2024
Interviewer biases in medical survey data: The example of blood pressure measurements
Geldsetzer P, Chang A, Meijer E, Sudharsanan N, Charu V, Kramlinger P, Haarburger R. Interviewer biases in medical survey data: The example of blood pressure measurements. PNAS Nexus 2024, 3: pgae109. PMID: 38525305, PMCID: PMC10959064, DOI: 10.1093/pnasnexus/pgae109.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBlood pressure measurementsHealth SurveyGlobal health indicatorsMiddle-income countriesInterviewer effectsHypertension prevalenceBlood pressureHealth agenciesLinear mixed modelsHealth indicatorsPhysical measurementsPrevalence estimatesSystolic blood pressurePressure measurementsGlobal SouthHealthInterviewsSubdistrict levelIndividual factorsSurvey dataMedical survey dataInterview techniquesMixed modelsRandom effectsProportion of variation
2023
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