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Abstract

Acute respiratory infections (ARI) are a major public health issue in India. The association of ARI prevalence has been studied
widely with the use of smoke generated fuel in the household, health seeking behaviour and mother's education. The aspect of
secondhand tobacco smoke has been least explored and especially the effect of the nonhousehold member tobacco smoke. The
present study aims to analyse the prevalence of ARI with the secondhand smoke of the household which includes nonhousehold
member smoke in the household and excludes the smoke generating fuel among under five children using the NFHS-4 survey
data. The further analysis was performed with the association with other variables such as wealth quintile, mother's education,
regions, and states of India by using the ordinal regression. The study analysed data depicted that there is a higher burden of ARI
prevalence in India with its association to secondhand tobacco smoke with 15% rather the sole effect of smoke generating cooking
fuel in the household. The children belongs to 10-19 months old category is at the higher risk pertaining ARI for longer period of
time with OR 1.09 95% CI 1.06-1.13). Therefore, this age group is considered the most vulnerable in this study.

997 Non-communicable Diseases and Behavioural Risk Factors of the Elderly
Population: A Self-reported Case-control Study of Elders in the Colombo District

Hansa Jayarathne

University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Categories

4. Mortality, Morbidity, Epidemiology and Causes of Death

Abstract

During the 21st century, the share of elderly in the total population of the world has increased steadily. Population
ageing in Sri Lanka is accelerating at a faster rate than in other South Asian countries. In 2012 census there were
12.4% living above the age of 60 years. The emergence of the non-communicable diseases (NCDs) is evident in the
county at present. NCDs are highly affected by behavioural risk factors, and the literature reveals that the foremost
risk factors are the use of tobacco, alcohol consumption, improper diet and physical inactivity. The core objective
of this study is to measure and test the association between a hypothesized risk factor and a NCD. This study mainly
focuses on the NCDs that are most prevalent in Sri Lanka, namely, diabetes, hypertension and heart diseases. A
group of respondents comprising of elderly persons with NCDs from the Colombo district were chosen as cases,
whereas a group of disease-free individuals were used as a control group. Results revealed that the use of tobacco
and alcohol were significantly associated with heart disease. When considering gender as a confounding factor for
smoking and alcohol consumption, there was an interaction between males and females counterparts.

PS 1.4 Happiness

10:15 - 11:45am Tuesday, 3rd August, 2021

Presentation Type LIVE Session
Moderator: Charamporn Holumyong , Dyah Kartika

1484 New Dimensions to Measuring Happiness in Older Ages in Transition
Economies: An Interdisciplinary Approach

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