Open Access<p>Prevalence of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and its Associated Factors in Nepal: Findings from a Community-based Household Survey</p>
Author(s) -
Tara Ballav Adhikari,
Pawan Acharya,
Marieann Högman,
Dinesh Neupane,
Arjun Karki,
Arne Drews,
Brendan Cooper,
Torben Sigsgaard,
Per Kallestrup
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease/international journal of copd
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1178-2005
pISSN - 1176-9106
DOI - 10.2147/copd.s268110
Subject(s) - medicine , pulmonary disease , copd , cross sectional study , environmental health , gerontology , pathology
Despite chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) being the commonest non-communicable disease in Nepal, there is limited research evidence estimating the spirometry-based burden of COPD. This study aims to estimate the prevalence of COPD and its correlates through a community-based survey in Pokhara Metropolitan City, a semi-urban area of Western Nepal.