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Apollo’s ‘ProHealth’ program is backed by a predictive algorithm that captures one’s health status, predicts potential health risks and individualizes every health check.
A personal health risk assessment is digitally available to every individual, post which they can visit the nearest Apollo facility to them to conduct the set of customized tests recommended for them. Based on results, every individual also has access to health mentors to transform their lifestyle.
Apollo says it strongly believes that a laundry list of tests is not an effective solution to get to the root of the problem.
“For instance, there is a clear data-driven correlation between diabetes-obstructive sleep apnea-heart problems or weight related comorbidities and depression, however generic health checks are unable to deduce these,” the hospital chain said.
“The need of the hour is true personalization and prediction, which forms the foundation of Apollo ProHealth,” the company said.
Apollo on Thursday also released latest report titled – ‘Health of the Nation 2023’ – highlighted the prevalence and growth of NCDs in IndiaThe study was based on patients who visited Apollo across India.
The report found a 50% increase in the prevalence of obesity among Indians between 2019 and 2022, and 18% rise in dyslipidemia during the same period.
The report says obesity has seen an uptick in diagnosis in those less than 45 years of age by 43% and by 60% in people over the age of 45.
Meanwhile dyslipidemia saw a significant increase in its prevalence among those over 45 years of age by more than 35%.
Diabetes and Hypertension diagnosis have seen an 8% and 11% increase respectively between 2019-22.
There is also an increasing risk of hypertension amongst Indians over 45 years, its prevalence in diagnosis having increased from 14% to 16% in the last 3 years.
Chronic stress and anxiety increase the risk of incidence of hypertension by 1.5x and diabetes by up to 2x. Men with chronic stress have double the risk of incidence of diabetes than women.
In one study with 20,000 people, 47% have sleep problems and 52% have impairments in their mental health state, and one in three have both issues.
Two out of three individuals do not have an optimal gap between dinner and bedtime, which is critical for good quality sleep. It is either less than 1 hour or more than 2 hours, both scenarios leading to sub optimal sleep quality.
Apollo says NCDs were behind 40% of all hospital stays.
While liver diseases saw maximum prevalence in East India at 50%, its lowest impact relatively is in the South 28%.
West has seen the least relatively the lowest prevalence of diabetes at 15% while South has the highest at 27%.
Obesity trends have been similar across regions, ranging between 22-24%
Dyslipidemia (irregular cholesterol) has the highest prevalence across all regions, with North seeing the most at 48%, followed by West – 41%, East – 39% and then South – 37%.
“Preventive healthcare needs to become a national priority. Over the past 3 decades, non-communicable diseases have become the leading cause of death and suffering, contributing to 65% of deaths in India,” said Dr Prathap Reddy, chairman, Apollo Hospitals Group.
“NCDs affect not just health, but also productivity and economic growth. The estimated economic burden on India is expected to be about $4.8 trillion by 2030,” Reddy added.
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