2024
Prevalence of common risk factors of major noncommunicable diseases among sexual and gender minorities in Kathmandu valley, Nepal
Poudel B, Paudel K, Adhikari B, Paudel R, Bhusal S, Adhikari N, Adhikari T, Sapkota V, Shrestha R. Prevalence of common risk factors of major noncommunicable diseases among sexual and gender minorities in Kathmandu valley, Nepal. Medicine 2024, 103: e37746. PMID: 38579035, PMCID: PMC10994461, DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000037746.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNCD risk factorsPrevalence of NCD risk factorsNoncommunicable diseasesRisk factorsAlcohol consumptionSTEP wise approachTargeted health interventionsFace-to-face interviewsCross-sectional studyGender minoritiesInsufficient fruitStatistical Package for Social SciencesVegetable consumptionChronic respiratory diseasesSnowball sampling methodHealth interventionsCurrent smokingFace-to-faceAnthropometric measurementsMarital statusEmployment statusParticipant ageStructured questionnaireWise approachGlobal deaths
2022
Population-level risks of alcohol consumption by amount, geography, age, sex, and year: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2020
Collaborators G, Bryazka D, Reitsma M, Griswold M, Abate K, Abbafati C, Abbasi-Kangevari M, Abbasi-Kangevari Z, Abdoli A, Abdollahi M, Abdullah A, Abhilash E, Abu-Gharbieh E, Acuna J, Addolorato G, Adebayo O, Adekanmbi V, Adhikari K, Adhikari S, Adnani Q, Afzal S, Agegnehu W, Aggarwal M, Ahinkorah B, Ahmad A, Ahmad S, Ahmad T, Ahmadi A, Ahmadi S, Ahmed H, Rashid T, Akunna C, Al Hamad H, Alam Z, Alem D, Alene K, Alimohamadi Y, Alizadeh A, Allel K, Alonso J, Alvand S, Alvis-Guzman N, Amare F, Ameyaw E, Amiri S, Ancuceanu R, Anderson J, Andrei C, Andrei T, Arabloo J, Arshad M, Artamonov A, Aryan Z, Asaad M, Asemahagn M, Astell-Burt T, Athari S, Atnafu D, Atorkey, Atreya A, Ausloos F, Ausloos M, Ayano G, Ayanore M, Ayinde O, Ayuso-Mateos J, Azadnajafabad S, Azanaw M, Azangou-Khyavy M, Jafari A, Azzam A, Badiye A, Bagheri N, Bagherieh S, Bairwa M, Bakkannavar S, Bakshi R, Balchut/Bilchut A, Bärnighausen T, Barra F, Barrow A, Baskaran P, Belo L, Bennett D, Benseñor I, Bhagavathula A, Bhala N, Bhalla A, Bhardwaj N, Bhardwaj P, Bhaskar S, Bhattacharyya K, Bhojaraja V, Bintoro B, Blokhina E, Bodicha B, Boloor A, Bosetti C, Braithwaite D, Brenner H, Briko N, Brunoni A, Butt Z, Cao C, Cao Y, Cárdenas R, Carvalho A, Carvalho M, Castaldelli-Maia J, Castelpietra G, Castro-de-Araujo L, Cattaruzza M, Chakraborty P, Charan J, Chattu V, Chaurasia A, Cherbuin N, Chu D, Chudal N, Chung S, Churko C, Ciobanu L, Cirillo M, Claro R, Costanzo S, Cowden R, Criqui M, Cruz-Martins N, Culbreth G, Dachew B, Dadras O, Dai X, Damiani G, Dandona L, Dandona R, Daniel B, Danielewicz A, Gela J, Davletov K, de Araujo J, de Sá-Junior A, Debela S, Dehghan A, Demetriades A, Molla M, Desai R, Desta A, da Silva D, Diaz D, Digesa L, Diress M, Dodangeh M, Dongarwar D, Dorostkar F, Dsouza H, Duko B, Duncan B, Edvardsson K, Ekholuenetale M, Elgar F, Elhadi M, Elmonem M, Endries A, Eskandarieh S, Etemadimanesh A, Fagbamigbe A, Fakhradiyev I, Farahmand F, Farinha C, Faro A, Farzadfar F, Fatehizadeh A, Fauk N, Feigin V, Feldman R, Feng X, Fentaw Z, Ferrero S, Desideri L, Filip I, Fischer F, Francis J, Franklin R, Gaal P, Gad M, Gallus S, Galvano F, Ganesan B, Garg T, Gebrehiwot M, Gebremeskel T, Gebremichael M, Gemechu T, Getacher L, Getachew M, Obsa A, Getie A, Ghaderi A, Ghafourifard M, Ghajar A, Ghamari S, Ghandour L, Nour M, Ghashghaee A, Ghozy S, Glozah F, Glushkova E, Godos J, Goel A, Goharinezhad S, Golechha M, Goleij P, Golitaleb M, Greaves F, Grivna M, Grosso G, Gudayu T, Gupta B, Gupta R, Gupta S, Gupta V, Gupta V, Hafezi-Nejad N, Haj-Mirzaian A, Hall B, Halwani R, Handiso T, Hankey G, Hariri S, Haro J, Hasaballah A, Hassanian-Moghaddam H, Hay S, Hayat K, Heidari G, Heidari M, Hendrie D, Herteliu C, Heyi D, Hezam K, Hlongwa M, Holla R, Hossain M, Hossain S, Hosseini S, hosseinzadeh M, Hostiuc M, Hostiuc S, Hu G, Huang J, Hussain S, Ibitoye S, Ilic I, Ilic M, Immurana M, Irham L, Islam M, Islam R, Islam M, Iso H, Itumalla R, Iwagami M, Jabbarinejad R, Jacob L, Jakovljevic M, Jamalpoor Z, Jamshidi E, Jayapal S, Jayarajah U, Jayawardena R, Jebai R, Jeddi S, Jema A, Jha R, Jindal H, Jonas J, Joo T, Joseph N, Joukar F, Jozwiak J, Jürisson M, Kabir A, Kabthymer R, Kamble B, Kandel H, Kanno G, Kapoor N, Karaye I, Karimi S, Kassa B, Kaur R, Kayode G, Keykhaei M, Khajuria H, Khalilov R, Khan I, Khan M, Kim H, Kim J, Kim M, Kimokoti R, Kivimäki M, Klymchuk V, Knudsen A, Kolahi A, Korshunov V, Koyanagi A, Krishan K, Krishnamoorthy Y, Kumar G, Kumar N, Kumar N, Lacey B, Lallukka T, Lasrado S, Lau J, Lee S, Lee W, Lee Y, Lim L, Lim S, Lobo S, Lopukhov P, Lorkowski S, Lozano R, Lucchetti G, Madadizadeh F, Madureira-Carvalho Á, Mahjoub S, Mahmoodpoor A, Mahumud R, Makki A, Malekpour M, Manjunatha N, Mansouri B, Mansournia M, Martinez-Raga J, Martinez-Villa F, Matzopoulos R, Maulik P, Mayeli M, McGrath J, Meena J, Nasab E, Menezes R, Mensink G, Mentis A, Meretoja A, Merga B, Mestrovic T, Jonasson J, Miazgowski B, de Sá A, Miller T, Mini G, Mirica A, Mirijello A, Mirmoeeni S, Mirrakhimov E, Misra S, Moazen B, Mobarakabadi M, Moccia M, Mohammad Y, Mohammadi E, Mohammadian-Hafshejani A, Mohammed T, Moka N, Mokdad A, Momtazmanesh S, Moradi Y, Mostafavi E, Mubarik S, Mullany E, Mulugeta B, Murillo-Zamora E, Murray C, Mwita J, Naghavi M, Naimzada M, Nangia V, Nayak B, Negoi I, Negoi R, Nejadghaderi S, Nepal S, Neupane S, Kandel S, Nigatu Y, Nowroozi A, Nuruzzaman K, Nzoputam C, Obamiro K, Ogbo F, Oguntade A, Okati-Aliabad H, Olakunde B, Oliveira G, Bali A, Omer E, Ortega-Altamirano D, Otoiu A, Otstavnov S, Oumer B, Mahesh P, Padron-Monedero A, Palladino R, Pana A, Panda-Jonas S, Pandey A, Pandey