Questionnaire&Design PPT

1. Chantelle Anderson
Jean Marie Armas
Jean-Paul Djiatsa
Shabnam Jain
Sarah Kenney

2.  Chronic lifestyle diseases (CLD) represent 63% of
all deaths
 the leading cause of mortality around the world *
Preventable (up to 80%) by reducing
modifiable risk factors**
What are current CMPH students’
knowledge, beliefs, and behaviors towards
reducing modifiable risk factors for chronic
lifestyle diseases?
*World Health Organization. Chronic Diseases. http://www.who.int/topics/chronic_diseases/en/.
**Chiuve et al 2006 Circulation, 114(2): 160-167.

3. Risk Factors Healthy Behaviors
Lack of Physical
Activity
150 min moderate exercise
or
75 min vigorous exercise
Unhealthy Diet ↑ Fruits, Vegetables, whole
grains, seafood
↓ Sodium, saturated
fat, trans
fat, sugar, cholesterol
Excessive Alcohol
Consumption
Females: < 1 drink/day
Males: < 2 drinks/day
Tobacco Use No tobacco use

4. 2 (4%)
13 (23%)
41 (73%)
Not much
A Little
Moderately
A lot
Note: Total 56 respondents.
No one responded with ‘Not much’
Overall: 96.4% CMPH students believe that CLDs are ‘Moderately’ or ‘A lot’
preventable

5. ‘Moderatel
y’
‘A Lot’ P-value
Age
Group
20-39 yrs
(n=28)
7 (25%) 21 (75%)
ns
40-60 yrs
(n=21)
5 (24%) 16 (76%)
Gender Female
(n=42)
8 (19%) 34 (81%)
nsMale
(n=11)
4 (36%) 7 (64%)

6. 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Applied Epidemiology
Applied Public Health Informatics
Prevention Science
Healthcare Outcomes
% believe that chronic diseases are *very preventable
CMPHMajor
*very = student who said that CDLS are “a lot” preventable by eliminating modifiable risk factors
Which CMPH Major has the highest percentage of people who believe
that CDLs are very preventable by eliminating risk factors?

7. 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
0 -4 yrs
5-9 yrs
10-14 yrs
15-19 yrs
20-24 yrs
>=25 yrs
% of people who believe that chronic dieases are very preventable
Yearsexperienceinpublichealth
The percentage of people who believe that chronic lifestyle diseases are very
preventable decreases as the years of public health experience increases.
What is the relationship between belief that CDLs are very
preventable & years experience in public health?

8. 54%
41%
5%
Prioritization of Health & Fitness
*those who believe that chronic diseases are very
preventable by modifying risk factors
High Moderate Low to No

9. 58.50%
78%
72.50%
92.70%
0.00% 20.00% 40.00% 60.00% 80.00% 100.00%
Exercise
Eat healthy diet
Drink in moderation
Don't use tobacco
Of those who believe chronic lifestyle dieases are very
modifiable
How does the belief that CDLs are very preventable affect a
person’s behavior to reduce her/his own modifiable risk
factors?

10. Nearly all respondents were knowledgeable of the four
modifiable risk factors for developing chronic disease.
Risk Factor Knew Did not know
Excessive Alcohol Use 100% (54) 0% (0)
Unhealthy diet 100% (54) 0% (0)
Lack of physical
activity
98.1% (53) 1.9% (1)
Tobacco use 98.1% (53) 1.9% (1)

11. Knowledge of a risk factor does not necessarily lead to preventive behaviors.
Preventive Behavior Knowledge of Behavior No Knowledge of
Behavior
Ate healthily 72.2% (39) -
Didn’t drink alcohol
excessively
74.1% (40) -
Exercised regularly 60% (32) 1.9% (1)
Didn’t use tobacco 91% (49) 1.9% (1)

