Search Results - "Geldsetzer, Pascal"
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Use of Rapid Online Surveys to Assess People's Perceptions During Infectious Disease Outbreaks: A Cross-sectional Survey on COVID-19
Published in Journal of medical Internet research (02-04-2020)“…Given the extensive time needed to conduct a nationally representative household survey and the commonly low response rate of phone surveys, rapid online…”
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Climate and the spread of COVID-19
Published in Scientific reports (27-04-2021)“…Visual inspection of world maps shows that coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is less prevalent in countries closer to the equator, where heat and humidity…”
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Hypertension screening, awareness, treatment, and control in India: A nationally representative cross-sectional study among individuals aged 15 to 49 years
Published in PLoS medicine (03-05-2019)“…Evidence on where in the hypertension care process individuals are lost to care, and how this varies among states and population groups in a country as large…”
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The state of hypertension care in 44 low-income and middle-income countries: a cross-sectional study of nationally representative individual-level data from 1·1 million adults
Published in The Lancet (British edition) (24-08-2019)“…Evidence from nationally representative studies in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) on where in the hypertension care continuum patients are lost…”
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Impact of community based screening for hypertension on blood pressure after two years: regression discontinuity analysis in a national cohort of older adults in China
Published in BMJ (Online) (11-07-2019)“…AbstractObjectiveTo estimate the causal impact of community based blood pressure screening on subsequent blood pressure levels among older adults in…”
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Body-mass index and diabetes risk in 57 low-income and middle-income countries: a cross-sectional study of nationally representative, individual-level data in 685 616 adults
Published in The Lancet (British edition) (17-07-2021)“…The prevalence of overweight, obesity, and diabetes is rising rapidly in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs), but there are scant empirical data on…”
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Health system performance for people with diabetes in 28 low- and middle-income countries: A cross-sectional study of nationally representative surveys
Published in PLoS medicine (01-03-2019)“…The prevalence of diabetes is increasing rapidly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), urgently requiring detailed evidence to guide the response of…”
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The recognition of and care seeking behaviour for childhood illness in developing countries: a systematic review
Published in PloS one (01-04-2014)“…Pneumonia, diarrhoea, and malaria are among the leading causes of death in children. These deaths are largely preventable if appropriate care is sought early…”
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Sex differences in the mortality rate for coronavirus disease 2019 compared to other causes of death: an analysis of population-wide data from 63 countries
Published in European journal of epidemiology (01-08-2022)“…Men are more likely than women to die due to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). An open question is whether these sex differences reflect men’s generally…”
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Variation in health system performance for managing diabetes among states in India: a cross-sectional study of individuals aged 15 to 49 years
Published in BMC medicine (13-05-2019)“…Understanding where adults with diabetes in India are lost in the diabetes care cascade is essential for the design of targeted health interventions and to…”
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The impact of health insurance on hypertension care: a household fixed effects study in India
Published in BMC public health (22-08-2024)“…Hypertension is highly prevalent in India, but the proportion of patients achieving blood pressure control remains low. Efforts have been made to expand health…”
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Quality of primary health care for chronic diseases in low-resource settings: Evidence from a comprehensive study in rural China
Published in PloS one (25-07-2024)“…There is a paucity of evidence regarding the definition of the quality of primary health care (PHC) in China. This study aims to evaluate the PHC quality for…”
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Geographic and sociodemographic variation of cardiovascular disease risk in India: A cross-sectional study of 797,540 adults
Published in PLoS medicine (19-06-2018)“…Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of mortality in India. Yet, evidence on the CVD risk of India's population is limited. To inform health…”
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The effect of eligibility for antiretroviral therapy on body mass index and blood pressure in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Published in Scientific reports (19-07-2021)“…We use a regression discontinuity design to estimate the causal effect of antiretroviral therapy (ART) eligibility according to national treatment guidelines…”
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"It's hard for us men to go to the clinic. We naturally have a fear of hospitals." Men's risk perceptions, experiences and program preferences for PrEP: A mixed methods study in Eswatini
Published in PloS one (23-09-2020)“…Few studies on HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) have focused on men who have sex with women. We present findings from a mixed-methods study in Eswatini, the…”
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Portable spirometer-based pulmonary function test willingness in China: A nationwide cross-sectional study from the "Happy Breathing Program"
Published in Chinese medical journal (20-07-2024)“…Understanding willingness to undergo pulmonary function tests (PFTs) and the factors associated with poor uptake of PFTs is crucial for improving early…”
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Addressing the diagnostic gap in hypertension through possible interventions and scale-up: A microsimulation study
Published in PLoS medicine (06-12-2022)“…Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the leading cause of mortality globally with almost a third of all annual deaths worldwide. Low- and middle-income countries…”
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A cross-sectional study of cardiovascular disease risk clustering at different socio-geographic levels in India
Published in Nature communications (18-11-2020)“…Despite its importance for the targeting of interventions, little is known about the degree to which cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors cluster within…”
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Community delivery of antiretroviral drugs: A non-inferiority cluster-randomized pragmatic trial in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Published in PLoS medicine (19-09-2018)“…With the increase in people living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa and expanding eligibility criteria for antiretroviral therapy (ART), there is intense…”
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