A, Pardhan S, Parekh T, Park E, Parry C, Kan F, Patel J, Pati S, Patton G, Paudel U, Pawar S, Peden A, Petcu I, Phillips M, Pinheiro M, Plotnikov E, Pradhan P, Prashant A, Quan J, Radfar A, Rafiei A, Raghav P, Rahimi-Movaghar V, Rahman A, Rahman M, Rahman M, Rahmani A, Rahmani S, Ranabhat C, Ranasinghe P, Rao C, Rasali D, Rashidi M, Ratan Z, Rawaf D, Rawaf S, Rawal L, Renzaho A, Rezaei N, Rezaei S, Rezaeian M, Riahi S, Romero-Rodríguez E, Roth G, Rwegerera G, Saddik B, Sadeghi E, Sadeghian R, Saeed U, Saeedi F, Sagar R, Sahebkar A, Sahoo H, Sahraian M, Saif-Ur-Rahman K, Salahi S, Salimzadeh H, Samy A, Sanmarchi F, Santric-Milicevic M, Sarikhani Y, Sathian B, Saya G, Sayyah M, Schmidt M, Schutte A, Schwarzinger M, Schwebel D, Seidu A, Kumar N, SeyedAlinaghi S, Seylani A, Sha F, Shahin S, Shahraki-Sanavi F, Shahrokhi S, Shaikh M, Shaker E, Shakhmardanov M, Shams-Beyranvand M, Sheikhbahaei S, Sheikhi R, Shetty A, Shetty J, Shiferaw D, Shigematsu M, Shiri R, Shirkoohi R, Shivakumar K, Shivarov V, Shobeiri P, Shrestha R, Sidemo N, Sigfusdottir I, Silva D, da Silva N, Singh J, Singh S, Skryabin V, Skryabina A, Sleet D, Solmi M, SOLOMON Y, Song S, Song Y, Sorensen R, Soshnikov S, Soyiri I, Stein D, Subba S, Szócska M, Tabarés-Seisdedos R, Tabuchi T, Taheri M, Tan K, Tareke M, Tarkang E, Temesgen G, Temesgen W, Temsah M, Thankappan K, Thapar R, Thomas N, Tiruneh C, Todorovic J, Torrado M, Touvier M, Tovani-Palone M, Tran M, Trias-Llimós S, Tripathy J, Vakilian A, Valizadeh R, Varmaghani M, Varthya S, Vasankari T, Vos T, Wagaye B, Waheed Y, Walde M, Wang C, Wang Y, Wang Y, Westerman R, Wickramasinghe N, Wubetu A, Xu S, Yamagishi K, Yang L, Yesera G, Yigit A, Yiğit V, Yimaw A, Yon D, Yonemoto N, Yu C, Zadey S, Zahir M, Zare I, Zastrozhin M, Zastrozhina A, Zhang Z, Zhong C, Zmaili M, Zuniga Y, Gakidou E. Population-level risks of alcohol consumption by amount, geography, age, sex, and year: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2020. The Lancet 2022, 400: 185-235. PMID: 35843246, PMCID: PMC9289789, DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(22)00847-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTheoretical minimum risk exposure levelStandard drinksAlcohol consumptionGlobal burdenHealth outcomesDisease ratesModerate alcohol consumptionRelative risk curveHealth risksPopulation-level riskAge groupsRisk curvesOverall riskRisk exposure levelAlcohol useHarmful amountsMelinda Gates FoundationHealth lossYoung individualsExposure levelsAgeRiskSexDrinksDays
2021
Spatial, temporal, and demographic patterns in prevalence of chewing tobacco use in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
