Impact of a community health worker led intervention for improved blood pressure control in urban Nepal: an open-label cluster randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Effective control of hypertension remains challenging in low and middle-income countries. We tested the effectiveness of comprehensive approaches to hypertension management including six home visits by community health workers with regular follow up by a trained healthcare provider on blood pressure levels in Nepal.

Methods

We implemented a non-blinded, open-label, parallel-group, two-arm cluster randomised controlled trial, with 1:1 allocation ratio in Budhanilakantha municipality, Kathmandu, Nepal. Ten public health facilities and their catchment area were randomly allocated to receive comprehensive intervention or only usual hypertension care. We recruited 1252 individuals aged 18 years and older with hypertension. The primary outcome was systolic blood pressur

SUBMITTER: Bhattarai S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11364134 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature