Cardiovascular risk among community members in three communities in the Cape Metropole of the Western Cape

Cardiovascular diseases pose a risk to population health in South Africa and are responsible for almost one in six deaths (17.3%). To determine the cardiovascular risk among community members who attended a community outreach programme. Three communities in the Cape Metropole of the Western Cape....

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Published in:	African journal of primary health care & family medicine Vol. 16; no. 1; pp. e1 - e7
Main Authors:	Crowley, Talitha, Francis, Rukshana, Ismail, Tasneem, Hoffman, Jeffrey, Noncungu, Thabani M, Chipps, Jennifer A
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	South Africa African Online Scientific Information Systems (Pty) Ltd t/a AOSIS 14-05-2024 AOSIS (Pty) Ltd AOSIS AOSIS Publishing
Subjects:	Adolescent Adult Aged Alcohol Drinking - adverse effects Alcohol Drinking - epidemiology Biology Biometrics Blood Pressure Body Mass Index Cardiovascular disease Cardiovascular diseases Cardiovascular Diseases - epidemiology Cardiovascular Diseases - etiology cardiovascular risk Cerebrovascular disease Community Development and progression Diabetes Disease prevention Eating behavior Exercise Female Food habits Health aspects Health Care Sciences & Services Health promotion Health risks Health Surveys Heart Heart Disease Risk Factors Heart diseases Humans Hypertension Low income groups Male Measurement Medicine, General & Internal Middle Aged Mortality Obesity Older people Original Research Overweight Physical fitness Risk assessment Risk Factors Risk taking Sample size screening Smoking Smoking - epidemiology South Africa - epidemiology weight Womens health Young Adult South Africa Sub-Saharan Africa blood pressure cardiovascular disease risk factors screening weight cardiovascular risk community
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Summary:	Cardiovascular diseases pose a risk to population health in South Africa and are responsible for almost one in six deaths (17.3%). To determine the cardiovascular risk among community members who attended a community outreach programme. Three communities in the Cape Metropole of the Western Cape. A health survey was conducted with 783 participants, 18 years and older, conveniently sampled. The survey included questions about cardiovascular risk factors, and biometric measurements of blood pressure (BP), height and weight were conducted. A total of 777 participants were included in the study. Most participants were female (529, 68.1%), with an average age of 42.3 years (s.d. 14.2). Risk behaviours reported included smoking (216, 27.8%), consuming more than two drinks of alcohol daily (78, 10%), low physical activity (384, 49.4%), being stressed on most days (436, 56.1%) and unhealthy eating habits (253, 32.6%). More than half of the participants (402, 51.7%) had a body mass index (BMI) ≥ 30, 26.0% (202) had a systolic BP of ≥ 140 mm Hg and 22.4% (174) had a diastolic BP of ≥ 90 mm Hg; 16.6% (130) had a cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk of 10-20 and 19.3% (150) had a CVD risk of 20%. Nearly a fifth of the participants had a significant probability of developing heart disease or experiencing a stroke over the next 10 years.Contribution: There is an urgent need for comprehensive health promotion and behaviour change interventions focused on reducing CVD risk factors at the community level.
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ISSN:	2071-2928 2071-2936 2071-2936
DOI:	10.4102/phcfm.v16i1.4246