Cardio-metabolic disease risk factors among South Asian labour migrants to the Middle East: a scoping review and policy analysis
Mishra SR, Ghimire S, Joshi C, Gyawali B, Shrestha A, Neupane D, Sharma SR, Pokharel Y, Virani SS. Cardio-metabolic disease risk factors among South Asian labour migrants to the Middle East: a scoping review and policy analysis. Globalization And Health 2019, 15: 33. PMID: 31046779, PMCID: PMC6498694, DOI: 10.1186/s12992-019-0468-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDisease risk factorsBetter cardiometabolic healthRisk factorsDiabetes mellitusHigh burdenCardio-metabolic disease risk factorsMetabolic disease risk factorsCardio-metabolic risk factorsRisk factor burdenMore risk factorsPubMed/MEDLINEGrey literature searchCardiometabolic healthChronic diseasesSouth Asian migrantsMigrant healthSimilar burdenOverweightLiterature searchObesityQualitative synthesisHypertensionScreening targetsBurdenDiabetesNepal Pioneer Worksite Intervention Study to lower cardio-metabolic risk factors: design and protocol
Shrestha A, Tamrakar D, Karmacharya BM, Shrestha A, Shrestha R, Bhatta RD, Pyakurel P, Khudyakov P, Malik V, Mattei J, Spiegelman D. Nepal Pioneer Worksite Intervention Study to lower cardio-metabolic risk factors: design and protocol. BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2019, 19: 48. PMID: 30819098, PMCID: PMC6393979, DOI: 10.1186/s12872-019-1025-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCardiovascular DiseasesDiet, HealthyExerciseFemaleFood ServicesHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHumansMaleMetabolic SyndromeNepalOccupational Health ServicesPatient Education as TopicProtective FactorsRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicRisk FactorsRisk Reduction BehaviorTime FactorsTreatment OutcomeConceptsCardio-metabolic riskWorksite intervention studiesIntervention studiesBlood sugarCardiovascular disease prevention effortsPrevention programsCardio-metabolic risk factorsBehavioral interventionsCardio-metabolic outcomesTrial registrationThe trialElevated blood pressureDiabetes Prevention ProgramCardiovascular disease burdenProportion of participantsDisease prevention effortsHealthy food choicesChi-square testEnvironmental-level changesIndividual behavioral interventionsDhulikhel HospitalBlood pressureDietary interventionPre-post designLifestyle factorsDisease burden