mysuru a study carried out by the karnataka health promotion trust khpt noncommunicable diseases in urban mysuru a situational assessment report2019 has revealed that diabetes and hypertension are the most common problems faced by families herethe findings prepared from a sample size of 32482 for diabetes screening and 32697 for hypertension screening revealed that 66 of people reported to being known diabetic and 68 reported to being known hypertensive around 6 and 13 were found to be suspected cases of diabetes and hypertension respectively this report prepared under the mysore ncd project strengthening continuum of care of select noncommunicable diseases ncds in an urban phc area in mysore city is being implemented in partnership between landmark group india khpt and the department of health family welfare government of karnatakaaround 62 of all people with high blood pressure belonged to low or middle income group overall 60 of the study population was assessed as physically active however this proportion was less among people with diabetes and hypertension the team found tobacco and alcohol use only among onetenth of the population no difference was seen among people with disease or without in terms of tobacco use consumption of vegetables and fruits was generally poor in both the general community and among people with ncds however the consumption of processed and oily food seemed to be less and in control and so was use of extra saltthe population is found to have good adherence in terms of treatment seeking help at facilities for consultation medicines and diagnostics was found to be very good medicine availability at home of people with diabetes and hypertension was also good while public primary care facilities were better staffed than private clinics specialist positions were filled up in both sectors ncd counsellor an important player at primary care level was missing in both sectors both types of facilities showed better availability of basic diagnostics and drugs however some crucial tests such as hba1c test lipid profile and electrocardiogram which help assess complications related to ncd were missing in many private primary care facilitiesaccording to dr manoj kumar senior manager quality improvement khpt a final report expected in november december 2020 the screening started in september 2017 the project is being implemented in three phases based on these findings we implemented several interventions he said6 urban primary health centresaccording to kumar and hs srikantamurthy deputy director khpt mysuru six uphcs are functional in the city for screening and health management of the local population with secondary care facilities at jayanagara government hospital the patients are referred to either kr hospital or jayadeva hospital if required they said adding we are operating uphcs at kumbarakoppal krishnamurthypuram chamundipuram shantinagar nachanahalli palya and vishweshwarayyanagarbehavioural change communication is adopted to help both confirmed and suspected patients to change their lifestyle through these six uphcs said srikantamurthyaccording to dr basavanna gowdappa founder president karnataka research society for the study of diabetes in india and founder secretary mysore physicians medical research trust 20