focused group discussion guide was employed to inquire about their perceptions. The participants were selected through cluster random sampling. The data were explored using Pearson’s Chi-square test, logistic regression and thematic analysis. A p-value of <0.05 was considered significant.
Results: Mean age of the participants was 45.0±16.8 years, and 69.4% participants were females. Total 75% of the participants suffered from atleast one NCD. All the participants had atleast one risk factor for NCD. Age group of 40-59 years (p-value <0.001) and 60 years or above (p-value=0.002), female gender (p-value=0.009), and preschool education or below (p-value=0.006) were associated with a higher risk of NCD. Qualitative data analysis revealed that lifestyle modification was not perceived to be effective against NCDs.
Conclusion: Socio-demographic factors, like age, gender and education have a bearing on the risk of developing NCD. Lack of awareness about the prevention of NCDs is the challenge in addressing the problem.
Keywords
Body mass index, Chronic disease, Control, Prevention, Risk factors
Introduction
Non Communicable Diseases (NCDs) comprises of significant burden on community health globally. About 71% of all deaths globally can be attributed to NCDs (1). Over 85% of these “premature” deaths occur in low and middle-income countries (1). The NCDs terrorize advancement towards the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which focuses on minimising early mortality from NCDs by one-third till the year 2030. Most NCD-related deaths are attributed to the cardiovascular diseases (17.9 million), followed by cancer (9.0 million), respiratory disease (3.9 million), and diabetes mellitus (1.6 million) (1). Most individuals suffering from NCDs may develop serious complications including death without any prior warning as these diseases may have asymptomatic presentation in the initial stages. In response to the current scenario, the WHO have developed a Global action plan 2013-2020 to prevent and control NCDs (2).
As per WHO recommendations, a minimum of “150-300 minutes of moderate-intensity aerobic physical activity” or “75-150 minutes of vigorous-intensity aerobic physical activity”, or “an equivalent combination of both” every week, along with 7-9 hours of sleep per day for adults is required for substantial health benefits (2),(3). There is evidence that replacing “sedentary time” with even “light intensity physical activity” can be helpful (4). Having a minimum of “5 servings of fruits and vegetables a day”, and minimising salt intake to less than 5 gm/day have been recognised as some of the economical means of improving health outcomes (5),(6). The target should be to achieve a Body Mass Index (BMI) between 18.5-22.9 and a waist-hip ratio of less than 0.85 for females and less than 0.90 for males (7),(8). Modifiable risk factors for the NCDs are tobacco use, lack of physical activity, unhealthy diet, and alcohol consumption (1). Raised blood pressure, overweight/obesity, hyperglycaemia, and hyperlipidaemia are the four vital metabolic changes which could be attributed to these risk factors. However, the burden of the NCDs can be effectively reduced through lifestyle modification, regular monitoring of blood pressure and sugar and compliance to medications.
Unfortunately, the rural population is less aware of the risk factors associated with NCDs, and have lower rates of health care utilisation as compared to the urban population (9),(10),(11). The prevalence of risk factors for NCD is higher in rural West Bengal, where the percentage of smokers and alcohol users was reported to be more than 40% and 10%, respectively (12), (13). Bhattacharjee S et al., also reported that the burden of NCDs like overweight, abdominal obesity and hypertension was 29.8%, 20.2% and 17.8%, respectively, in adults of Siliguri, West Bengal (12). Even the adolescent population of West Bengal is becoming prey to these risk factors (14). A vital event surveillance study in Birbhum, West Bengal also reported that NCDs were the major cause of mortality in the area (15). This emphasises on the need for extensive research in this area.
Study Objectives
• To estimate the burden of NCDs among the rural population residing in a village of Budge Budge II block, West Bengal;
• To evaluate the proportion of those possessing risk factors for NCDs; to explore their perceptions regarding determinants, complications and prevention of NCDs, and to look for the association of NCD with the risk factors and socio-demographic characteristics.
Material and Methods
An observational study with cross-sectional design and explanatory sequential mixed-methods approach (using both qualitative as well as quantitative data) was conducted on adults in Muchisa village, under Budge Budge II Block of South 24 Parganas in West Bengal, India. The study was planned in December 2020. Data Collection was initiated after approval from Institutional Ethics Committee of Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education And Research, Kolkata, West Bengal (IPGME&R/IEC/2021/126, dt-06.02.21) and the local authorities.
