Community-based intervention for blood pressure reduction in Nepal (COBIN trial): Study protocol for a cluster-randomized controlled trial

Trials

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Neupane, Dinesh ^a   McLachlan, Craig S ^b   Christensen, Bo ^a   Karki, Arjun ^c   Perry, Henry B ^d   Kallestrup, Per ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c Patan Academy of Health Science   (Nepal)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Community health worker; Community based; Female Community Health Volunteers; Hypertension; Nepal; Non communicable diseases; Primary Health Care

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY CARE; COMMUNITY PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NEPAL; OPEN STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VOLUNTEER; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; FAMILY; MIDDLE AGED; SAMPLE SIZE;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; FAMILY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MIDDLE AGED; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 84975321324     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13063-016-1412-3     Document Type: Article

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