Collaborators G, Kendrick P, Reitsma M, Abbasi-Kangevari M, Abdoli A, Abdollahi M, Abedi A, Abhilash E, Aboyans V, Adebayo O, Advani S, Ahinkorah B, Ahmad S, Ahmadi K, Ahmed H, Aji B, Akalu Y, Akunna C, Alahdab F, Al-Aly Z, Alanezi F, Alanzi T, Alhabib K, Ali T, Alif M, Alipour V, Aljunid S, Alomari M, Amin T, Amini S, Amu H, Ancuceanu R, Anderson J, Andrei C, Andrei T, Ansari-Moghaddam A, Antony B, Anvari D, Arabloo J, Arian N, Arora M, Artanti K, Asmare W, Atnafu D, Ausloos M, Awan A, Ayano G, Aynalem G, Azari S, Darshan B, Badiye A, Baig A, Banach M, Banerjee S, Barker-Collo S, Bärnighausen T, Barqawi H, Basu S, Bayati M, Bazargan-Hejazi S, Bekuma T, Bennett D, Bensenor I, Benzian H, Benziger C, Berman A, Bhagavathula A, Bhala N, Bhardwaj N, Bhardwaj P, Bhattacharyya K, Bibi S, Bijani A, Biondi A, Braithwaite D, Brenner H, Brunoni A, Burkart K, Nagaraja S, Butt Z, dos Santos F, Car J, Carreras G, Castaldelli-Maia J, Cattaruzza M, Chang J, Chaturvedi P, Chen S, Chido-Amajuoyi O, Chu D, Chung S, Ciobanu L, Costa V, Couto R, Dagnew B, Dai X, Damasceno A, Damiani G, Dandona L, Dandona R, Daneshpajouhnejad P, Gela J, Molla M, Desta A, Dharmaratne S, Dhimal M, Eagan A, Kalan M, Edvardsson K, Effiong A, Tantawi M, Elbarazi I, Esmaeilnejad S, Fadhil I, Faraon E, Farwati M, Farzadfar F, Fazlzadeh M, Feigin V, Feldman R, Filip I, Filippidis F, Fischer F, Flor L, Foigt N, Folayan M, Foroutan M, Gad M, Gallus S, Geberemariyam B, Gebregiorgis B, Getacher L, Obsa A, Ghafourifard M, Gheshlagh R, Ghashghaee A, Ghith N, Gil G, Gill P, Ginawi I, Goharinezhad S, Golechha M, Gopalani S, Gorini G, Grivna M, Guha A, Guimarães R, Guo Y, Gupta R, Gupta R, Gupta T, Gupta V, Hafezi-Nejad N, Haider M, Hamadeh R, Hankey G, Hargono A, Hay S, Heidari G, Herteliu C, Hezam K, Hird T, Holla R, Hosseinzadeh M, Hostiuc M, Hostiuc S, Househ M, Hsiao T, Huang J, Ibeneme C, Ibitoye S, Ilic I, Ilic M, Inbaraj L, Irvani S, Islam J, Islam R, Islam M, Islami F, Iso H, Itumalla R, Jaafari J, Jain V, Jakovljevic M, Jang S, Jayaram S, Jeemon P, Jha R, Jonas J, Jürisson M, Kabir A, Kabir Z, Kalankesh L, Kanchan T, Kandel H, Kapoor N, Karch A, Karimi S, Kebede K, Kelkay B, Kennedy R, Khader Y, Khan E, Khayamzadeh M, Kim G, Kimokoti R, Kivimäki M, Kosen S, Laxminarayana S, Koyanagi A, Krishan K, Kugbey N, Kumar G, Kumar N, Kurmi O, Kusuma D, Lacey B, Landires I, Lasrado S, Lauriola P, Lee D, Lee Y, Leung J, Li S, Lin H, Liu W, Lugo A, Kunjathur S, Majeed A, Maleki A, Malekzadeh R, Malta D, Mamun A, Manjunatha N, Mansouri B, Mansournia M, Martini S, Mathur M, Mathur P, Mazidi M, McKee M, Medina-Solís C, Mehata S, Mendoza W, Menezes R, Miazgowski B, Michalek I, Miller T, Mini G, Mirica A, Mirrakhimov E, Mirzaei H, Misra S, Mohammad Y, Mohammadian-Hafshejani A, Mohammed S, Mokdad A, Molokhia M, Monasta L, Moni M, Moradzadeh R, Morrison S, Mossie T, Mubarik S, Mullany E, Murray C, Nagaraju S, Naghavi M, Naik N, Nalini, Nangia V, Naqvi A, Swamy S, Naveed M, Nazari J, Nduaguba S, Negoi R, Kandel S, Nguyen H, Nigatu Y, Nixon M, Nnaji C, Noubiap J, Nowak C, Nuñez-Samudio V, Ogbo F, Oguntade A, Oh I, Olagunju A, Owolabi M, Mahesh P, Pakshir K, Pana A, Panagiotakos