Samira Anjum, Tuhin Biswas, Anwar Islam.
Risk factors and prevention strategies of cardiovascular diseases in Bangladesh: a scoping review of current research and policy documents.
Pak J Public Health Jan ;4(3):31-6.
Background: Along with other developing countries Bangladesh is also going through an epidemiological transition from infectious diseases to chronic non communicable diseases (NCDs). In Bangladesh, NCDs are estimated to account for 52% of all deaths. Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) alone account for 27% of these deaths. Our aim was to conduct a scoping review of literature to ascertain what is known about risk factors and prevention strategies to reduce the burden of CVDs in Bangladesh. Methodology: Based on York methodology based scoping review, a comprehensive search of published academic articles, conference processing and grey literature was carried out through pub Med, BanglsJOL, Google and Google scholar. We summarized risk factors and diseases outcomes and as well as Prevention strategies of CVDs among adults (? 18 years) in both urban and rural area of Bangladesh. Result: After conducting scoping review and as well as considering inclusion criteria we found 9 studies that fulll study objectives. Among all the studies 4 were cross sectional, 2 were case control, 1 was population-based prospective study, one was retrospective observational study and another one was survey. The most common risk factors of CVDs, as identied by these studies, were tobacco consumption, hypertension (HTN), Diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia, animal protein-rich diet and sedentary lifestyle. Only 3 papers were found related to prevention strategies. It is unfortunate that except tobacco consumption there were no papers related to chronic disease prevention strategies. Conclusion: CVDs are considered as a major public health concern in a resource poor country like Bangladesh. Addressing the risk factors sustainable interventions could be designed and implemented on a larger scale to prevent the rise of CVDs in Bangladesh.(Pak J Public Health 2014; 4(3):23-28) Key words: CVDs, Risk factors, Prevention strategy.
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