Publications by authors named "Visweswara Rao Guthi"

Context: Approximately 500 million individuals worldwide are known to have diabetes, representing roughly 1 out of every 11 adults in the world. Approximately 45.8% of adult diabetes cases are believed to be undiagnosed.

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Introduction: Early marriages, early childbirth, low BMI and high incidence of anaemia are known factors for high maternal mortality among tribal pregnant women.

Materials And Methods: This was a mixed method study (qualitative and quantitative) undertaken to evaluate educational intervention package among tribal pregnant women in Chittoor District of Andhra Pradesh State in South India. A baseline household survey with the help of a semi-structured questionnaire was conducted in both intervention group (n = 109) and control group (n = 119) of ST habitations.

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Background: Only a proportion of adults with hypertension are diagnosed and receive recommended prescriptions despite the availability of inexpensive and efficacious treatment. We aimed to estimate the prevalence of different stages of hypertension treatment cascade among the reproductive age groups in India at the national and state levels. We also identified the predictors of different stages of the hypertension treatment cascade.

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