2024
Role of Perceived Social Support in Adherence to Antihypertensives and Controlled Hypertension: Findings of a Community Survey from Urban Nepal
Bhattarai S, Wagle D, Shrestha A, Åsvold B, Skovlund E, Sen A. Role of Perceived Social Support in Adherence to Antihypertensives and Controlled Hypertension: Findings of a Community Survey from Urban Nepal. Patient Preference And Adherence 2024, 18: 767-777. PMID: 38558834, PMCID: PMC10981373, DOI: 10.2147/ppa.s455511.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHigh social supportSocial supportEffective management of chronic conditionsImplementing community-based interventionsImprove adherence to antihypertensive medicationsControlled hypertensionHypertension managementMultidimensional Scale of Perceived Social SupportScale of Perceived Social SupportManagement of chronic conditionsModified Poisson regression modelsAdherence to antihypertensive medicationsMorisky Medication Adherence Scale-8Proportion of controlled hypertensionCommunity-based interventionsMeasure social supportAnalyzed cross-sectional dataUrban NepalCluster randomized trialPerceived social supportPoisson regression modelsControl of hypertensionSocial support categoriesCross-sectional dataChronic conditions
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