Journal article
Rationale and design of a randomized controlled trial evaluating community health worker–based interventions for the secondary prevention of acute coronary syndromes in India (SPREAD)
Abstract
BACKGROUND: There is a need to evaluate and implement cost-effective strategies to improve adherence to treatments in coronary heart disease. There are no studies from low- to middle income countries (LMICs) evaluating trained community health worker (CHW)-based interventions for the secondary prevention of coronary heart disease.
METHODS: We designed a hospital-based, open randomized trial of CHW-based interventions versus standard care. …
Authors
Kamath DY; Xavier D; Gupta R; Devereaux PJ; Sigamani A; Hussain T; Umesh S; Xavier F; Girish P; George N
Journal
American Heart Journal, Vol. 168, No. 5, pp. 690–697
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
November 2014
DOI
10.1016/j.ahj.2014.07.029
ISSN
0002-8703