National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
The present study was undertaken to study the profile characteristics of rural adults identified with various lifestyle diseases. Total samples of 120 rural adults were selected through purposive random sampling method. Exploratory research design was used for the investigation by using a structured interview schedule. The data was analyzed using frequency, percentage and mean percent score. In the study, the results revealed that majority of the respondents were comprised of male (55.83%), female (44.17%), belonged to middle age group (63.33%), married (93.68%), were nuclear families (91.67%), had medium family size(60.83%), with primary education (27.50%), had farming(75.00%) as occupation, with marginal landholding (47.50%),medium income group (44.17%), had medium level of mass media exposure (42.50%), medium extension contact (50.00%) and medium information seeking behavior (44.17%). Majority of the rural adults were identified with hypertension (71.67%) followed by diabetes (68.33%) and obesity (46.66%) as the most identified lifestyle diseases.
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