Prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors and their determinants among 40–55 year old women of coastal Karnataka - A community-based survey

Objectives:

1. To conduct a scoping review of the published studies to document the risk factors and disease burden in Indian women.
2. To estimate the prevalence of CVD risk factors, in the women of 40 - 55 year age group in coastal Karnataka.
3. To identify the determinants of CVD risk factors among the study population.
4. Estimate the CVD risk among the surveyed women using WHO/ISH risk score.

Tools used - 1. WHO STEPwise approach for NCD risk factors surveillance (STEPS)  2. Pittsburgh Sleep quality index 3. Perceived stress scale for stress 4. tape measures, Sphygmomanometer 5. Glucometer 6.weighing scales 7.Google forms will be created for the attached questionnaire to enter and compile the details.

Data collection Methodology- A house to house survey will be conducted. The study will be explained to the participants using the participant information sheet and written informed consent will be obtained from all the participants in the local language (Kannada) before recruiting them into the study. This will be followed by anthropometric measurements (height weight waist-hip ratio) pulse rate and blood pressure measurements. Laboratory report documentation will be the next step. The participants will be asked for any lab investigation done in the past 1 year, if the reports are available for Fasting blood sugar (FBS) total cholesterol, urinary sodium and urinary creatine will be documented. If reports are unavailable, participants will be requested to get these tests done from nearby PHC.