Effectiveness of a community health worker-led low-sodium salt intervention to reduce blood pressure in rural Bangladesh: protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial
Chang A, Rahman M, Talukder A, Shah H, Mridha M, Hasan M, Sarker M, Geldsetzer P. Effectiveness of a community health worker-led low-sodium salt intervention to reduce blood pressure in rural Bangladesh: protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial. Trials 2023, 24: 480. PMID: 37501102, PMCID: PMC10375753, DOI: 10.1186/s13063-023-07518-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLow-sodium salt substituteCommunity health workersCluster randomized controlled trialHealth workersRural BangladeshImplementing health interventionsBackgroundHigh blood pressureMonths post-interventionBlood pressureExcessive salt consumptionMiddle-income countriesRandomized controlled trialsBlood pressure improvementPublic health problemHigh blood pressureLow-sodium saltPost-interventionCommunity healthHealth interventionsMortality reductionSalt consumptionHealth consequencesHealth problemsBlood pressure-lowering interventionsControlled trials