Journal of Education and Health Promotion

The impact of lifestyle stressors, menstrual pattern, and cardiometabolic risk factors on young females with cholelithiasis

. Grrishma Balakrishnan; . Tubah Iqbal; . Gurunandan Uppinakudru; . Ryan Fernandes; . Shobith Bangera; . R. Aswini Dutt

Volume 12, Issue 7 , August 2022, , Pages 1-8

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BACKGROUND: Lifestyle and nutritional transitions in the society driven by globalization have ledto the rising burden of cholelithiasis. The present study was done to assess the impact ... Read More BACKGROUND: Lifestyle and nutritional transitions in the society driven by globalization have ledto the rising burden of cholelithiasis. The present study was done to assess the impact of lifestyle,stress, menstrual pattern, and cardiometabolic risk factors on young females with cholelithiasis.MATERIALS AND METHODS: A hospital‑based case–control study was conducted on young femalesof 18–45 years. Cases and age‑matched controls were compared on their lifestyle parameters likedemography, marital status, occupation, educational status, family income, stress along with menstrualpattern, cardiometabolic parameters like anthropometric measures, blood pressure (BP), fastingblood sugar (FBS), and lipid profile. Chi‑square test and unpaired t‑test were used for the analysisof data using SPSS software, and P < 0.05 was considered statistically significant.RESULTS: The majority of the cases were from rural areas, married, homemakers leading acomparatively sedentary lifestyle consuming more red meat, less literate, and belonged to a lowereconomic group with significantly more stress compared to controls. The age of menarche, neither theregularity nor irregularity of the menstrual cycle (regular cycle 21–35 days), showed any difference,but cases had significantly more pregnancies and usage of oral contraceptives compared to controls.Waist–height ratio, systolic BP, FBS, triglyceride, low‑density lipoprotein (LDL), and very low-densitylipoprotein (VLDL) were significantly higher in cases. Cases had a 14.4 times more risk of developingmetabolic syndrome when compared with controls.CONCLUSION: Married, rural, less literate Indian women leading a sedentary lifestyle, consumingmore of red meat, and soft drinks with increased psychosomatic stress are more prone to developcholelithiasis. Women who use hormonal contraceptives have increased occurrence of cholelithiasisand they were more prone to develop metabolic syndrome. The need for the hour is health education,to implement simple lifestyle changes, thereby decreasing the incidence of cholelithiasis in youngfemales.

Examination of the relationship of diet quality with cardiometabolic risk factors in apparently healthy college students

. Rachel A. Williams; . Angela M. Rose; . Richard S. Bruno; . Andrew S. Hanks; . Julie A. Kennel; . Joshua D. McDonald; . Allison N. Labyk; . Carolyn Gunther

Volume 9, Issue 8 , August 2019, , Pages 1-6

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BACKGROUND: Preliminary evidence indicates that subclinical cardiometabolic abnormalities arepresent in apparently healthy nonobese young adults. Poor dietary habits may be a contributing ... Read More

Predicting of perceived self efficacy in the amount of macronutrients intake in women with metabolic syndrome - 2012

. Siamak Mohebi; . Leila Azadbakht; . Avat Feizi; . Gholamreza Sharifirad; . Mohammad Hozori

Volume 4, Issue 1 , February 2014, , Pages 1-9

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Introduction: Metabolic syndrome is a collection of metabolic disorders, which can increase themortality rates from 20% to 80%. One of strategies to control the disease is the attention ... Read More Introduction: Metabolic syndrome is a collection of metabolic disorders, which can increase themortality rates from 20% to 80%. One of strategies to control the disease is the attention to thedietary habits. Compliance with proper diet is one of the major challenges in the managementof this syndrome. Due to this fact, that the patient is responsible for the adjustment of thedaily diet, it is important to identify the factors affecting the adoption of nutritional self-care.Besides, self-efficacy is considered as an important pre-requisite for this behavior because itacts as an independent part of the basic skills. This study was carried out with the purpose ofdetermining the predictive role of perceived self-efficacy on macronutrients intake in womenwith metabolic syndrome. Materials and Methods: In this descriptive study with correlationalnature in 2012, there were 329 patients with the metabolic syndrome. The patients were coveredby Isfahan oil industry medical centers and selected by a systematic method. In order to gatherinformation on perceived self-efficacy, the questionnaires constructed by the researchers wereused and the validity and reliability had been confirmed by the calculation of content validityindexand content validity ratio values and the indices of internal consistency and stability of thetool. The 24-h dietary recall questionnaire was also used for 3 days in order to investigate thenutritional behavior. The obtained data from the dietary recall questionnaire were analyzed bythe N4 nutritional software. In this study, AMOS software version 16 was used for the structuralmodel fitting by using the generalized least squares method besides the SPSS statisticalsoftware version 16. Results: These averages obtained from the results: 2512.37 kcal energyintake, 70.95 g protein, 420 g carbohydrates and 61.61 g of fat per day. The mean of perceivedself-efficacy score was 47.89. The Pearson correlation coefficient was indicated a significantinverse relationship between the perceived self-efficacy and intake of macronutrients in themetabolic syndrome. The most direct effect of the coefficient of perceived self-efficacy wasobserved on fat and carbohydrate intake (P < 0.05 and β = −0.592) and (P < 0.05 and β =−0.395). Conclusions: The amount of energy,carbohydrate, fat and protein were more thanthe recommended dietary allowances levelsand the amount of self-efficacy was moderate.The present study showed that perceivedself-efficacy provided a useful framework tounderstand and predict adherence to dietaryself-care behaviors in patients with metabolicsyndrome.

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The impact of lifestyle stressors, menstrual pattern, and cardiometabolic risk factors on young females with cholelithiasis

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Examination of the relationship of diet quality with cardiometabolic risk factors in apparently healthy college students

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Predicting of perceived self efficacy in the amount of macronutrients intake in women with metabolic syndrome - 2012

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