Article Dans Une Revue Asian Journal of Medical Principles and Clinical Practice Année : 2025

Non-communicable Diseases among Older Adults in Rural Area, Ondo State, Nigeria: Prevalence and Associated Risk Factors from a Community-based Cross-Sectional Study

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Background: The burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) is becoming more prevalent worldwide, especially in developing nations, and a variety of risk factors are contributing to this surge. In African nations, deaths from NCDs are projected to exceed the combined deaths of communicable nutritional diseases and maternal and perinatal deaths as the most common causes of death by 2030. Objective: The study aimed to assess the prevalence and the associated risk factors of non-communicable diseases among older adults in the rural area of Owo local government, Ondo state, Nigeria Methods: The study was a descriptive cross-sectional study in design. The researcher increased the sample size to 350 while information was retrieved from 346 respondents by the interviewer, who were systematically sampled from six rural communities in the Owo Local Government Area, Ondo State. A structured, interviewer-administered questionnaire was used to elicit data from the respondents on demographic characteristics, medical and lifestyle patterns and dietary habits of the respondents. Descriptive statistics, chi-square, and correlation were employed using Statistics Package for Social Science, version 25, to analyse the generated data. The level of significance was determined using a probability of (p<0.05). Result: findings show that about 15.3%, 11.0%, and 4.6% drink alcoholic beverages, sniff tobacco, and smoke cigarettes, respectively, while 23.1% and 3.1% are on hypertensive drugs and confirmed diabetics. About 16.5% ate less than 3 times per day. Breakfast was skipped by 36.6%, while 15% ate outside the home. Central obesity as revealed by WC, WHtR, and WHR is 33.8%, 30.3%, and 30.6%, respectively. About 36.7% and 23% had elevated systolic and diastolic blood pressure, respectively. SBP correlated with ADL score (r = 0.353, P = 0.003), while 20.1% of the respondents had an elevated blood glucose level. Conclusion: The prevalence of diabetes, hypertension and central obesity and factors associated with them, is high among the respondents in the rural area. This suggests the need for intervention and policy directions to manage the NCD burden in rural communities in Nigeria.

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hal-05252723 , version 1 (13-09-2025)

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Mosimabale Margret Meka, Sanni Simbiat Moyomola, Umeaku Patricia, Olanrewaju Omoniyi Isaac. Non-communicable Diseases among Older Adults in Rural Area, Ondo State, Nigeria: Prevalence and Associated Risk Factors from a Community-based Cross-Sectional Study. Asian Journal of Medical Principles and Clinical Practice, 2025, 8 (2), pp.687-701. ⟨hal-05252723⟩
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