PMID- 34135190
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20211015
LR  - 20211015
IS  - 0019-557X (Print)
IS  - 0019-557X (Linking)
VI  - 65
IP  - 2
DP  - 2021 Apr-Jun
TI  - Multi-morbidity and blood pressure control: Results of a cross-sectional study 
      among school teachers in Kerala, India.
PG  - 190-193
LID - 10.4103/ijph.IJPH_1236_20 [doi]
AB  - The patterns of concordant and discordant comorbidities of hypertension and their 
      association with hypertension control were ascertained in this cross-sectional 
      study. A total of 402 adults with hypertension were identified from the baseline 
      survey of a randomized controlled trial for hypertension control among school 
      teachers in Kerala. Chronic conditions were captured and categorized into 
      concordant and discordant comorbidities. Nearly 57% of teachers with hypertension 
      reported multimorbidity. Concordant morbidity was reported by 44% and discordant 
      by 21% of participants. The odds of hypertension control was higher among those 
      who reported at least one discordant morbidity (odds ratio [OR]: 2.76, 95% 
      confidence interval [CI]:1.69-4.49) and those who reported at least one 
      concordant morbidity (OR: 2.08, CI: 1.37-3.16), compared to their counterparts. 
      Hypertension control was higher for those who reported any comorbidity (OR: 2.37, 
      CI: 1.51-3.71) compared to those who did not report any. Well-designed 
      large-scale mixed methods studies are required to thoroughly explore 
      multimorbidity and its relationship with hypertension control in India.
FAU - Mini, G K
AU  - Mini GK
AD  - Principal Investigator, AchuthaMenon Centre for Health Science Studies, Sree 
      Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology; Associate 
      Professor, Global Institute of Public Health, Ananthapuri Hospitals and Research 
      Institute; Founding Director, Women's Institute for Social and Health Studies, 
      Women's Social and Health Studies Foundation, Trivandrum, Kerala, India.
FAU - Mohan, Malu
AU  - Mohan M
AD  - Senior Research Consultant, Women's Institute for Social and Health Studies, 
      Women's Social and Health Studies Foundation, Trivandrum, Kerala, India.
FAU - Sarma, P S
AU  - Sarma PS
AD  - Professor and Head, Achutha Menon Centre for Health Science Studies, Sree 
      ChitraTirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum, Kerala, 
      India.
FAU - Thankappan, K R
AU  - Thankappan KR
AD  - Professor, Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Central University 
      of Kerala, Kasaragod, Kerala, India.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Randomized Controlled Trial
PL  - India
TA  - Indian J Public Health
JT  - Indian journal of public health
JID - 0400673
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Blood Pressure
MH  - Comorbidity
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Hypertension/epidemiology
MH  - India/epidemiology
MH  - Morbidity
MH  - *Multimorbidity
MH  - School Teachers
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Comorbidity
OT  - India
OT  - concordant
OT  - discordant
OT  - hypertension
OT  - multimorbidity
COIS- None
EDAT- 2021/06/18 06:00
MHDA- 2021/10/16 06:00
CRDT- 2021/06/17 05:53
PHST- 2021/06/17 05:53 [entrez]
PHST- 2021/06/18 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2021/10/16 06:00 [medline]
AID - IndianJPublicHealth_2021_65_2_190_318352 [pii]
AID - 10.4103/ijph.IJPH_1236_20 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Indian J Public Health. 2021 Apr-Jun;65(2):190-193. doi: 
      10.4103/ijph.IJPH_1236_20.