Papers by Dhananjay Bansod
Research Square (Research Square), Apr 29, 2024
Hypertension, a major non-communicable disease, is responsible for a signi cant number of global ... more Hypertension, a major non-communicable disease, is responsible for a signi cant number of global deaths, including approximately 17.9 million yearly. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 19% of global deaths are attributed to elevated blood pressure. India, with a population of over 1.3 billion, is facing a serious challenge in combating this silent killer. This study aims to analyze the prevalence of hypertension in India and explore its associated risk factors using data from the fth National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5). Methods NFHS-5 collected data from 636,699 households across all states and union territories. The study includes standardized blood pressure measurements for 1,708,241 individuals aged 15 and above. The data were analyzed using Stata 17.0, employing descriptive statistics for the assessment of the prevalence and binary logistic regression to identify predictors of hypertension. The study found the overall prevalence of hypertension in India to be 22.6%, with men (24.1%) having a higher prevalence than women (21.2%). Prevalence increased with age, reaching 48.4% in individuals aged 60 and above. Urban residents had a slightly higher prevalence (25%) than rural residents (21.4%). Regional variations were observed, with the highest prevalence in Sikkim (37.9%) and the lowest in Rajasthan (16.5%). Increasing age, urban residence, belonging to certain religions (Muslim and other than Hindu or Muslim), and being classi ed as Scheduled Tribe (ST) were associated with a higher likelihood of hypertension. Conversely, belonging to Scheduled Castes (SC) or Other Backward Classes (OBC), being currently unmarried, and having higher education were associated with a lower likelihood of hypertension. Wealth index analysis revealed that those in the richest quintile were more likely to have hypertension. Tobacco use showed a negative correlation with hypertension, while alcohol consumption exhibited a positive association. BMI was a signi cant risk factor, with overweight and obese individuals having higher odds of hypertension. Hypertension is a signi cant health burden in India, affecting both men and women. Age, BMI, urban residence, alcohol use, and education level emerged as major predictors. Health education and awareness campaigns are critical to combat this growing epidemic. Policymakers must focus on preventive measures, targeting lifestyle changes and improved access to healthcare, particularly in rural areas. By addressing these risk factors, India can make signi cant progress in controlling hypertension and reducing its impact on public health. Prevalence of hypertension according to background characteristics India, 2019-21 No funding was received to carry out this research.
The Digital Divide in India
Springer eBooks, 2023
Exploring the nexus of health and happiness: A study on the life satisfaction of urban elderly in India
Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health, May 1, 2023
Exploring the nexus of health and happiness: A study on the life satisfaction of urban elderly in India
Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health
Increase in old age homes and its residents mandates attention to the living condition of elderly... more Increase in old age homes and its residents mandates attention to the living condition of elderly at such institutions. The study is based on information collected from 500 residents of 23 old age homes of Pune city. A multistage random sampling was adopted for the sample selection. A semi-structured interview schedule, which was approved by the research ethical board of the institute, was used to gather the information from the respondents. The study also has gathered qualitative insights using case studies and key informant interviews. About half of the respondents were having issues while adjusting to the old age home environment and similar percent has reported that their life has considerably changed after joining the old age home. Three-fifths of these have experienced negative impact, such as homesickness, feeling of staying at a hostel, elderly have to adjust in their daily life, follow certain schedule, and so on. Yet, surprisingly, almost all respondents reported that the ...
BMC Geriatrics
Background Understanding health and developing trends among the older population is essential for... more Background Understanding health and developing trends among the older population is essential for countries to tackle the challenges of an ageing population and formulate relevant policies. Facilitating healthy ageing is an essential strategy to address the issues arising among the aged. The concept of healthy ageing is defined as “the process of developing and maintaining the functional ability that enables wellbeing in old age (WHO),“ where “functional ability comprises the health-related attributes that enable people to be and to do what they have reason to value.“ People have different ageing pathways depending on their genetic profile and different life course health risk exposures. Therefore, ageing, more specifically healthy ageing, largely depends on individual lifestyle choices. This study examines the association between lifestyle behaviours and healthy ageing among older adults in India. Methods Based on the first round of LASI in 2017-18, we conceptualized healthy ageing...
