The Identification of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDS) Risk Factors in Yogyakarta, Indonesia

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10.2991/978-94-6463-190-6_21How to use a DOI?

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NCDs; primary health center; smoking and obesity

Abstract

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are the leading cause of death and a major contributor to the burden of disease worldwide, including Indonesia. The pattern of diseases in Indonesia has undergone become an epidemiological transition over the last two dekade, mainly hypertension and diabetes. Modifiable behaviours, such as tobacco use, physical inactivity, unhealthy diet and the harmful use of alcohol, all increase the risk of NCDs. An important way to control NCDs is to focus on reducing the risk factors related with these diseases. Objective: The study aimed to analyze the relationship between NCDs and its related factors in Yogyakarta. Research Design: This was descriptive analytic method with a cross-sectional approach involving 415 patients with NCD’s enrolled in the Primary Health Center (PHC) of Sleman district Yogyakarta. The sample were 100 patients by using purposive sampling. Data were extracted from medical records of the Primary Health Centers from January-December 2019. The analysis data used the non-parametric Kendall Tautest. Result: The prevalence of NCD’s is high and the type of diseases are Diabetes Mellitus 42%, Hypertension 38% and Heart Failure 18%. The results of statistical tests showed that there was a relationship between smoking (p = 0.021) and obesity (p = 0.036) with the incidence of NCDs. Conclusion: The incidence of NCDs in Sleman Yogyakarta is high where as women above the age more than 40 years are in the highest risk. It is suggested that the Sleman Primary Health Center to focus and improve the control and prevention of NCDs by advocating, promoting, strengthening capacity and strengthening surveillance.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Indriani
AU  - Veni Fatmawati
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/07/27
TI  - The Identification of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDS) Risk Factors in Yogyakarta, Indonesia
BT  - Proceedings of the 2022 ‘AISYIYAH International Conference on Health and Medical Sciences (A-HMS 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 165
EP  - 174
SN  - 2468-5739
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6463-190-6_21
DO  - 10.2991/978-94-6463-190-6_21
ID  - 2023
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