12. Marital Status Lacks personal support Do not lack personal
support
Married 10.3% 89.7%
Unmarried Couple 0% 100%
Single, Never Married 0% 100%
Divorced 28.6% 71.4%
• Wanted to determine if marital status had an effect on whether the
participant deems that lack of personal support is a personal barrier in
reducing their risk for developing chronic lifestyle disease.
• Highest rate for agreeing that lack of support is a barrier were married
students, and students who are divorced

13. • Effect of Educational Degree, on whether participants
believed they had enough knowledge or resources to
change their behavior
Results:
• Most stated that they have enough knowledge or
resources to change
• 7.7% of students with a Masters Degree feel they do not
have enough knowledge

14. Better
Overall
Health
Weight Physical
Appearanc
e
Control
/Prevent
Medical
Problem
Feelin
g
Better
Enjoys
Alcoholic
Beverages
Enjoys
Physical
Activity
Miscellaneou
s
35 14 6 12 12 6 11 27
28.5% 11.4
%
4.9% 9.8% 9.8% 4.9% 8.9% 22%
Responses related to bettering the participant’s overall health accounted for 28.5%
of responses

15. CD_NOBAR
R
Frequen
cy
Percent Cum Percent
1 11 18.3% 18.3%
2 49 81.7% 100.0%
Total 60 100.0% 100.0%
81.7% claimed to have additional Bar.
Add. barrier yes No total
Time restraint 68.3% 31.7% 100%
No rest 25% 75% 100%
environment 6.7% 93.3% 100%
weight 18.3% 81.7% 100%
social 18.3% 81.7% 100%
Other barr. 1.7% 98.7% 100%
Findings: time restraint is the
major barrier. No suggestion of
unknown barriers.
CD_TIM
E
1 2 3 TOTAL
1
Row %
Col %
11
26.8
61.1
20
48.8
76.9
10
24.4
76.9
41
100.0
71.9
2
Row %
Col %
7
43.8
38.9
6
37.5
23.1
3
18.8
23.1
16
100.0
28.1
TOTAL
Row %
Col %
18
31.6
100.0
26
45.6
100.0
13
22.8
100.0
57
100.0
100.0
Which class is most affected
by time constraint?
48.8% of students in their 1st
year claimed that time restraint
is an additional barr.

16.  93.3% said Yes.
 6.7% said No.
This findings suggests
that awareness of
engagement in these
activities is greater in
CMPH students than in
the general population.
CD_ENGA
GEACTIV
Frequency Percent
Cum
Percent
1. YES 56 93.3% 93.3%
2. NO 4 6.7% 100.0%
Total 60 100.0% 100.0%

17. CD_ENGAGEACTIV 1 2 TOTAL
1. YES
Row %
Col %
31
55.4
100.0
25
44.6
86.2
56
100.0
93.3
2. NO
Row %
Col %
0
0.0
0.0
4
100.0
13.8
4
100.0
6.7
TOTAL
Row %
Col %
31
51.7
100.0
29
48.3
100.0
60
100.0
100.0
1=Saw a PCP, 2= did not. 55.4% have access to healthcare. Potentially,
access to healthcare could be a contributing factor to engagement to
healthy activities.

18.  We were able to accurately identify all
potential barriers facing students who
engage in activities aimed at modifying their
risk factor for CLD.

19. 1. Access to a PcP is a potential contributing
factor in maintaining a healthy lifestyle.
2. As a CMPH student, Time constraint should
be considered as one important barrier
when engaging in activities aimed at
reducing risk for CLD.
3. 7.7% of respondents with a Masters Degree
feel they do not have enough knowledge to
modify their risk for CLD.

20.  Stratification of data based on gender could
lead to assumption bias because female
population represented 78.6% of the
respondents.

21.  The level of CLD awareness is very high among
CMPH student as compared to the general
population. (96% Vs.63%)
 Most students are knowledgeable about how to
prevent CLD.
 All barriers facing these students were adequately
identified.
 Our data validates the assumptions that CMPH
students are likely to have more knowledge than
the general population about preventing CLD.