BMC Research Notes
Objective How self-rated health (SRH) varies when the response on SRH is recorded from the respon... more Objective How self-rated health (SRH) varies when the response on SRH is recorded from the respondent herself (adolescent girl) and her mother on her behalf. This study examines the prevalence of SRH among adolescent girls from her point of view as well as from her mother’s point of view. This insight could help us interpret the differences in opinion of girls and their mothers while measuring the girls’ self-rated health. Results Almost one-fifth (19.4%) of the girls reported poor SRH. In contrast, only one in eight mothers (12.3%) could report their daughters under the category of poor SRH. Nearly one-third (76.5%) of the mothers reported their daughter’s SRH as good when daughters themselves rated poorly on SRH and another one-tenth (9.6%) reported their daughter’s SRH as poor when daughters themselves categorized in the good SRH category [χ2 = 9.900; p < 0.002]. More than 90 percent of the Rich and Middle wealth index women, women in the household with only daughters and no s...
clinics in Mother and Child Health, 2020
There is enough literature available in the public domain in defining risk factors for the predic... more There is enough literature available in the public domain in defining risk factors for the prediction of adverse pregnancy outcomes; hardly a few discuss sanitation as a risk factor. Sanitation is under-researched to adverse pregnancy outcomes. The consequences of maternal sanitation behavior during the period of pregnancy has never received the required attention. With the revelation of Swatch Bharat Mission in 2014, India would unquestionably outhouse one of its stickiest blemishes of open defecation by providing individual latrines to every household, what remains is the need to promote the usage of those latrines by bringing a change in people’s behavior and understanding the cultural barriers. We tried to shed some light on the importance of sanitation in the follow up of adverse pregnancy outcomes in India. The result found that sanitation is one of the crucial facets for women who are either planning to have a baby or are about to deliver a baby as findings suggest evidence b...
BMC Public Health, 2021
Background Malnutrition in mothers as well as in children is a significant public health challeng... more Background Malnutrition in mothers as well as in children is a significant public health challenge in most of the developing countries. The triple burden of malnutrition is a relatively new issue on the horizon of health debate and is less explored among scholars widely. The present study examines the prevalence of the triple burden of malnutrition (TBM) and explored various factors associated with the TBM among mother-child pairs in India. Methods Data used in this study were drawn from the fourth round of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-IV) conducted in 2015–16 (N = 168,784). Bivariate and binary logistic regression analysis was used to quantify the results. About 5.7% of mother-child pairs were suffering from TBM. Results Age of mother, educational status of the mother, cesarean section delivery, birth size of baby, wealth status of a household, and place of residence were the most important correlates for the triple burden of malnutrition among mother-child pairs in Indi...
Association between Social Network, Social Support, and Life Satisfaction Among Elderly in India: Evidence from LASI Survey
BackgroundLife satisfaction is an indicator of subjective wellbeing among the elderly and is dire... more BackgroundLife satisfaction is an indicator of subjective wellbeing among the elderly and is directly associated with health status, family structure, social support, amount of their social interaction, and the surrounding social environment in which the elderly live and interact. This study aims to investigate the association between family and social relations and life satisfaction among elderly aged 60 and above in India.MethodsUsing the first wave of the Longitudinal Ageing Study in India (2017-18) we had tried to assess how family and social relations contribute to life satisfaction among elderly aged 60 and above using the SWLS scale. Chi-square and ordered logistic regression were used in investigating the association between life satisfaction and varying aspects of family and social relations.ResultsOur result shows that, 45% of the study participants had higher life satisfaction, 22% had medium life satisfaction and 32% reported low life satisfaction. Our results highlight ...