Data Collection
The data collection for quantitative strand was for two weeks from 8th February-21st February 2021 which was followed by data entry and analysis (22nd February-28th February 2021). After analysis of the quantitative data, participants were selected for the qualitative strand from among the participants of the quantitative strand. Data for the qualitative strand were collected on 4th March 2021.
Sample size calculation: The sample size was calculated using the formula (the quantitative component):
N=Z2pq/e2
Where, Z=1.96,
p=prevalence of hypertension,
q=1-p,
e=10% absolute error
Considering the prevalence of hypertension (as cardiovascular diseases are the most common cause of NCD deaths globally (1) and in India (16) to be 24.7% (17), with a precision of 5% and confidence level of 95%, the sample size was calculated as 72. After considering a non response rate of 10%, a sample size of 80 was deduced. This sample size was multiplied with a design effect of 2 (cluster sampling). Thus, the quantitative part of the study was conducted on a sample of 160 rural inhabitants.
Cluster random sampling technique
Two stage cluster random sampling technique was used to enroll the study participants.
• In the 1st stage, one cluster (Roy Para) with a population of 695 (as per April 2020 data) was selected out of the seven Paras in Muchisa village using simple random sampling technique.
• In the 2nd stage units (individuals) were selected by systematic random sampling where sampling interval was 4.
Therefore, every fourth person was selected and 14 participants were selected purposively from amongst the study participants for the focussed group discussions.
Inclusion criteria: The adults of Muchisa available during data collection were included in the quantitative study after obtaining written informed consent.
Exclusion criteria: Individuals with severe illness were excluded from the survey.
Study Procedure
Data were collected after ensuring anonymity and confidentiality. Initially a one-to-one interview was conducted on the selected sample population in their households using a predesigned, pretested and structured schedule. This schedule was developed by the researchers on the basis of WHO STEPS framework after expert validation, and pretesting on a sample of 30 rural people from Muchisa, who were excluded from the final sample selection process for the actual study (5).
Along with the interview, anthropometric and other measurements like blood pressure (average of three readings) and pulse rate (with the help of GVC Iron analog weighing scale, Omron HEM 712 upper arm automatic blood pressure monitor and non stretchable measuring tape) were also recorded.
Besides, other parameters were also recorded to estimate the burden of risk factors for NCDs among the study population:
• Fasting Blood Sugar (FBS),
• Post Prandial Blood Sugar (PPBS), and
• Glycated haemoglobin (HbA1C)
Focused Group Discussions (FGD)
The two FDG were then carried out including those identified to have a risk factor for NCDs to explore their perceptions regarding the disease, possible complications, prevention and control. The total number of participants in the qualitative strand was 14 because only a few participants turned up for the FGD session. The sessions were video graphed after taking consent from the participants.
• FDG 1: Included six participants (2 males, 4 females) who were purposively selected. Their age varied from 50-70 years.
• FDG 2: Comprised of eight female participants, with age ranging from 25-55 years.
Outcome variables
i. Self-reported NCD
ii. Clinically diagnosed NCD (Diagnosed with the help of body mass index (7), waist hip ratio (8), blood pressure (18) and laboratory reports like FBS, PPBS, HbA1c (19).
• A participant with BMI ≥25 Kg/m2 was identified as obese.
• Hypertension was diagnosed if the average of three blood pressure measurements of a participant was recorded to be
≥140 mmHg systolic or
≥90 mmHg diastolic
• In order to diagnose diabetes mellitus,
FBS ≥7.0 mmol/L (126 mg/dL),
PPBS ≥11.1 mmol/L (200 mg/dL) or
HbA1c ≥6.5% were taken as cut-offs
Explanatory variable
i. Socio-demographic characteristics
ii. Lifestyle and behavioural factors
Operational definitions:
1. Non communicable disease: “also known as chronic diseases, tend to be of long duration and are the result of a combination of genetic, physiological, environmental and behavioural factors” (1).
