Risk and protective factors for chronic diseases in adults: population-based study in a medium-sized town in the South of Brazil

• Autor(a) principal: Baumgartel, Carine
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Outros Autores: Onofrei, Mihaela, Grillo, Luciane Peter, Lacerda, Leo Lynce Valle, Mezadri, Tatiana
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Medicina de Família e Comunidade (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://www.rbmfc.org.br/rbmfc/article/view/1248
• topic: Chronic Disease. Risk Factors. Adult. Health Surveys; Enfermedad Crónica. Factores de Riesgo. Adulto. Encuestas de Salud; Doença Crônica. Fatores de Risco. Adulto. Inquéritos Epidemiológicos; Doença Crônica; Adulto; Fatores de Risco; Inquéritos Epidemiológicos; Estratégia Saúde da Família

Introduction: Chronic diseases constitute a serious public health problem, characterized by an uncertain aetiology, multiple risk factors, long periods of latency, prolonged course, non-infectious origin and association with disability and functional disability. Objectives: To determine the prevalence and distribution of major risk factors and protection for chronic diseases in the adult population, stratified by sex and age group in Itajaí, Santa Catarina. Methods: The sample consisted of 432 adults, aged 20-59 years between July/2013 and June/2014. A questionnaire was applied, consisting of risk and protection factors for chronic noncommunicable diseases. Results: The sample comprised 48.4% men and 51.6% women with predominant age group 20-39 years (56.2%), being married and/or cohabiting (70.4%) and education level of up to eleven years (46.3%). Regarding risk factors, compared with the national and state data, men and women had significant higher prevalence rates respectively for smoking (22.5%; 17.0%); consumption of sodas or artificial juice (45.5%; 34.5%), whole milk (72.3%; 70.9%), meat with visible fat (58.4%; 49.3%), obesity (24.2%; 21.3%) and negative self-assessed health (19.1%; 30.9%). With regard to protective factors and significant higher values for the regular consumption of fruits and vegetables (51.2%; 70.4%) and lower for the recommended consumption of fruits and vegetables (9.6%; 16.1%), beans (46.9%; 40.4%) and physical activity during leisure time (30.1%; 39.0%). Conclusions: The results showed that the highest prevalence of risk factors for chronic diseases is related to triad inadequate food intake, physical inactivity and smoking, specially the high proportions of negative self-rated health.