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DOI: 10.1055/s-0044-1786691
Relation with Knowledge and Attitude on Health Promotion Activities among Adults with Lifestyle Disease—A Cohort Study
Abstract
Introduction The World Health Organization (2010) reported that, in India, the estimated mortality rate due to noncommunicable diseases among males is 61.8% and 55% among females, indicating that lifestyle diseases are a significant challenge to public health. Thus, the study aimed to find the correlation between knowledge and attitude of health promotion activities among patients with lifestyle diseases.
Materials and Methods One hundred adults with lifestyle diseases were selected purposively with predetermined inclusion criteria for the study. The knowledge and attitude scores on health promotion activities were assessed using demographic proforma, knowledge questionnaire on lifestyle diseases, and a five-point Likert scale on attitude on health promotional activities.
Results The results highlighted that the majority 51% had inadequate knowledge on health promotion activities of lifestyle diseases, and 58% of the subjects had an unfavorable attitude toward health promotion activities. The study found that there is a significant association between the key demographic variables with knowledge and attitude toward lifestyle diseases with p < 0.05.
Conclusion Lifestyle diseases contribute to major disease burden toward any society as well as it increases mortality and morbidity rates. Current study's result evidences that the increase in knowledge on lifestyle diseases influences the attitude toward health promotional activities.
Note
Nitte Usha Institute of Nursing Sciences, a constituent college of Nitte (Deemed to be University).
Publication History
Article published online:
27 May 2024
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