Development of an e-health tool for young adults at risk of cardiovascular disease based on their kap score

CVD has been designated as the leading cause of mortality and morbidity, representing a total of 31% of all global deaths. This research aimed to develop an e-health tool (website) for intervening early adults of Lucknow city on their KAP score associated with CVD and to determine the change in knowledge in post-intervention phase. A descriptive cross sectional survey was performed using a pretested self administered questionnaire on 250 purposively selected adult respondents, Frequency, means and SD was used to assess the level of knowledge, intervention was given though a website and post evaluation was done using an evaluation card. The response rate was 100%. The level of awareness change from pre to post-intervention in the context of knowledge was observed as (Low-45%, average-50%, High-5%) during pre intervention having a total Mean ±SD: 8.41±2.94, which subsequently changed to (Low-10%, average-39%, High-51%) with a total Mean ±SD of 15.69±3.27. The attitude before intervention was observed quite low with the percentage values as Low-62%, average-32%, High-8% improving to Low-5%, average-36%, High-59% after intervention. the practice approach improved from Low-62%, average-36%, High-2% to Low-15%, average-41%, High-44%. After intervention, the scores ranged from 3.14±1.09 (knowledge) to 15.69±3.27 (total evaluation). Thus following intervention a mean increase ranging from 1.37±0.01 (knowledge) to 7.28±0.33 (total evaluation) was observed. For the entire individual variable (Knowledge, attitude, practice and total evaluation) mean change in awareness scores was significant statistically (p<0.001). The positive results obtained in this study can give future scope to policy implementers to work in this area for eradicating disease by working on these areas. A more enhanced approach of intervention can be further adopted by policy makers to improve knowledge as technology is better adapted among today's generation people.