Prevalence of Multiple Risk Behaviours and Its Association With Health Consequence

NCT04961073 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: NCD survey UW 21-440
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 5,737
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Hong Kong is facing an increasing threat of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), which is compounded by population aging. In 2016, 25,771 registered deaths (approximately 55%) were attributed to NCDs. In addition, NCDs caused 104,600 potential years of life lost before 70 years of age. WHO has identified four major behavioral risk factors - tobacco use, harmful use of alcohol, an unhealthy diet, and physical inactivity - that contribute substantially to NCDs and can increase the risk of death. Most premature deaths from NCDs are preventable via lifestyle modification. Therefore, helping people adopting healthy lifestyle practices, such as having a balanced diet and engaging in irregular physical activity, and quitting health-risk behaviors, such as smoking and harmful use of alcohol can help prevent NCDs and improve the quality of life and overall health of the population. However, many people are unmotivated or find it difficult to modify their risk behaviors, despite their awareness of the associated health hazards.

Conditions

Non-communicable Diseases

Keywords

Risk behaviours; Health consequence; Non-communicable diseases

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (7)

• Demographic data questionnaire

  Personal demographic characteristics (e.g. sex, age, educational attainment, marital status, occupation, household income)

  Baseline

• History of NCDs questionnaire

  NCDs characteristics

  Baseline

• Medical check-up questionnaire

  History of medical check-up

  Baseline

• Diet habits questionnaire

  Personal habits of diet (e.g. daily vegetable and fruit intake)

  Baseline

• Physical activity questionnaire

  Personal habits of diet and physical activity (e.g. daily physical activity amount and time)

  Baseline

• Unhealthy behaviors questionnaire

  Habits of risky behaviors (e.g. smoking/ alcohol habits, daily cigarette consumption)

  Baseline

• Knowledge and awareness of COVID-19 and NCDs questionnaire

  Knowledge and awareness of COVID-19 and NCDs (e.g. knowledge about relationship between smoking and COVID, relationship between NCDs and COVID, etc)

  Baseline

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 30 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Probability Sample

Study Population

A randomized sample of Hong Kong Chinese adults who aged 30 years or above will be recruited at hotspots in eighteen districts in Hong Kong.

You may qualify if:

• Aged 30 years or above
• Able to speak Cantonese

You may not qualify if:

• Unable to speak Cantonese

Sponsors & Collaborators

• The University of Hong Kong: lead

Study Sites (1)

The University of Hong Kong

Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Noncommunicable Diseases

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Disease Attributes; Pathologic Processes; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Study Officials

• Ho Cheung William Li, PhD

  School of Nursing, the University of Hong Kong

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: CROSS SECTIONAL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 19, 2021
• First Posted: July 14, 2021
• Study Start: June 21, 2021
• Primary Completion: August 31, 2021
• Study Completion: August 31, 2021
• Last Updated: January 13, 2022

Record last verified: 2021-07

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share
• Time Frame: After the project is completed and the results of the project has been published.
• Access Criteria: Request could be sent to Principal Investigator (william3@hku.hk)

Locations

HK (1)