Department of Community Medicine, Tripura Medical College and Dr. BRAM Teaching Hospital, Hapania, Agartala, Tripura -799014, India.
Kathmandu Univ Med J (KUMJ). 2021 Apr-Jun;19(74):253-259.
Background Intake of excess salt can lead to high blood pressure a leading cause of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). The behaviour risk factors for hypertension including high salt consumption, alcohol and tobacco use and physical inactivity; among them, salt intake reduction is one of the most cost-effective ways to control hypertension and CVD. Objective To find out the practice of salt intake control among rural and urban women of Tripura. Method This community based cross-sectional study was conducted among 400 housewives from rural and urban areas of Tripura, India for a period of ten months (June 2017-March 2018). A pre-tested, semi-structured interview schedule was used to collect required information regarding their socio-demographic, behavioural characteristics, family history and practice of salt intake control etc. The collected data was entered in SPSS version 16.0, represented in proportions and p<0.05 was considered as statistically significant. Result In present study, less than half of the participants (46% rural vs 41.5% urban) from both areas have good practice on control of salt intake. The mean control scores of rural and urban housewives were 9.7200±1.63246 and 9.4750±1.68927 respectively. Rural housewives had more control of extra salt intake in comparison to urban housewives but difference was not statistically significant (p>0.05). Majority Hindu housewives in rural areas had good control of salt intake than urban housewives (p<0.05). Conclusion The current study found less than half of the participants both in rural and urban areas have good control of dietary salt intake. This finding may provide an idea for development of intervention strategies aiming at increasing salt control-related awareness.
背景 摄入过量的盐会导致高血压，这是心血管疾病 (CVD) 的主要原因。高血压的行为危险因素包括高盐摄入、饮酒和吸烟以及缺乏运动；其中，减少盐的摄入是控制高血压和 CVD 最具成本效益的方法之一。目的 了解特里普拉邦农村和城市女性的盐摄入量控制情况。方法 本社区横断面研究于 2017 年 6 月至 2018 年 3 月在印度特里普拉邦的农村和城市地区对 400 名家庭主妇进行。使用经过预测试的半结构式访谈表收集有关其社会人口统计学、行为特征、家族史和盐摄入量控制等方面的信息。收集的数据输入 SPSS 版本 16.0，以比例表示，p<0.05 被认为具有统计学意义。结果 在本研究中，来自两个地区的参与者（农村 46%对城市 41.5%）中不到一半的人对控制盐摄入量有良好的做法。农村和城市家庭主妇的平均控制分数分别为 9.7200±1.63246 和 9.4750±1.68927。与城市主妇相比，农村主妇对额外盐摄入量的控制更多，但差异无统计学意义（p>0.05）。农村地区的大多数印度教主妇对盐摄入量的控制要好于城市主妇（p<0.05）。结论 本研究发现，农村和城市地区的参与者中，不到一半的人对饮食盐摄入量有良好的控制。这一发现可能为制定旨在提高盐控制相关意识的干预策略提供思路。
