A Community-Based Intervention for Managing Hypertension in Rural South Asia

A cluster-randomized, controlled trial in rural areas of Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka assessed a community-based intervention for treating hypertension. The intervention, which included home visits by community health workers and training of physicians, was more effective than usual care in c...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The New England journal of medicine 2020-02, Vol.382 (8), p.717-726
Hauptverfasser:	Jafar, Tazeen H, Gandhi, Mihir, de Silva, H. Asita, Jehan, Imtiaz, Naheed, Aliya, Finkelstein, Eric A, Turner, Elizabeth L, Morisky, Donald, Kasturiratne, Anuradhani, Khan, Aamir H, Clemens, John D, Ebrahim, Shah, Assam, Pryseley N, Feng, Liang
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged Antihypertensive Agents - therapeutic use Asia, Western Blood Pressure Blood Pressure Determination Cardiovascular disease Cardiovascular diseases Checklist Clinical trials Clinics Community Health Workers Compensation Continuity of care Curricula Developing Countries Education, Medical, Continuing Feasibility studies Female Health Care Costs - statistics & numerical data Health education House Calls Humans Hypertension Hypertension - diagnosis Hypertension - drug therapy Hypertension - therapy Low income groups Male Medical personnel Middle Aged Mortality Patient Education as Topic Public health Public Health Practice Rural areas Rural Population
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Zusammenfassung:	A cluster-randomized, controlled trial in rural areas of Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka assessed a community-based intervention for treating hypertension. The intervention, which included home visits by community health workers and training of physicians, was more effective than usual care in controlling hypertension.
ISSN:	0028-4793 1533-4406
DOI:	10.1056/NEJMoa1911965