2. Risk factor: “any attribute, characteristic, or exposure of an individual which increases the likelihood of developing a noncommunicable disease” (20). As per WHO, less than <150 hours of moderate and vigorous intensity exercise per week (2); <7 hours or >9 hours of sleep per day (3), increased waist-hip ratio (males ≥0.90, females ≥0.85) (8); consuming <5 servings of fruits and vegetables a day (5); salt intake of more than 5 g/day (6) and BMI of 25 or more (7) are considered risk factors for NCD. Other risk factors include tobacco use, and alcohol consumption (1).
3. Rural: An area which comes under a Gram Panchayat and where “a minimum of 75% of male working population is involved in agriculture and allied activities” (21).
Statistical Analysis
Data were recorded in the Microsoft Office Excel 2010 (Microsoft Corp, Redmond, WA, USA) and the analysis was performed using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (IBM, New York City, United States of America) version 25.0. Descriptive statistical measures were employed to summarise the data. Binary logistic regression was performed to ascertain relationship between the dependent (Self-reported NCD, Clinically diagnosed NCD) and the independent variables (socio-demographic characteristics, lifestyle and behavioural factors). The dependent variables did not follow normal distribution (Kolmogorov-Smirnow test: p-value <0.001; Shapiro-Wilk test: p-value <0.0001). Data were checked for multi-collinearity, Variance Inflation Factor was found to be less than 10 and tolerance was greater than 0.1. Thus, Pearson’s Chi-square test was used to compare the study variables with respect to presence or absence of self-reported NCD. Multivariate binary logistic regression was used to test the association between the dependent and the independent factors after adjusting for potential covariate. A p-value <0.05 was considered significant. The focused group discussions were analysed thematically by the authors. The transcripts were prepared from the video recordings of the focus group. Each author individually analysed the transcripts manually, to derive themes, codes and corresponding verbatim. This was followed by a discussion among the authors to finalise the themes and codes based on common consensus.
Results
(Table/Fig 1) displays the socio-demographic characteristics of the study population. A total of 160 rural individuals were included in the study, of which 39.4% belonged to the age group of 40-59 years (mean age was 45.0±16.8 years), 69.4% were females, and 68.8% were married. All of them were followers of Hinduism, and belonged to the General Caste. About 31.3% of the sample belonged to class IV as per Modified BG Prasad Scale 2020 (22).
Total 75% of the participants suffered from atleast one NCD. The percentage of the study population with hypertension and obesity was 65.6% and 35.6%, respectively. Ten participants possessed their fasting blood glucose reports at the time of data collection - five of them were identified to have impaired fasting glucose levels. Out of the total population, 65.6% were hypertensive, of which 36.2% were aware about their disease (self-reported), and 63.8% were diagnosed by the researchers (clinically-diagnosed). A total of 57 participants were obese, but only one of them was aware about this. Total 85% participants with diabetes mellitus were aware of their disease (Table/Fig 2).
All the participants possessed one or more predisposing factors for NCD. The most prevalent risk factor was having a diet deficient of fruits and vegetables (100%), followed by insufficient physical activity (88.1%) and increased waist-hip ratio (88.1%) (Table/Fig 3).
(Table/Fig 4) demonstrates the association of risk factors with NCD. The univariate analysis showed that age group of 40-59 years (OR: 4.77, p-value <0.001) and 60 years or above (OR: 6.35, p-value=0.002), female gender (OR 2.71, p-value=0.009) and preschool education or below (OR: 3.48, p-value=0.006) were associated with a higher risk of NCD.
The Quantitative analysis was followed by two focused group discussions (FGD-1, FGD-2) (total participants 14) to investigate the perceptions of the study population regarding the disease, its prevention and associated complications.
• There were six participants in FGD-1 aged between 36 and 70 years consisting of two males and four females. Three of the participants of FGD-1 self reported their NCDs (Participant 3 and Participant 6: hypertension; Participant 1: obesity) while the other three participants were clinically diagnosed to be suffering from NCD (2 obesity and 1 hypertension).
• FGD-2 included eight participants (one male and seven females) with ages ranging from 25-65 years. Three participants of FGD-2 were aware of the NCDs they were suffering from and hence reported the same (Participant 3 and Participant 5: hypertension; Participant 8: diabetes mellitus). The remaining participants were clinically diagnosed to be hypertensive (Table/Fig 5).
Discussion
In India, 12.3 to 22.7% rural people aged 15 years and above are either diabetic or hypertensive (23). The burden is higher in rural West Bengal where a minimum of 16.5% suffer from these NCDs (24).
