EFFECTIVENESS OF COMMUNITY BASED COMPREHENSIVE LIFESTYLE PROMOTION PACKAGE ON CARDIO-VASCULAR RISK(BIOCHEMICAL RISK PARAMETERS) AMONG ADULTS WITH HYPERTENSION IN SOUTH INDIA

To assess the effectiveness of community based comprehensive lifestyle promotion package on cardio-vascular risk (biochemical parameters risk score) among adult with hypertension. Methodology: Quantitative approach, true experimental design was adopted in the study. 200 samples in experimental and 198 samples in control group who fulfilled the inclusion criteria were selected using probability sampling technique. Cardio-vascular risk (biochemical parameters risk score) was assessed by using laboratory values. Results: The chi-square analysis showed that there was no statistically significant difference between the experimental and control group in the pre test. In post test 3 there was statistically significant difference in the biochemical parameter risk score between experimental and control group. In post test 3 total cholesterol, HDL, LDL, VLDL, Triglyceridesrisk reduction score were138.93, 54.06, 117.85, 23.22, 127.70respectively among experimental group whereas in the control group risk reduction score was 160.90, 49.09,123.62, 29.38, 135.94. Student independent t-test (t=8.65 at p=0.001, t=5.69 at p=0.001, t=3.29 at p=0.01, t=9.39 at p=0.001, t=1.97 at p=0.05) showed that there was a significant difference between the experimental and control group in the post test 3. Results also revealed that there was a statistically significant difference between pretest and post test 3 (F=116.58, 39.54, 26.05, 43.33and 104.9 respectively at p=0.001 level) only in the experimental group alone. Conclusion: The results revealed that the community based comprehensive lifestyle promotion package was effective in reducing the biochemical parameter risk score and thus preventing the cardiovascular diseases hence can be utilized as a step in prevention of cardiovascular risk among adult with hypertension.