1. Registration for screening
ICT Deployment in Mass Screening of NCDs
Hemanth M*, Premanand S**, Tamilmaran P**, Lovakanth N**,
Ganapathy K**
*Landmark Group & **Apollo Tele Health Services
Introduction
Landmark, an MNC, as part of CSR its initiatives embarked on a first of its kind ‘Get Active’ programme. Apollo Tele Health Services partnered in this programmme. Screening for some NCDs and Social Health Education (SHE) were carried out. The programme envisions, creating awareness for early detection of pre-diabetes and diabetes. To achieve this, state of the art ICT (Information and Communication Technology) was deployed
Results
Materials and Methods
Inclusion criteria for screening were
age above18 years
students in educational institutions
workers in industries
the community.
Using ICT following details were obtained:
Demographic information
Height
Weight
Waist circumference
Blood Pressure
Random Blood Sugar (RBS)
If RBS >140mg/dl HbA1C was done
If IDRS>60 and RBS>140 mg/dl, Lipid Profile was done. Indian Diabetic Risk Score (IDRS) was computed by administering a questionnaire
SHE content shown to those ‘at risk’.
RBS Measurement
SHE Session
Registration for screening
Screening Camp Setup
Conclusions
With effective utilization of ICT systems and well coordinated operations, awareness is being created on Diabetes and other NCD.