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Arch Iran Med. 2014;17(3): 0.
PMID: 24621357
Scopus ID: 84896387146
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National and Sub-national Burden of Chronic Diseases Attributable to Lifestyle Risk Factors in Iran 1990 – 2013; Study Protocol

Anoosheh Ghasemian*, Asal Ataie-jafari, Shahab Khatibzadeh, Mojdeh Mirarefin, Leili Jafari, Sara Nejatinamini, Mahboubeh Parsaeian, Niloofar Peykari, Sahar Sobhani, Esmat Jamshidbeygi, Hamid Reza Jamshidi, Mehdi Ebrahimi, Kourosh Etemad, Farshad Farzadfar
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Non-communicable diseases, as the major public health problem, are caused by different risk factors. The main leading lifestyle risk factors for most diseases burden in Iran are unhealthy diet, physical inactivity, and smoking. The aim of this study is to provide data collection and methodology processes for estimating the trends of exposures to the selected lifestyle risk factors and their attributed burden at national and sub-national levels.
METHODS: Systematic review will be performed through PubMed/MEDLINE, Scopus and ISI/Web of Science as well as Iranian databases such as IranMedex, Irandoc and Scientific Information Database (SID). In addition, hand searching of unpublished data sources will be used to identify relevant population-based studies. The searched studies will be included only if it is reasonably population-based and representative, and exposure data has been reported or could be plausibly obtained from the study. For risk factors with no surveys identified, other sources of potential data will be considered. The target population is healthy Iranian adult population living within Iran from 1990 to 2013. Other data sources include national censuses, national registration systems, and national and sub-national surveys. Spatio-temporal Bayesian hierarchical model and Bayesian multilevel autoregressive model will be used to overcome the problem of data gaps in provinces, and in some age or sex groups or in urban/rural areas. The problem of misaligned areal units will be also addressed in these models.
CONCLUSION: National and sub-national assessment of major lifestyle risk factors such as unhealthy diet, physical inactivity, and smoking is necessary for priority setting and policy making in different regions of Iran.

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