D, Panda-Jonas S, Pandey A, Parekh U, Park E, Park E, Kan F, Pathak M, Pawar S, Pestell R, Pham H, Pinheiro M, Pokhrel K, Pourshams A, Prashant A, Radfar A, Rahimi-Movaghar V, Rahman M, Rahman M, Rahmani A, Ram P, Rana J, Ranabhat C, Rathi P, Rawaf D, Rawaf S, Rawassizadeh R, Renzaho A, Rezapour A, Riaz M, Roever L, Ronfani L, Roshandel G, Roy A, Roy B, Saddik B, Sahebkar A, Salehi S, Salimzadeh H, Samy A, Sanabria J, Santric-Milicevic M, Jose B, Sathian B, Sawhney M, Saya G, Schwendicke F, Seidu A, Kumar N, Sepanlou S, Shafaat O, Shah S, Shaikh M, Shannawaz M, Sharafi K, Sheikh A, Sheikhbahaei S, Shigematsu M, Shiri R, Shishani K, Shivakumar K, Shivalli S, Shrestha R, Siabani S, Sidemo N, Sigfusdottir I, Sigurvinsdottir R, Silva J, Singh A, Singh J, Singh V, Sinha D, Skryabin V, Skryabina A, Soroush A, Soyiri I, Sreeramareddy C, Stein D, Steiropoulos P, Stortecky S, Straif K, Abdulkader R, Sulo G, Sundström J, Tabuchi T, Tadesse E, Tamiru A, Tareke M, Tareque I, Tarigan I, Thakur B, Thankappan K, Thapar R, Tolani M, Tovani-Palone M, Tran B, Tripathy J, Tsegaye G, Tymeson H, Ullah S, Unim B, Updike R, Uthman O, Vacante M, Vardavas C, Venketasubramanian N, Verma M, Vidale S, Vo B, Vu G, Waheed Y, Wang Y, Welding K, Werdecker A, Whisnant J, Wickramasinghe N, Wubishet B, Yamagishi K, Yano Y, Yazdi-Feyzabadi V, Yeshaw Y, Yimmer M, Yonemoto N, Yousefi Z, Yu C, Yunusa I, Yusefzadeh H, Zaman M, Zamani M, Zamanian M, Zastrozhin M, Zastrozhina A, Zhang J, Zhang Z, Zhong C, Zuniga Y, Gakidou E. Spatial, temporal, and demographic patterns in prevalence of chewing tobacco use in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. The Lancet Public Health 2021, 6: e482-e499. PMID: 34051920, PMCID: PMC8251505, DOI: 10.1016/s2468-2667(21)00065-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGlobal age-standardised prevalenceAge-standardised prevalenceTobacco useSignificant decreaseGlobal burdenRisk Factors Study (GBD) 2019Substantial public health problemDisease Study 2019High prevalence countriesAdverse health outcomesPublic health problemSmokeless tobacco useSmokeless tobacco productsGlobal health communitySmoking tobaccoPrevalence countriesSmoking useHigh prevalenceTobacco usersWHO Framework ConventionHealth outcomesHealth problemsPrevalenceSame time periodTobacco productsDeveloping a cognitive dysfunction risk score for use with opioid-dependent persons in drug treatment
Copenhaver MM, Sanborn V, Shrestha R, Mistler CB, Sullivan MC, Gunstad J. Developing a cognitive dysfunction risk score for use with opioid-dependent persons in drug treatment. Drug And Alcohol Dependence 2021, 224: 108726. PMID: 33930640, PMCID: PMC8180490, DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2021.108726.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMild cognitive impairmentCognitive dysfunctionRisk scoreDrug treatmentPredictors of MCIOpioid-dependent personsOpioid use disorderPredictive risk scoreMedical chart dataNeuro-cognitive impairmentResource-limited settingsChart dataDrug treatment facilitiesAddiction-related servicesLarger validation studiesPatient demographicsROC curve areaUse disordersTreatment engagementCognitive impairmentPatientsOptimal cutClinical settingLogistic regressionMCI cases
