Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are lethal chronic diseases that cause a slew of side effects, problems, low quality of life, and silent deaths for millions of people worldwide, according to the COVID-19 pandemic. In this COVID-19 pandemic environment, patients will need ongoing care and awareness for a long period to maintain a better health status and avoid consequences. A patient with a poor quality of life may only obtain such care at a medical clinic or during a doctor's visit. However, due to the current quarantine curfews and country-wide lockdowns, visiting a medical clinic or a doctor has become extremely impossible. As a result, it's critical to find new ways to educate people about non-communicable diseases. In this COVID-19 outbreak, this research study aims to determine how people with noncommunicable diseases might extend their lives and avoid complications and deaths by reducing their blood sugar levels, cholesterol levels, high blood pressure, and BMI (Body Mass Index). We used popular social networking sites (SNS) WhatsApp and Facebook to undertake an at-home awareness programme to enhance the living conditions of patients with non-communicable diseases and prevent complications and deaths. The study included 620 individuals who had registered at the Rathnapura Teaching Hospital's non-communicable illness clinic, with 120 participants chosen at random for investigation. The bulk of the patients are between the ages of 45 and 65. Patients were randomly assigned to one of two groups (control or normal) and data was collected. To test for differences between two groups, an independent t-test was employed, and a paired sample t-test was utilised to corroborate the difference. The at-home SNS awareness training had a positive influence on lowering LDL cholesterol, fasting blood sugar, and blood pressure, according to the findings (systolic and diastolic). The elements also have a significant link to the SNS awareness campaign. The programme, however, has little effect on the BMI factor. The number of SNS referral times and the SNS awareness programme have a substantial impact on reducing LDL cholesterol, fasting blood sugar, and blood pressure levels. This would be a better way to explain how to improve the quality of life of noncommunicable disease patients in this COVID-19 pandemic environment in order to avoid complications and deaths. Future research should examine into why the at-home SNS awareness training had no effect on BMI well-being, which is another crucial element in ensuring that those patients have a long life expectancy.
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H. K. Salinda Premadasa
Centre for Computer Studies, Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka.
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