Risk factors, diseases and Socio-demographic background distribution among attendants of Health Promotion Clinic at Capital Health Region, Kuwait

Objective: To evaluate the health condition of people attending Health Promotion Clinic (HPC) at Capital Health Region. Subjects and methods: This is a medical records based study of 700 subjects attending Health promotion clinic between May 2002 and June 2003. Results: The study group consisted of 608(86.9%) Kuwaitis, 447(63.9%) females, 329(47.0%) aged between 20 and 39 years old, 549(79.0%) married and 257(36.7%) clerks. 64(9.1%) of subjects were smokers, 345(49.3%) were practicing exercise and 243(34.7%) were obese. Out of the subjects 79(11.3%) had hypertension, 70(10.0%) had diabetes, 149 (21.3%) had hypercholestrolaemia and 21(3.0%) had CVD. Conclusion: Health Promotion Clinic is important for early detection of diseases and risk factors in order to prevent diseases and complication and decrease rate of death.