1. Brriers to healthy lifestyle
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2. Family and Community Medicine
Barriers to healthy lifestyle among Saudi patients attending Primary Care Clinics at KKUH in Riyadh
Dr. Salwa A. Tayel &
Dr. Al Johara Al Quaiz
Associate Professor
Family and Community Medicine
King Saud University
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3. Background
The alarming burden of chronic NCDs pandemic is of great concern to public health in both developed and developing countries.
Unhealthy diet and physical inactivity are major global risk factors in the epidemiology of NCDs.
Promisingly, much of the global chronic NCDs burden is preventable through Regular Physical Activity and Good Nutrition
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4. The Current Global Situation
Currently, there are Global and may be National physical activity and dietary guidelines, plans and targets in place allover the world.
However, the Global Physical Inactivity Trend is alarming.
A large gap remains between healthy dietary patterns and what people actually eat.
Despite of the all advantages of exercise, at least 60% of global population does not engage in regular physical activity.
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5. The barriers
The important obstacles to achieve the global physical activity and dietary targets are:
the existence of strong psychological,
socio-cultural and
environmental barriers to healthy lifestyle.
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6. Brriers to healthy lifestyle
Rationale
The scarcity of adequate data about barriers to healthy life style, especially in developing countries.
Data is essential to propose appropriately tailored culturally relevant approach for inventions.
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7. Brriers to healthy lifestyle
Objectives
To reveal the pattern of physical activity among patients attending the PCC at KKUH, Riyadh.
To describe their barriers to physical activity.
To explore their barriers to maintain healthy diet.
To identify socio-demographic correlates to unhealthy life style.
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8. Subjects and Methods
A cross sectional survey was conducted during 2007
450 Saudi adults
Above age of 18 years
Those attending the PCC at KKUH in Riyadh.
Patients with disabilities or severely ill were excluded.
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9. Data collection tools Self-administered questionnaire
Interviewing and explaining for those who were in need (illiterate, poor vision,..).
The questionnaire included data about
Socio-demographic characteristics
level of physical activity
barriers to physical activity
barriers to healthy diet.
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10. WHO Definition of Regular physical activity
Moderate-intensity physical activity for
at least 30 minutes
on five or more days per week.
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11. Data about barriers to healthy life style
A questionnaire for barriers to physical activity and healthy diet was adapted from the CDC website.
It was translated to Arabic, pre-tested and distributed in the mornings among people waiting their medical appointments at PCC.
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12. The questionnaire for barriers to physical activity
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14. Brriers to healthy lifestyle
Barriers to physical activity fall into one or more of seven categories;
Lack of time
Lack of social Influence
Lack of energy
Lack of resources
Lack of willpower
Fear of injury and
Lack of skills.
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15. Brriers to healthy lifestyle
Barriers to healthy diet fall into one or more of five categories;
Lack of willpower
Lack of knowledge
Lack of time
Lack of resources
Lack of social influence.
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16. Brriers to healthy lifestyle
Results
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17. 1. Socio-demographic characteristics
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18. Age distribution of the study group
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19. Distribution of the study group by gender
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20. Distribution of the study group by level of education
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21. Distribution of the study group by occupation
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22. Distribution of the study group by income.
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23. 2. Level of physical activity
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24. Level of physical activity among study group
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25. Level of physical activity by gender of the study group*
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26. 3. Barriers to physical activity
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27. Brriers to healthy lifestyle
Distribution of the study group according to barriers to physical activity.
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28. Brriers to healthy lifestyle
Distribution of barriers to physical activity by gender of the study group. * * * *
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29. Brriers to healthy lifestyle
Distribution of barriers to physical activity by age of the study group. *
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30. Brriers to healthy lifestyle
Distribution of barriers to physical activity by level of education of the study group. * *
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31. Brriers to healthy lifestyle
Distribution of barriers to physical activity by Income Per Month of the study group. * * *
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32. 4. Barriers to healthy diet
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33. Distribution of the study group according to barriers to healthy diet.
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34. Distribution of barriers to healthy diet by gender of the study group.
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35. Distribution of barriers to healthy diet by age of the study group.* * * *
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36. Brriers to healthy lifestyle
Distribution of barriers to healthy diet by level of education of the study group. * *
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37. Brriers to healthy lifestyle
Distribution of barriers to healthy diet by Income Per Month of the study group.
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38. Recommendations
People must be made aware of health benefits of physical activity and motivated to be more physically active on an everyday basis.
Provision of appropriate regular physical activity facilities and open spaces especially for girls and women.
Increase access to affordable healthy food choices.
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39. Recommendations Multi-sectoral approach is needed to raise awareness,
to promote behaviour change at the individual level
to improve physical environment and infrastructure design to support healthy lifestyle in every day setting.
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40. Bibliotheca Alexandrina
Thank you
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