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Rasaily R, Devi U, Borah K, Chetry P, Saikia H, Borah N, Pathak J, Gogoi N, Saha UK, Khaund P, Borah PK. Cohort profile of the largest health & demographic surveillance system (Dibrugarh-HDSS) from North-East India. Indian J Med Res 2022; 156:579-587. [PMID: 36926774 DOI: 10.4103/ijmr.ijmr_1374_21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/18/2023] Open
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Dibrugarh Health and Demographic Surveillance System (Dibrugarh-HDSS), was started in the year 2019 with the objective to create the health and demographic database of a population from a defined geographical area and a surveillance system for providing technical assistance for the implementation of programmes and formulating intervention strategies for reducing disease morbidities and mortalities in the population. Dibrugarh-HDSS adopted a panel design and covered 60 contiguous villages and 20 tea gardens. Line listing of all the households was conducted and a unique identification number detailing State, district, village/tea garden and serial number was provided along with geotagging. Detailed sociodemographic variables, anthropometric measurements (subjects ≥five years) and blood pressure data (subjects ≥18 yr), disease morbidity and mortality were collected. All data were collected in pre-designed and pre-tested questionnaires using a mobile application package developed for this purpose. Dibrugarh-HDSS included a total of 106,769 individuals (rural: 46,762, tea garden: 60,007) with 52,934 males (49.6%) and 53,835 females (50.4%). The number of females per thousand males were significantly higher (1042 in tea garden vs. 985 in rural populations) in the tea-garden community as compared to the village population. More than one-third (35.1%) of tea populations were illiterate compared to the rural population (17.1%). Villagers had significantly higher body mass index than the tea-garden community. The overall prevalence of hypertension (adjusted for age) was 29.4 vs. 28.2 per cent, respectively, for the village and tea-garden population. For both these communities, males (village=30.8%, tea garden=31.1%) showed a higher prevalence of hypertension (adjusted for age) than females (village=28.2%, tea garden=25.8%). The findings of the present study give an insight into the profile of the native rural and tea-garden populations that will help to identify risk factors of different health problems, review the effectiveness of different ongoing programmes, implement intervention strategies for reducing morbidity and mortality and assist the State health authorities in prioritizing their resource allocation and implementation strategies.
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Affiliation(s)
- Reeta Rasaily
- Division of Reproductive Biology, Maternal and Child Health, Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, India
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- Division of Bacteriology, ICMR- Regional Medical Research Centre, NE Region, Dibrugarh, Assam, India
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- Division of Epidemiology and Nutrition, ICMR- Regional Medical Research Centre, NE Region, Dibrugarh, Assam, India
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- Division of Epidemiology and Nutrition, ICMR- Regional Medical Research Centre, NE Region, Dibrugarh, Assam, India
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- Division of Epidemiology and Nutrition, ICMR- Regional Medical Research Centre, NE Region, Dibrugarh, Assam, India
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- Division of Epidemiology and Nutrition, ICMR- Regional Medical Research Centre, NE Region, Dibrugarh, Assam, India
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- Division of Epidemiology and Nutrition, ICMR- Regional Medical Research Centre, NE Region, Dibrugarh, Assam, India
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- Sub-divisional Medical Officer, HQ and District Surveillance Officer, Office of the Joint Director of Health Services, Dibrugarh, Assam, India
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- Principal Medical Officer, Greenwood Tea Garden Hospital, Assam Company India Limited, Dibrugarh, Assam, India
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- Chief Medical Officer, Referral Hospital & Research Centre, Chabua, Assam, India
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- Division of Epidemiology and Nutrition, ICMR- Regional Medical Research Centre, NE Region, Dibrugarh, Assam, India
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Hariprasad R, John A, Das HK, Bora K, Singh L, Khaund P, Hussain A, Singh S. Capacity building of primary care physicians of the tea garden hospitals in Dibrugarh, Assam: A demonstration project. J Family Med Prim Care 2020; 9:3688-3700. [PMID: 33102352 PMCID: PMC7567254 DOI: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_40_20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2020] [Revised: 03/12/2020] [Accepted: 05/19/2020] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Background: The three most commonly occurring cancers in India are those of the breast, uterine cervix, and lip or oral cavity, together accounting for approximately 34% of all cancers. All the three cancers are amenable to prevention, early detection, and treatment through which the morbidity and mortality due to these cancers can be reduced. This pilot study was conducted to assess the operational feasibility of the national cancer screening guidelines. Method: This study was conducted in the Dibrugarh district of Assam in seven tea garden hospitals which serve as the primary health centers for the tea estate population in the Northeast region of India. The study intervention was a three-day training package designed to train primary care physicians in population-based screening for oral, breast, and cervical cancers. Knowledge evaluation and skill assessment were performed with a validated questionnaire and checklist, respectively. Results: Pre and posttraining knowledge assessment showed significant gain in the knowledge levels of the participants in all topics. The greatest knowledge increase was seen in breast cancer (96.3%), followed by cervical cancer (57.5%), oral cancer (35.5%) and general cancer-related information (16.7%). The skill assessment done for each participant individually at the end of the training indicated a need for retraining all participants in breast cancer screening. Conclusion: The learnings from this study will be of great help in scaling up the capacity building programme for cancer screening when the nation-wide population-based cancer screening programme will be rolled out in the country.
