Population based prevalence survey
Population based prevalence survey of tuberculosis in the Tigray region of Ethiopia
... higher prevalence of PTB reported in the national TB prevalence survey of Ethiopian could probably be the result of using both sensitive chest-x ray screening and symptom screening/inquiry of all ...
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A population based survey in Ethiopia using questionnaire as proxy to estimate obstetric fistula prevalence: results from demographic and health survey
... the prevalence of OF in the ...high prevalence of ...high prevalence of OF, the community based education program offered by many organizations and fis- tula campaigns targeting the region ...
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The prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of dyslipidemia in northeast China: a population-based cross-sectional survey
... age-standardized prevalence rate of dyslipidemia has been gradually increasing [3, 11, ...the prevalence rates of dyslipidemia or details regarding the subtypes of lipid disorders (high serum total ...
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The impact of HIV on the prevalence of asthma in Uganda: a general population survey
... Another limitation of our study is that asthma was diagnosed based on history or current wheeze, prior physician diagnosis and being currently on asthma medi- cations. However the methods used in this study are ...
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Prevalence of Diabetes and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso)
... cross-sectional survey on December 15th, 2012. The study population consisted of the inhabitants of district number 6 of Ouagadougou whose age was ≥25 ...The population of this district number was ...
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Genotyping and drug susceptibility testing of mycobacterial isolates from population based tuberculosis prevalence survey in Ghana
... study population from whom these isolates were obtained. Prevalence of drug resistance has been reported to be relatively low in community-based studies compared to health facility-based ...
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Prevalence and socioeconomic correlates of chronic morbidity among elderly people in Kosovo: a population-based survey
... the prevalence of multimorbidity de- pends on the study population ...(e.g. population-based samples ...study population), the nature and the number of chronic conditions included ...
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Population Based Tuberculosis Disease Prevalence Survey in Ghana: The Role and Lessons Learnt from the Laboratory
... (1.7%). Prevalence of smear positive TB and bacteriologically con- firmed TB among adult population (≥15 years) was estimated at 111 (95% CI: 76 - 145) and 356 (95% CI: 288 - 425) per 100,000 ...
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A Population-based survey of the prevalence and types of glaucoma in Nigeria: results from the Nigeria National Blindness and Visual Impairment Survey
... Methods: Multistage stratified cluster random sampling with probability-proportional-to-size procedures were used to select a nationally representative sample of 15,027 persons aged ≥ 40 years. Participants had logMAR ...
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Prevalence of abdominal obesity in Abia State, Nigeria: results of a population-based house-to-house survey
... Materials and methods: We carried out a cross-sectional study aimed at ascertaining the prevalence of abdominal obesity in Abia State, Nigeria. Participants in the study were recruited from communities in the ...
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Prevalence and risk factors of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Anhui Province, China: a population-based survey
... The population of residents in Anhui Province of eastern China was approximately 60 million, and the proportion of people aged 40 years or older was ...2010 Population Census ...urban population of ...
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<p>The prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension among adults: the first cross-sectional national population-based survey in Laos</p>
... Descriptive statistics on frequency, weighted prevalence, and 95% CI was used for sociodemographic and risk fac- tor variables. Logistic regression was performed to assess associations between sociodemographics, ...
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Prevalence of hypertension, diabetes and obesity: baseline findings of a population based survey in four provinces in Sri Lanka
... this survey provides a new data on the prevalence of some of the major risk factors for cardiovascular ...data. Based on a high prevalence of diabetes, hypertension and abdominal obesity, it ...
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Prevalence and risk factors of superior segmental optic hypoplasia in a Korean population: the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
... the prevalence and risk factors for ...that prevalence of SSOH in Japan, as determined by fundus photography, was ...general population [4]. Han et al., reviewing photographs of 3,905 ...
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Prevalence of food allergy in Vietnam: comparison of web-based with traditional paper-based survey
... of survey programs and logistics) [8]. In addition, population-based surveys are often a prolonged process, normally requiring from one to 5 years to yield the desired ...cost-saving survey ...
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The adult prevalence of HIV in Zambia: results from a population based mobile testing survey conducted in 2013–2014
... the survey were linked to the nearest health facility for case management in line with national ...community based testing approaches have the potential to increase HIV testing and counsel- ling and should ...
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Prevalence of birth defects and risk-factor analysis from a population-based survey in Inner Mongolia, China
... future. Based on the results which was obtained in this study, a few intervention activities are recommend as follows: 1) regular screening tests among pregnant women are needed at local health care sectors to de- ...
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Original Article A population-based survey on the prevalence and risk factors of infertility in Chinese Uygur and Kazak women
... From October 2008 to March 2009, Uygur and Kazak women, who lived in Xinjiang province, were included in this study. Based on the gov- ernment population database, participants we- re chosen by stratified ...
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Prevalence of dyslipidaemia and associated risk factors in a rural population in South-Western Uganda : a community based survey
... rural population have access to similar foods from their ...study population met the minimum dietary requirement of 5 servings of fruit and vegetables per day, thus the low HDL-C ...
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Prevalence and correlates of diabetes mellitus in Malawi: population-based national NCD STEPS survey
... under-represented based on 2008 National Statistical Office population figures ...3 Population based prevalence of Impaired Fasting glucose: Malawi NCD STEPS survey ...
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