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

• Main Authors: Jafar, T.H, Jehan, I, de Silva, H.A, Naheed, A, Gandhi, M, Assam, P, Finkelstein, E.A, Quigley, H.L, Bilger, M, Khan, A.H, Clemens, J.D, Ebrahim, S, Turner, E.L, Kasturiratne, A, for COBRA-BPS Study Group and Anuradhani Kasturiratne
• Other Authors: SAW SWEE HOCK SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
• Format: Article
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: adult; antihypertensive therapy; Article; Bangladesh; blood pressure monitoring; blood pressure regulation; checklist; clinical education; clinical protocol; cluster analysis; community care; comparative effectiveness; controlled study; cost effectiveness analysis; diastolic blood pressure; disability adjusted life year; emergency health service; follow up; general practitioner; health auxiliary; health care financing; health education; home care; human; hypertension; intermethod comparison; lowest income group; major clinical study; multicomponent intervention; Pakistan; patient referral; qualitative research; quality of life; randomized controlled trial; rural area; rural population; semi structured interview; Sri Lanka; systolic blood pressure; therapy; treatment outcome; attitude to health; blood pressure; blood pressure measurement; clinical trial; cost benefit analysis; disability; drug effects; economics; female; health behavior; health care cost; male; methodology; multicenter study; multimodality cancer therapy; pathophysiology; patient education; risk reduction; rural health care; time factor; antihypertensive agent; Adult; Antihypertensive Agents; Blood Pressure; Blood Pressure Determination; Checklist; Combined Modality Therapy; Cost-Benefit Analysis; Disability Evaluation; Female; Health Behavior; Health Care Costs; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; Humans; Hypertension; Male; Patient Education as Topic; Referral and Consultation; Research Design; Risk Reduction Behavior; Rural Health Services; Time Factors; Treatment Outcome
• Online Access: https://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/173785
• Institution: National University of Singapore

10.1186/s13063-017-2018-0