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- Roopa Hariprasad
- National Institute of Cancer Prevention and Research, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- National Institute of Cancer Prevention and Research, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Regional Medical Research Centre, Dibrugarh, Assam, India
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- Regional Medical Research Centre, Dibrugarh, Assam, India
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- National Institute of Medical Statistics, New Delhi, India
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- TATA Research and Referral Hospital, Dibrugarh, Assam, India
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- National Institute of Cancer Prevention and Research, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
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Borah PK, Kalita HC, Paine SK, Khaund P, Bhattacharjee C, Hazarika D, Sharma M, Mahanta J. An information, education and communication module to reduce dietary salt intake and blood pressure among tea garden workers of Assam. Indian Heart J 2017; 70:252-258. [PMID: 29716703 PMCID: PMC5993981 DOI: 10.1016/j.ihj.2017.08.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2017] [Revised: 07/17/2017] [Accepted: 08/10/2017] [Indexed: 10/27/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE High salt diet increases blood pressure. Tea garden workers (TGW) of Assam, India have high (60.8%) prevalence of hypertension (HTN), which may be due to consumption of extra salt (salt as side dish) and salted tea at work place and home. The present study evaluated an information, education and communication (IEC) module to reduce salt intake and blood pressure among TGW. METHODS Two tea gardens (usual care and intervention) were selected at random covering a total population of 13,458. The IEC module consisting of poster display, leaflets, health rally, documentary show, individual and group discussion was introduced in the intervention garden targeting study participants, health care providers, key stake holders, school children and teachers. IEC intervention was continued for one year. Participants from usual care and intervention were followed at three monthly intervals and BP and other information were compared after one year. RESULTS A total of 393 study participants (Non intervention: 194; intervention: 199) were included. After one year of follow up, consumption of extra salt was reduced significantly in the intervention participants (66.3 vs. 45.5%, p=0.000). Intention to treat analysis revealed significant reduction in systolic [-6.4 (-8.6 to -4.2)] and diastolic [-6.9 (-8.1 to -5.7)] blood pressure after one year. Prevalence of HTN was reduced significantly (52.5 vs. 40.0%, p=0.02) among them. CONCLUSIONS Our IEC module created awareness about risk of hypertension associated with high salt intake and could reduce dietary salt intake and BP.
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- Prasanta K Borah
- Regional Medical Research Centre, NE Region (Indian Council of Medical Research), Dibrugarh, 786001, Post Box 105, India.
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- Assam Medical College and Hospital, Dibrugarh, 786002, India.
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- Regional Medical Research Centre, NE Region (Indian Council of Medical Research), Dibrugarh, 786001, Post Box 105, India.
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- Regional Medical Research Centre, NE Region (Indian Council of Medical Research), Dibrugarh, 786001, Post Box 105, India.
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- Regional Medical Research Centre, NE Region (Indian Council of Medical Research), Dibrugarh, 786001, Post Box 105, India.
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- Regional Medical Research Centre, NE Region (Indian Council of Medical Research), Dibrugarh, 786001, Post Box 105, India.
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