Abstract:

Objective    To investigate a non-pharmacotherapy program for patients with simple hyperlipidemia diagnosed in health examination and assess its effectiveness. Methods    197 patients was divided into two groups randomly: the experimental group (99 cases) and the control group (98 cases). The experimental group was given non-pharmacotherapy once a week and the therapy lasted for 6 weeks. The content of non-pharmacotherapy consisted of: a) teaching related knowledge about hyperlipidemia; b)  guiding healthy life-style, such as diet and exercise. Patients were followed up every week. The control group didn′t undergo any  non-pharmacotherapy program. A selfcompletion questionnaire on hyperlipidemia-related knowledge, questionnaires on diet and exercise were obtained and serum TG, TC, LDL-C and BMI were measured at entry point and at the end of 6-month study. Results    The hyperlipidemia-related knowledge and weekly physical exercise time of experimental group increased while the daily oil intaking and BMI decreased. The mean of serum TG, TC and LDL-C of experimental group lowered significantly comparing to control group. The TG lowered from(2.81±1.32)mmol/L to(2.06±0.91)mmol/L，TC from(6.67±0.93)mmol/L to(5.49±0.95)mmol/L，LDL-C from(4.69±0.89)mmol/L to(3.83±1.02)mmol/L， and all the differences above were significant. The declining of serum lipid was related to the increasing of hyperlipidemia-related knowledge, exercise frequency and  the decreasing of oil intaking. Conclusion    Non-pharmacotherapy is to be effective for the patients with simple hyperlipidemia and it can be used as basic therapy.

Key words: Hyperlipidemia; Non-pharmacotherapy; Health habits teaching； Exercise therapy; Diet guidance