Development of an ICT solution to obtain annual, national, representative health indicator data for non-communicable diseases – a pilot study
Nedlastbar poster
Poster_2019-05_75x100-EHiN-Development-of-an-ICT-solution.pdf
Introduction
World Health Assembly: (Norway consented)
• Reduce premature deaths of non-communicable diseases (NCD’s) with 33% by 2030, relative to 2015 levels
World Health Organization NCD‘s (in this context)
• Cardiovascular disease
• Cancer
• Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
• Diabetes
Health Indicators (underlying risk factors)
• Overweight
• Unhealthy diet
• Physical inactivity
• Harmful alcohol consumption
• Tobacco use
Objectives of pilot study
• Develop a mobile phone ICT solution
• Collect relevant data
• Examine the response rate
• Identify successes and roadblocks
• Identify two collaborative countries
• Submit a proposal to Horizon 2020 for a full study
Materials and Methods
Study population
• A random national sample of 11000 men and women
• 1000 from each of the 11 counties as of January 1, 2020
• Age 16-69 years
• Registered with a mobile phone number
Survey questions (self-reported)
• Current weight and height (2)
• Selected questions on dietary intake (7)
• Alcohol consumption (3 from AUDIT)
• Physical activity (4 from IPAQ)
• Tobacco /e-cigarette use (3)
Data storage and analyses
• Healtcom AS has transferred the de-identified data to RedCap, University Hospital of North Norway
Results
Response rate : Overall 21.0 %;
Lowest : 18% Vestlandet; Highest 26% Trøndelag.
Distribution of participants (N=2,303)
• Sex : 38% Men - 62% Women
• Age : 14% 16-29 years; 35% 30-49 years , 51% 50-69 years
• Education : ≤ 10 years 13%, 11-13 years 34%, 14-16 years
25%, ≥ 17 years 28%
Strengths
• Random sample of the Norwegian population
• Simple survey that takes five minutes to complete
• Information about the five major health indicators for developing NCD’s
• Information on important background variables of the participants
Limitations
• Low response rate
• Several personnel and technical roadblocks during the last phase of the pilot project
Relevant Horizon 2020 calls
• Information and Communication Technologies
• Societal Challenges
Conclusions
• We were able to provide a “snapshot“ from Norway, October 2019, regarding the distribution of five important health indicators for developing NCD’s.
• More women than men responded. The overall response rate was lower than anticipated. We are currently examining reasons for non-participation.
• We want to find out if we can improve and expand this survey in Norway and initiate a collaboration with two other countries with the goal of submitting an application to a relevant Horizon 2020 call, before June 30th, 2020.