The prevalence and determinants of non-communicable diseases among Ghanaian adults: A survey at a secondary healthcare level

The current epidemiological transition of diseases in Ghana necessitates understanding their burden and the associated context-specific risk factors to inform disease prevention strategies. To determine the prevalence and determinants of selected Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) among patients seeki...

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Published in:PloS one 2023-02, Vol.18 (2), p.e0281310-e0281310
Main Authors: Boakye, Hosea, Atabila, Albert, Hinneh, Thomas, Ackah, Martin, Ojo-Benys, Folasade, Bello, Ajediran I
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Adults
Aged
Alcohol
Alcohol use
Biology and Life Sciences
Body weight
Chi-square test
Chronic diseases
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Consent
Consumption
Data collection
Delivery of Health Care
Demographics
Diabetes
Diagnosis
Diseases
Distribution
Epidemiology
Evaluation
Exercise
Female
Females
Genetics
Ghana - epidemiology
Health care
Health care facilities
Health care policy
Health Facilities
Health risks
Health services
Hospitals
Humans
Hypertension
Hypertension - epidemiology
Infectious diseases
Lifestyles
Male
Medicine and Health Sciences
Metabolic disorders
Middle Aged
Noncommunicable Diseases - epidemiology
Older people
Overweight
People and Places
Physical fitness
Population
Prevalence
Primary care
Public health administration
Questionnaires
Regression analysis
Risk Factors
Sampling techniques
Sociodemographics
Surveys
Variables
Young Adult
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Summary:The current epidemiological transition of diseases in Ghana necessitates understanding their burden and the associated context-specific risk factors to inform disease prevention strategies. To determine the prevalence and determinants of selected Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) among patients seeking healthcare services in a secondary health facility in Ghana. A facility-based survey was conducted among adult patients 18 years and above between May and July 2021, using a multi-stage sampling approach. Data regarding the prevalence of NCDs, participants' socio-demographics and lifestyle factors of NCDs were obtained using Modified STEPwise Approach to NCD Risk Factor Surveillance (STEPS). The Chi-square test and regression analysis were performed to identify the risk factors of NCDs at P < 0.05. The participants comprised 480 patients with a mean age of 37.7±16.5 years, and 57.7% (277/480) of them were females. The overall prevalence of the selected NCDs was 26.7% (CI = 0.23-0.31), of which hypertension (22.7%) was the most prevalent. More than half (54.2%) of the participants engaged in alcohol consumption and 54% were physically inactive. The odds of developing NCDs were higher in females (CI = 1.32-4.10, P = 0.004), older adults (CI = 4.11-20.68, P
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0281310