Voluntary Choice of Lifestyle Modification in Secondary Prevention of NCDs

Abstract

Background: A cheap and simple intervention strategy that is effective in the fight against non-communicable illnesses is lifestyle change. Furthermore, if the victims are interested in it, it is considerably more effective as primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention than it is as primordial prevention.

Objective: The main goal was to learn how NCD patients and/ attendants seek information about lifestyle modifications, health and healthcare.

Method: This is an opinion-based study where opinions were collected from 500 NCD patients and their attendants or relatives who visited the OPD at 10 specialty tertiary care hospitals in Kolkata, India.

Results: The study showed that specific lifestyle modification-related advice from hospitals is needed to prevent NCDs.

Conclusion: In conclusion, private hospitals are changing their focus from product promotion to health promotion. Both the formation of strategic policy and the generation of commercial value may benefit from this study. This can support the use of health promotion as a hospital's strategic communication tool.