Clinical trial NCT04315441: Surveillance of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Cameroonian Garrison
Official title: Surveillance of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Cameroonian Garrison
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Cardiovascular Risk Factor
Keywords: prevention
non-communicable disease
cardiovascular diseases
cardiovascular risk
soldiers
Lead sponsor: Support and Education Technic Centre
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2020-03-19
Enrollment: 566
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 58
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: CASE_CONTROL
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: The subjects of our study were recruited according to two methods at the Military Medical Center of Sector N°5 in Ngaoundere.

Participation in the study was proposed to any soldier who attended the Military Medical Center of Sector N°5 for the annual re-engagement medical visit during the period from January 1, 2017 to November 13, 2018.

The civilian populations were recruited from two free cardiovascular risk factors screening campaigns carried out from January 04, 2017 to January 10, 2017 and from November 12, 2018 to November 18, 2018. These campaigns were open to soldiers wishing to participate.

Brief summary: Purpose: The objective of our study was to assess the cardiovascular risk of a Cameroonian military population and compare it to the cardiovascular risk of the neighboring civilian population.

Patients and methods: We will conduct a cross-sectional study that involved subjects aged from 18 to 58 years, recruited from October 2017 to November 2018 at the Fifth Military Sector Health Center in Ngaoundéré. Data collection and assessment was done according to World Health Organization STEPS manual for surveillance of risk factors of Non-communicable chronic diseases; and the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test. Five cardiovascular risk factors were assessed, smoking, harmful alcohol consumption, obesity/overweight, hypertension and diabetes. Cardiovascular risk was considered high in subjects with three or more cardiovascular risk factors. Univariates analysis and multivariate logistic regression were carried out according to their indications.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* agree to participate,
* had to be aged between 18 and 58 years old,
* representing ages of enrollment and retirement for Cameroonian soldiers respectively.

Exclusion Criteria:

-

Primary outcomes:
measure: Cardiovascular risk factor
timeFrame: At inclusion
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Smoking
timeFrame: At inclusion
measure: Alcoholism
timeFrame: At inclusion
measure: Body mass index
timeFrame: At inclusion
measure: Systolic Blood Pressure (mmHg)
timeFrame: At inclusion
measure: Glycaemia (mmol/L)
timeFrame: At inclusion
measure: Diastolic Blood Pressure (mmHg)
timeFrame: At inclusion
Other outcomes:
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Study officials:
References:
citation: Bell Ngan W, Essama Eno Belinga L, Essam Nlo'o ASP, Roche F, Goethals L, Mandengue SH, Bongue B. Surveillance of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in the Fifth Military Sector Health Center, Ngaoundere, Cameroon: Observational Study. JMIR Form Res. 2020 Nov 26;4(11):e18567. doi: 10.2196/18567.