This is a cross-sectional study that aims to study the prevalence of risk factors of noncommunicable diseases in people aged 18 to 69 years using the standardized and adopted STEPS questionnaire in the Republic of Kazakhstan.
The WHO STEPwise Approach to NCD Risk Factor Surveillance (STEPS) is a simple, standardized method for collecting, analysing and disseminating data on key NCD risk factors in countries. The survey instrument covers key behavioral risk factors: tobacco use, alcohol consumption, physical activity, unhealthy diet, as well as key biological risk factors: overweight and obesity, raised blood pressure, raised blood glucose, and abnormal blood lipids.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
20,400
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The WHO STEPwise Approach to NCD Risk Factor Surveillance (STEPS) is a simple, standardized method for collecting, analysing and disseminating data on key NCD risk factors in countries. The survey instrument covers key behavioral risk factors: tobacco use, alcohol consumption, physical activity, unhealthy diet, as well as key biological risk factors: overweight and obesity, raised blood pressure, raised blood glucose, and abnormal blood lipids. Through the use of expanded modules, the survey instrument can be expanded to cover a range of topics beyond these risk factors, such as oral health, sexual health and road safety.
Kazakhstan
Almaty, Kazakhstan
tobacco use
currently smoke tobacco, currently smoke tobacco daily, age started smoking, daily smokers smoking manufactured cigarettes
Time frame: 1 year
alcohol consumption
lifetime abstainers, past 12 month abstainers, currently drink (drank alcohol in the past 30 days), heavy episodic drinking (6 or more drinks on any occasion in the past 30 days).
Time frame: 1 year
physical activity
insufficient physical activity (defined as \< 150 minutes of moderate-intensity activity per week, or equivalent), physical activity on average per day (minutes), not engaging in vigorous activity.
Time frame: 1 year
unhealthy diet
days fruit consumed in a typical week, servings of fruit consumed on average per day, days vegetables consumed in a typical week, servings of vegetables consumed on average per day, less than 5 servings of fruit and/or vegetables on average per day, always or often add salt or salty sauce to their food before eating or as they are eating, always or often eat processed foods high in salt.
Time frame: 1 year
BMI
overweight (BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2), obese (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2), normal weight
Time frame: 1 year
raised blood pressure
systolic blood pressure - SBP (mmHg), including those currently on medication for raised BP, diastolic blood pressure - DBP (mmHg), including those currently on medication for raised BP, raised BP (SBP ≥ 140 and/or DBP ≥ 90 mmHg or currently on medication for raised BP), raised BP (SBP ≥ 140 and/or DBP ≥ 90 mmHg or currently on medication for raised BP) who are not currently on medication for raised BP.
Time frame: 1 year
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raised blood glucose
fasting blood glucose, including those currently on medication for raised blood glucose, impaired fasting glycaemia (plasma venous value ≥6.1 mmol/L (110 mg/dl) and \<7.0 mmol/L (126 mg/dl)), raised fasting blood glucose (plasma venous value ≥ 7.0 mmol/L (126 mg/dl)) or currently on medication for raised blood glucose.
Time frame: 1 year
abnormal blood lipids
total blood cholesterol, including those currently on medication for raised cholesterol, raised total cholesterol,
Time frame: 1 year