Table/Fig-6] (12),(25),(26),(27),(28),(29),(30),(31),(32) depicts that the overall prevalence of hypertension was greater in the present study work compared to that reported by Bhagyalaxmi PS et al., Swaminathan K et al., and in Maldives study (27),(28),(30). The prevalence of obesity in the current study was found to be 35.6% which was higher than others studies, but comparable to the study by Pelzom D et al., from Bhutan (12),(25),(26),(29),(31),(32). Prevalence of diabetes (12.5%) was also higher than that reported by Bhattacharjee S et al., and Kokane AM et al., and Aryal KK et al., (12),(26),(32). While Sarma PS et al., reported a slightly higher prevalence (19%) than the current study (29).
A comparison of prevalence of risk factors for NCD has been shown in (Table/Fig 7) (25),(26),(29). Every participant in the current survey possessed atleast one risk factor for NCD which was contrary to the discovery by Sarma PS et al., in Kerala where they had reported more than 15% participants to be risk-free (29). This difference might be attributed to a higher literacy rate in Kerela as compared to West Bengal (33). The most prevalent risk factor among participants in some surveys was having a diet deficient in fruits and vegetables which corroborates to the present study findings (25),(26),(30). Other behavioral risk factors like alcohol intake and insufficient physical activity were more frequent in the present study as compared to other studies (26),(29). The percentage of smokers and alcohol users in this research were 28.1% and 15.6%, respectively, which was about half the prevalence of smokers (69.8%) and alcohol users (40.7%) compared to the study by Bhar et al., (25). Community-based interventions for screening the risk factors, behavioral change communication and awareness generation could help in curbing the disease burden.
As age was observed to influence NCD, establishment of a “Geriatric Clinic” at the nearby health centre could assist in management of NCDs in the elderly age group. Peer et al., stated an association between alcohol intake and presence of NCD which was not observed in the current study probably due to a lesser frequency of alcohol users in the settings (34).
As evident from (Table/Fig 8) (35),(36), while dietary modifications, medications and BP monitoring were suggested preventive methods in the present study, Idriss A et al., that health seeking practices and prayers were regarded (35). Al-Shoaibi AAA et al., from Dhaka, like the present study, reported that modulation of diet and regular medicines were protective. Notably, participants in the present survey as well as in Dhaka study knew that addiction could be detrimental to health, still they could not quit it due to lack of support from acquaintances. Most subjects in the present study as well as in the Dhaka study refrained from regular blood pressure monitoring due to the cost involved (36).
Limitation(s)
Like many studies, this survey also had certain limitations. Firstly, systematic random sampling scheme employed for selection of participants may lead to inclusion of more number of females in the study. Besides, the population was not screened for chronic diseases like diabetes which is a prevalent cause of morbidity.
Conclusion
The risk factors of NCDs were highly prevalent among the study population. Inadequate fruit and vegetable intake was the most prevalent risk factor in the current study. Advancing age, female gender and lower level of education were some of the factors triggering onset of NCD. The participants were unaware about the measures to prevent and effectively control chronic diseases. Most of the participants were ignorant about the role of factors other than medications in prevention and control of NCDs. The focused group participants had some knowledge about the complications which could be associated with hypertension. The participants had longing for better communication with the health professionals to help them understand the disease better. This study paves the way for future interventional studies aiming at improvement in prevention of chronic diseases.
Acknowledgement
Authors acknowledge the contribution of the following members of Department of Community Medicine, Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata for their contribution in the study.
Authors would like to thank the ASHA workers and the residents of Muchisa for their active participation in the study.
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DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2022/53398.16467
Date of Submission: Nov 26, 2021
Date of Peer Review: Jan 12, 2022
Date of Acceptance: Mar 16, 2022
Date of Publishing: Jun 01, 2022
Author declaration:
• Financial or Other Competing Interests: None
• Was Ethics Committee Approval obtained for this study? Yes
• Was informed consent obtained from the subjects involved in the study? Yes
• For any images presented appropriate consent has been obtained from the subjects. NA
PLAGIARISM CHECKING METHODS:
• Plagiarism X-checker: Nov 29, 2021
• Manual Googling: Feb 22, 2022
• iThenticate Software: May 18, 2022 (17%)
Etymology: Author Origin
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