1Professor and Head, Department of Pharmacy Practice, Santhiram College of Pharmacy, Nandyal-518501, A.P., India. Email: reugandar@gmail.com. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7014-0864
2Professor and Head, Department of General Medicine, Santhiram Medical College and General Hospital, Nandyal-518501, A.P., India.
3,5,6Research scholars, Department of Pharmacy Practice, Santhiram College of Pharmacy, Nandyal-518501, A.P., India.
4*Research Scholar, Department of Pharmacy Practice, Santhiram College of Pharmacy, Nandyal-518501, A.P., India. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-7334-4894 (Corresponding Author)
Corresponding Author: Rangu Naga Sai Sindhuja. Email: reugandar@gmail.com
Background: Hypertension, diabetes, and obesity are among the most common non-communicable diseases (NCDs) affecting people today. These conditions require continuous management because they persist for long periods if not properly controlled. The treatment process needs multiple approaches because medication alone fails to provide suitable results. Patients face difficulties in understanding their medical conditions which leads them to skip their prescribed treatments while continuing their unhealthy habits. Factors such as inadequate awareness and poor lifestyle practices make it difficult to achieve optimal disease control. The process of structured health education provides essential support that helps patients learn about their health conditions and improves their treatment compliance which results in better health results.
Methods: The two groups are compared, common in both groups is standard treatment, in the intervention group both treatment and counseling, in those who are supposed to be sticking to their treatment, how to use drugs cleverly especially when one is taking several drugs, understanding the risks of the disease, taking care of yourself at home, changing lifestyle habits, how to reduce stress, and getting active through exercise. The control group only had standard treatment. They checked all of them at the beginning and then later on, looking at clinical things such as blood pressure or blood sugar.
Results: The educational program results showed that people who participated in the program achieved better outcomes than those who did not. The study found that blood pressure control for hypertension showed significant improvement according to statistical analysis. Diabetes had better sugar levels too, and for obesity, things like body mass index went down positively. Better medication adherence, increased risk awareness, and making healthier practices all had a part. The control group was not genuinely change much, although they did make a few improvements.
Conclusion: the conclusion is it appears that implementing these preventive and interventions along with the standard care significantly improves the management among these diseases. The control group not improving much just highlights why this kind of approach is key for taking care towards non-communicable diseases.
KEYWORDS: Hypertension; Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus; Non-communicable diseases; Body mass index.
How to cite this article: Ugandar RE, Vijay Kumar G, Shiva Kumar D, Naga Sai Sindhuja R, Pujitha Reddy R, Lalitha S. Impact of Health Education and Preventive Interventions on Non-Communicable Diseases in Rural Communities: A Community-Based Randomized Controlled Trial. Int J Drug Deliv Technol. 2026;16(12s): 642-660. DOI: 10.25258/ijddt.16.12s.76
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