2016
Examining the Acceptability of mHealth Technology in HIV Prevention Among High-Risk Drug Users in Treatment
Shrestha R, Huedo-Medina TB, Altice FL, Krishnan A, Copenhaver M. Examining the Acceptability of mHealth Technology in HIV Prevention Among High-Risk Drug Users in Treatment. AIDS And Behavior 2016, 21: 3100-3110. PMID: 28025735, PMCID: PMC5484759, DOI: 10.1007/s10461-016-1637-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAcquired Immunodeficiency SyndromeAdultCell PhoneConnecticutDelivery of Health CareDrug UsersFemaleHIV InfectionsHumansInternetMaleMethadoneNeurocognitive DisordersOpiate Substitution TreatmentPatient Acceptance of Health CarePrevalenceRisk FactorsRisk-TakingSexual BehaviorSmartphoneSubstance Abuse, IntravenousTelemedicineText MessagingConceptsSex-related risk behaviorsNeurocognitive impairmentDrug usersRisk behaviorsHIV-negative drug usersHigh-risk drug usersHigh-risk populationHigh-risk peopleHIV prevention effortsUse of mHealthMethadone clinicsHIV preventionHigh prevalenceMedication remindersHealth programsMHealth acceptancePrevention effortsHealth conditionsMHealth technologiesConvenience sampleDrugsStandardized assessmentReal-world acceptanceMobile healthPhone calls
2015
Early Sexual Debut: A Risk Factor for STIs/HIV Acquisition Among a Nationally Representative Sample of Adults in Nepal
Shrestha R, Karki P, Copenhaver M. Early Sexual Debut: A Risk Factor for STIs/HIV Acquisition Among a Nationally Representative Sample of Adults in Nepal. Journal Of Community Health 2015, 41: 70-77. PMID: 26184108, PMCID: PMC4715759, DOI: 10.1007/s10900-015-0065-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEarly sexual debutRisk factorsHIV acquisitionSexual debutRisk behaviorsTeenage pregnancyInfection risk factorsHistory of STIHIV prevention strategiesInconsistent condom useAdverse health outcomesHigh-risk profileSTIs/HIVMultivariate logistic modelMultiple sex partnersNepal Demographic Health SurveySexual risk behaviorsDemographic Health SurveyNationally Representative SampleMean agePotential confoundersHealth SurveyPrevention strategiesHealth outcomesSex partnersSex Trafficking Related Knowledge, Awareness, and Attitudes among Adolescent Female Students in Nepal: A Cross-Sectional Study
Shrestha R, Karki P, Suwal A, Copenhaver M. Sex Trafficking Related Knowledge, Awareness, and Attitudes among Adolescent Female Students in Nepal: A Cross-Sectional Study. PLOS ONE 2015, 10: e0133508. PMID: 26177534, PMCID: PMC4503642, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0133508.Peer-Reviewed Original Research