Open AccessBehaviors related to chronic non-communicable diseases development in university students.
Author(s) -
Piedad Rocío Lerma Castaño,
Carlos Alberto Jaimes Guerrero,
Sonia Carolina Mantilla Toloza,
Dolly Castro Betancourt,
Gladys Tamayo Perdomo,
Marta Pou Alvarez,
Ómar Alberto Alvarado Rozo
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
revista médica de risaralda/revista medica de risaralda
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2539-5203
pISSN - 0122-0667
DOI - 10.22517/25395203.24673
Subject(s) - environmental health , bivariate analysis , non communicable disease , descriptive statistics , alcohol consumption , sample (material) , consumption (sociology) , cross sectional study , medicine , population , public health , chronic disease , alcohol , biology , family medicine , social science , biochemistry , statistics , chemistry , mathematics , nursing , chromatography , pathology , sociology
The scientific literature has reported the trend of the impact of non- communicable diseases on public health, and therefore, the investment of resources that interfere in the development of a country.
Objective: To identify the presence of specific behaviors associated with the development of chronic non-communicable diseases in university students, since they are a susceptible population to the modification of these tendencies.
Materials and methods: This cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out on a 375 university students’ sample. The stepwise method was applied to identify risk factors associated with the development of chronic non-communicable diseases. Descriptive statistics and bivariate analysis were used to determine possible relationships between the variables studied.
Results: The prevalence of tobacco use was 7.5%, frequent alcohol consumption was 91.5%, fruit intake was 96.3%, and vegetable intake was 95%. Additionally, only 48% of the sample practiced intense physical activity. Also, a relationship among the male sex, with the consumption of tobacco and the practice of low physical activity was found.
Conclusions: Behaviors associated with chronic non-communicable diseases such as alcohol and tobacco consumption were identified in university students.