Open AccessThe Screening India′s Twin Epidemic: Study design and methodology (SITE-1)
Author(s) -
Shashank Joshi,
Muruga Vadivale,
Jamshed Dalal,
Ashok Kumar Das
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
indian journal of endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.456
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 2230-9500
pISSN - 2230-8210
DOI - 10.4103/2230-8210.86857
Subject(s) - medicine , diabetes mellitus , tamil , family history , west bengal , family medicine , demography , environmental health , pediatrics , surgery , socioeconomics , philosophy , linguistics , sociology , endocrinology
The recent years have seen a surge in the prevalence of both diabetes and hypertension. Significant demographic variations reported on the prevalence patterns of diabetes and hypertension in India establish a clear need for a nation-wide surveillance study. The Screening India's Twin Epidemic (SITE) study aimed at collecting information on the prevalence of diagnosed and undiagnosed diabetes and hypertension cases in outpatient settings in major Indian states to better understand disease management, as well as to estimate the extent of underlying risk factors.