Open AccessCardiovascular risk using WHO-ISH chart among Diabetes and Hypertensive patients in a remote rural area of South India
Author(s) -
David Gregg Smith Ponraj,
S. GOPIKRISHNAN,
Ariarathinam Newtonraj,
Mark Christopher Arokiaraj,
Anil J Purty,
Saurav Narayan Nanda,
M. Manikandan,
Antony Vincent
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_538_20
Subject(s) - medicine , diabetes mellitus , functional illiteracy , population , rural area , rural health , environmental health , pediatrics , pathology , political science , law , endocrinology
Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are major problems in India and many other developing and developed countries. As India is committed to provide universal health care for the population, there is a need to find out the prevalence and determinants of CVD risk among high-risk individuals (Diabetes and Hypertensive patients) in the remote rural area of India to deliver appropriate services, as they are considered as neglected population.