Prevalence of Chronic Diseases in Middle-Aged Women
| Author | Poorandokht Afshari | en |
| Author | Poorandokht Barzin | en |
| Author | Shahnaz Najar | en |
| Author | Mohammadhosain Haghighizade | en |
| Issued Date | 2014-10-19 | en |
| Abstract | Background: During middle age, a lot of changes happen in all physical, mental, social, and family aspects of women that may greatly affect the development of diseases and mortality risk. Objectives: This research was conducted to determine the extent of chronic diseases in middle-aged women visiting healthcare treatment centers in Ahvaz. Materials and Methods: This was a descriptive research study carried on 1266 women of 45-64 years old who were selected using the multistage sampling method. The necessary information was collected through a self-designed questionnaire and analyzed using SPSS V21. Descriptive statistics, t test, and analysis of variance (ANOVA) was performed at 95% level of confidence. Results: Results showed that 46.8% of these women had one or more chronic diseases as follows: hypertension 12.5%, diabetes mellitus 7.5%, diabetes mellitus with heart diseases or high blood pressure 8.8%, heart diseases 5.8%, heart diseases together with high blood pressure 3.5%, and other diseases 8.7%. The effect of age, number of children, death of husband, occupation, ability to look after oneself, and do housework independently, degree of education, economic status (P < 0.001), age at marriage, and ethnicity (P = 0.001), on chronic diseases were significant. Conclusions: Considering our results and high prevalence of chronic diseases, especially high blood pressure and diabetes mellitus, in middle-aged women, greater attention must be paid to the screening and monitoring programs of these chronic diseases. | en |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.17795/jjcdc-23347 | en |
| Keyword | Middle-Aged | en |
| Keyword | Chronic Diseases | en |
| Keyword | Health Situation | en |
| Publisher | Brieflands | en |
| Title | Prevalence of Chronic Diseases in Middle-Aged Women | en |
| Type | Research Article | en |
Files
Original bundle
1 - 1 of 1
Loading...
- Name:
- 76750-pdf.pdf
- Size:
- 127.34 KB
- Format:
- Adobe Portable Document Format
- Description:
- Article/s PDF