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Perception of selected risk factors for cancer and heart attack among visitors of a teaching hospit
Binod Kumar Behera, Ajay Tyagi and Suraj Chawla (Department of Community Medicine, Pt. B. D. Sharma PGIMS, Rohtak, Haryana)
Behera Joshil Kumar (Department of Physiology, Pt. B. D. Sharma PGIMS, Rohtak)
M.C. Sahoo (Department of Hospital Administration, Pt. B. D. Sharma PGIMS, Rohtak, Haryana)
Chronic non-communicable diseases (NCD) are a major contributor to burden of disease in developed countries, and are increasing rapidly in developing countries such as India. Cardiovascular diseases & cancer accounted for 48% and 21% of NCD deaths respectively. There are several risk factors associated with cardiovascular diseases & cancer that are modifiable. This study was aimed to assess perception of selected risk factors for cancer and heart attack among visitors of a teaching hospital. This cross-sectional study was carried out during March-June 2011 in a teaching institution of northern India. Randomly 1690 ambulatory adult (>18 years) visitors (patients or attendants) of this hospital were included in the study. Nearly, 64.5% and 82.0% responded that tobacco consumption causes heart attack and cancer respectively while obesity was considered as a risk factor by 68.4% (heart attack) and 28.1% (cancer). Nearly 70.7% reported that diet rich in fat/oil could lead to heart attack but only 23.5% mentioned it for cancer. 54.2% believed cancer is treatable if detected early while 22.5% mentioned cancer cannot be treated at all. This study clearly highlights some of these selected factors and provides opportunity for initiating educational measures to enhance knowledge and remove myths/or misconception.
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Pages: 1404-1407
Perception of selected risk factors for cancer and heart attack among visitors of a teaching hospit
Binod Kumar Behera, Ajay Tyagi and Suraj Chawla (Department of Community Medicine, Pt. B. D. Sharma PGIMS, Rohtak, Haryana)
Behera Joshil Kumar (Department of Physiology, Pt. B. D. Sharma PGIMS, Rohtak)
M.C. Sahoo (Department of Hospital Administration, Pt. B. D. Sharma PGIMS, Rohtak, Haryana)