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Multicomponent intervention versus usual care for management of hypertension in rural Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka: study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial

BACKGROUND: High blood pressure (BP) is the leading attributable risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD). In rural South Asia, hypertension continues to be a significant public health issue with sub-optimal BP control rates. The goal of the trial is to compare a multicomponent intervention (MCI) to us...

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Autores principales: Jafar, Tazeen H., Jehan, Imtiaz, de Silva, H. Asita, Naheed, Aliya, Gandhi, Mihir, Assam, Pryseley, Finkelstein, Eric A., Quigley, Helena Legido, Bilger, Marcel, Khan, Aamir Hameed, Clemens, John David, Ebrahim, Shah, Turner, Elizabeth L., Kasturiratne, Anuradhani
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5469065/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28606184
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13063-017-2018-0