2021
Socioeconomic Status and Its Relation to Hypertension in Rural Nepal
Bhattarai S, Tandstad B, Shrestha A, Karmacharya B, Sen A. Socioeconomic Status and Its Relation to Hypertension in Rural Nepal. International Journal Of Hypertension 2021, 2021: 5542438. PMID: 34497724, PMCID: PMC8419497, DOI: 10.1155/2021/5542438.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLifestyle factorsBlood pressureMiddle-income countriesPrevalence ratiosSocioeconomic positionBlood pressure-lowering medicinesAge-standardized prevalenceSocioeconomic statusDiastolic blood pressureSystolic blood pressureRural health centersCross-sectional studySocioeconomic factorsRural NepalPoisson regression modelsHypertension prevalenceHypertensive participantsHealth centersHypertensionStudy participantsCausal mediation analysisConfidence intervalsSelf-reported dataEvidence of mediationFurther studies
2019
Socio-economic inequalities in hypertension burden and cascade of services: nationwide cross-sectional study in Nepal
Mishra SR, Ghimire S, Shrestha N, Shrestha A, Virani SS. Socio-economic inequalities in hypertension burden and cascade of services: nationwide cross-sectional study in Nepal. Journal Of Human Hypertension 2019, 33: 613-625. PMID: 30659279, DOI: 10.1038/s41371-019-0165-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAgedBlood PressureCross-Sectional StudiesEducational StatusFemaleHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHealth Services AccessibilityHealth Status DisparitiesHealthcare DisparitiesHumansHypertensionIncomeMaleMiddle AgedNepalPrevalenceResidence CharacteristicsRisk AssessmentRisk FactorsSocial Determinants of HealthYoung AdultConceptsCascade of servicesNationwide cross-sectional studyPrevalence of hypertensionControl of hypertensionBody mass indexMulti-variable logistic regressionTreatment of hypertensionCross-sectional studyNepal Demographic Health SurveyLowest wealth quintileSocio-economic inequalitiesDemographic Health SurveyHousehold wealth statusHypertension burdenTotal hypertensivesHypertensive femalesHypertension awarenessHypertension prevalenceBlood pressureMass indexHypertension statusDisease burdenHealth SurveyHypertensionCoverage of services