Open AccessIs the rule of halves in hypertension valid uniformly across India? A cross-sectional analysis of national family health survey-4 data
Author(s) -
Sonu Goel,
Mohd Maroof,
Nafis Faizi,
Pruthu Thekkur,
Sonika Raj
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
indian journal of public health/indian journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.381
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 2229-7693
pISSN - 0019-557X
DOI - 10.4103/ijph.ijph_2143_21
Subject(s) - medicine , blood pressure , confidence interval , cross sectional study , diabetes mellitus , stroke (engine) , family history , pediatrics , environmental health , endocrinology , pathology , mechanical engineering , engineering
Hypertension is widely prevalent across India. The rule of halves is commonly used to describe the attrition and gaps in the care cascade of hypertension management across detection, availing treatment, and having controlled blood pressure (BP) on treatment.