BEHAVIORAL AND PSYCHOSOCIAL RISK FACTORS OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES AMONG STUDENTS

Aim. To study the prevalence of behavioral and psychosocial risk factors (RF) of cardiovascular disease (CVD) among students aged 18 - 24 years. Materials and methods. The study used a questionnaire of epidemiological study ESSAY-Russian, adapted for students. In 2014 and 2015, random sample of students were interviewed in high schools of Barnaul (596 persons). Prevalences of smoking, low physical activity, non-healthy diet, stress and depression among students ware investigated. Results. Prevalence of smoking among students was 12,4%. Young men were 2.4 times more likely to smoke than women (p <0.001) and smoked more cigarettes per day. 72.3% of the students used alcohol, 3.6% of men and 1.0% of women used alcohol excessively. The number of women walking during 60 to 90 minutes per day was 3 times more than among boys (7.5 and 2.6%, p <0.05). Amount of walking time decreased with age. Evaluation of nutrition showed that 74.8% of students consumed insufficient amount of fish, 53% do not eat enough of fruits and vegetables, 45% consumed excessive table salt and 22% - sugar. Subclinical anxiety/depression had 21.5/9.6% of respondents, clinical anxiety/depression experienced 13.8/2.2% respectively. During the last 30 days the girls, compared with boys more likely to experience very high levels of stress (24.5 and 13%, p <0.001) and 1.5 times more than in a state of subclinical anxiety/depression (24.5 and 15, 3%; 15.8 and 9.7%, respectively; p <0.05). Conclusions: The estimation of the prevalence of behavioral and psychosocial risk factors of CVD is the basis for regional preventive programs among students.