2014, Number 1
Educative intervention about obesity like a risk for non-transmitted chronic diseases
Language: Spanish
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ABSTRACT
Introduction: The obesity has created a negative impact because of its high prevalence and association with the frequent presence of chronic illnesses.Objective: To increase the level of knowledge about the obesity like a risk factor of non- transmitted chronic illnesses.
Methods: Educative intervention to women of 20 years and older at a type I consult in Antonio Guiteras community, Bayamo, Granma. The sample was made by 154 women. There were used like summary measures, the absolute numbers and the test before and after Friedman, it was used the statistical program Statistics version 8.0 for Windows, with a level of significance of 0.05.
Results: 146 women had a low level and 8 of them had a medium level of knowledge before the intervention and after that 122 obtained a high level. At the time of relating the obesity with hypertension, 123 women had a low level of knowledge and 31 of them had a medium level before the intervention, after that, 97 obtained a high level. For the diabetes mellitus 2, 137 had a low level of knowledge before the intervention and after it was applied, 109 reached a high level. In the cardiovascular illnesses, before the intervention 137 women had a low level of knowledge, 116 of them reached a high level. When valuing the level of knowledge of the obesity like a risk factor of chronic illnesses, from the 119 women with a low level before the intervention, all of them reached a high level.
Conclusions: The ANOVA test of Friedman evidenced a result of 118, 35 with a coefficient of concordance about 0, 77, with 0 probability, showing the existence of significant differences in regards to the level of knowledge before and after the intervention, evidencing its effectiveness.
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