Original Research Article
Year: 2020 | Month: October-December | Volume: 5 | Issue: 4 | Pages: 430-435
Assessment of Anthropometric and Behavioral Risk Factors for Non-Communicable Diseases among Students of Selected Colleges, West Bengal
Pooja Bakshi1, Bishnupriya Biswas2, Indrakshi Basu3
1Tutor, Sister Nivedita University Nursing Institute, Kolkata, WB.
2Principal, College of Nursing, IPGMER & SSKM Hospital, Kolkata, WB.
3Clinical Instructor, University College of Nursing, JNMH, Kalyani, Nadia, WB.
Corresponding Author: Indrakshi Basu
ABSTRACT
The prevalence of non-communicable disease has become a major global challenge of adults that begins at early age. A study was undertaken to assess the behavioral risk factors and anthropometric measurement among the students of selected colleges. The objectives of the study were to measure the anthropometric parameters of college students, to identify behavioral risk factors for non-communicable diseases of college students, to find out correlation between anthropometric measurement and behavioral risk factors. The conceptual framework was based on the Rosenstock Becker’s Health-belief Model. Survey design was adopted to collect data from 200 college students by stratified random sampling technique. The findings revealed that the majority (53.5 %) of students had moderate, (30.5%) had low and (16%) had high health risk. The co relation suggested behavioral risk factors are positively correlated with anthropometric measurement (r =0.2). The chi square value showed that BMI and waist to hip ratio were closely associated with age of college students (c2 = 25.01, 11.30 at p <0.001). The study had several implications. It can be concluded that college students should be aware of their lifestyle pattern from the early adulthood period and nurse can play a pivotal role in planning of lifestyle modification programme and implementation of anthropometric measurement and regular health check-up. It is recommended that a longitudinal study can be conducted to find out the effectiveness of awareness programme regarding behavioral risk factors of non-communicable diseases.
Keywords: behavioral risk factors, anthropometric measurement, non-communicable disease.