The High Technology Measure the Risk of Noncommunicable Diseases, Confidence the Gender in the Prevalence of Health Information for the Decision-Making in Si Sa Ket Province, Thailand

Stud Health Technol Inform. 2019 Jul 4:262:288-291. doi: 10.3233/SHTI190075.

Abstract

Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are incurable disease, which causes by the risk factors. This study aimed to determine the prevalence and distribution of the risk factors associated according to gender. A cross-sectional survey on Health dataset between October 2013 and April 2017 of people, age 13 years and older about 1,245,462 people, using the high technology and the STEPS approach questionnaire by the WHO. The questions included demographic, behaviour and metabolic. The results found that the prevalence of the risk NCDs were 611,099 people (49.07%) Most risk factors was tobacco use in men (p-value<001), waist in women (p-value<001), having diabetes mellitus family in men (p-value<001), having hypertension family in men (p-value<001), alcohol consumption in men (p-value<001), blood pressure in women (p-value<001), blood sugar level in women (p-value<001), BMI in women (p-value<001), and cholesterol level in women (p-value<001). This data indicates that the prevalence of behaviour needs to be concerning and decision-making to prevention.

Keywords: Health Data Centre; High Technology; NCDs; Risk factors.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • Decision Making, Computer-Assisted*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hypertension*
  • Male
  • Medical Informatics*
  • Middle Aged
  • Noncommunicable Diseases* / prevention & control
  • Prevalence
  • Risk Factors
  • Smoking
  • Thailand
  • Young Adult