Madhurima D, Shaji J C Helen, Hemamalini M
Department of Community Health Nursing, Shri Sathya Sai College of Nursing, Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth University, Chennai Campus, Tamil Nadu, India.
Department of Medical Surgical Nursing, SRM College of Nursing, SRMIST, Kaatankolathur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
J Educ Health Promot. 2025 Apr 30;14:175. doi: 10.4103/jehp.jehp_936_24. eCollection 2025.
Metabolic diseases are a group of disorders characterized by abnormalities in the body's metabolism. Sedentary lifestyles and lack of regular exercise are key risk factors for metabolic diseases, as they lead to decreased insulin sensitivity and increased obesity. The study aimed to find the prevalence of lifestyle risk factors for metabolic diseases among adult women and to find the association of risk factors with the selected demographic variable at < 0.001.
A community-based cross-sectional descriptive design was used. A total of 1200 adult women between 20 and 59 years were selected using a nonprobability convenient sampling method. A Standardized WHO STEPS survey tool was used to survey the participants.
The present study survey revealed that about 1.08% and 0.42% have habits of tobacco usage and alcohol usage, respectively. A total of 86.08% and 95.25% of the adult women had inadequate fruit and vegetable intake per day in the study. 72.75% of the participants had not followed the recommended physical activity per week. Age and family income are found associated with inadequate fruit intake and occupational and family income is found associated with inadequate vegetable intake of the participants at the 0.001 level of significance. Similarly, age and family income are found associated with decreased physical activity.
The study has shown the presence of lifestyle risk factors for metabolic diseases among women in the community. The rising burden of chronic diseases can be curtailed with the appropriate health promotional interventions among women.
代谢性疾病是一组以身体新陈代谢异常为特征的病症。久坐不动的生活方式和缺乏规律运动是代谢性疾病的关键风险因素，因为它们会导致胰岛素敏感性降低和肥胖增加。该研究旨在找出成年女性中代谢性疾病生活方式风险因素的患病率，并找出风险因素与选定人口统计学变量在<0.001水平上的关联。
采用基于社区的横断面描述性设计。使用非概率方便抽样方法选取了1200名年龄在20至59岁之间的成年女性。使用标准化的世卫组织逐步调查工具对参与者进行调查。
本研究调查显示，分别约有1.08%和0.42%的人有吸烟和饮酒习惯。在该研究中，共有86.08%和95.25%的成年女性每天水果和蔬菜摄入量不足。72.75%的参与者未遵循每周建议的体育活动量。在0.001的显著性水平上，发现年龄和家庭收入与参与者水果摄入量不足有关，职业和家庭收入与参与者蔬菜摄入量不足有关。同样，发现年龄和家庭收入与体育活动减少有关。
该研究表明社区女性中存在代谢性疾病的生活方式风险因素。通过对女性进行适当的健康促进干预，可以减轻慢性病不断上升的负担。