Domestic violence and empowerment : a national study of scheduled caste women in India
Domestic violence (DV) in India is one of the most alarming issues that is experienced by over on... more Domestic violence (DV) in India is one of the most alarming issues that is experienced by over one-third (36.6%) of non-Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe (non SC/ST) women and nearly half (48%) of Scheduled Caste (SC) women (ages 15-49). DV and women's empowerment are historically interlinked. The patriarchy embedded within social-cultural norms along with economic capability deprivation takes away the freedom of SC women to enjoy bodily safety in public and private spaces. Despite Constitutional measures, SC women continue to face violence-induced capability deprivation due to discrimination at three levels: caste, class, and gender. DV against SC women is an understudied area; there are scarcely any studies on DV in this population using national data. This research used data from the National Family Health Survey-III 2005-2006 (N = 12,069-SC women and N = 45,390- non-SC/ST women). Descriptive statistics and logistic regression were used to examine DV trends amongst SC and non-S...
International journal of occupational medicine and environmental health, Jan 14, 2017
The study aims to assess the impact of municipal waste loading occupation upon developing musculo... more The study aims to assess the impact of municipal waste loading occupation upon developing musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) and thereby disabilities among waste loaders. Additionally, the study has identified the potential risk factors raising MSDs and disabilities. A cross-sectional case-control design survey was conducted in 6 out of 24 municipal wards of Mumbai during March-September 2015. The study population consisted of municipal waste loaders (N = 180) and a control group (N = 180). The Standardized Modified Nordic questionnaire was adopted to measures the MSDs and thereby disabilities in the past 12 months. A Propensity Score Matching (PSM) method was applied to assess the impact of waste loading occupation on developing MSDs and disabilities. Waste loaders had a significantly higher risk of developing MSDs as well as disabilities than the control group particularly for low back, hip/ thigh upper back and shoulder. Propensity Score Matching results revealed that the MSDs were...
Caste Disparities in Health Care Utilization in India
Caste, COVID-19, and Inequalities of Care, 2022
Asia-Pacific Population Journal, 2013
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The Burden of Anaemia and Role of Life Style
Behaviour among Women in India
IJIRSSC, 2016
Anaemia is one of the major health seeking behaviour in India, and it occurs manly due to iron de... more Anaemia is one of the major health seeking behaviour in India, and it occurs manly due to iron deficiency and low level of haemoglobin. In India and other developed and developing nations this behaviour mainly affect to child, adolescent girls and pregnant women because poor nutrition states. India is one of the countries with very high prevalence of anaemia in the world. Almost 58 per cent of pregnant women in India are anaemic and it is estimated that anaemia is the underlying cause for 20–40 per cent of maternal deaths in India. Present study based on NFHS- 3 (2005-06) survey, data is used to assess the levels and prevalence of anaemia among women in India, which was conducted in 2005-06 covering twenty-nine states in India, comprise near sample size (1 24 385) of India women`s population. It provides cross-sectional survey
data on women`s haemoglobin status, body weight, diet, social and demographic determinants of India. Demographic characteristics which are based on background characteristics and the broad category of lifestyle characteristics diet, substance abuse, BMI this variable are used. Indian women have relatively low socio-economic status in society as compared to male. Women are not only neglecting their health but also their girl child’s health and food intake.
Keywords : Anaemia, haemoglobin, lifestyle, socio-economic, women.
INTRODUCTION: Several risk factors predisposing women and their live-born to adverse outcomes dur... more INTRODUCTION: Several risk factors predisposing women and their live-born to adverse outcomes during pregnancy have been documented, little is known about sanitation as a factor contributing to adverse pregnancy outcomes. The role of sanitation in studying adverse pregnancy outcomes remains largely unexplored in Indian context. This study is an attempt to bring the focus on sanitation as a factor in adverse pregnancy outcome. METHODS: The study is based on fourth round of National Family Health Survey covering 26,972 women in the age-group 15-49. The study variables include the mother’s age, Body Mass Index (BMI), education, anaemia, and Antenatal care (ANC) visits during the last pregnancy. Children study variables include Low Birth Weight (LBW), the order of birth (Parity), and the death of the children occurred to the women in last five years. RESULTS: Findings from the study show that women who do not have access to the toilet within the house have a higher risk of adverse pregn...
According to intergeneration flow of wealth theory of J.C. Cadwell (1976), the decision of having... more According to intergeneration flow of wealth theory of J.C. Cadwell (1976), the decision of having high fertility in the developing countries is very rational from the point of view of the elderly. They are believed to truly act as a long-lasting support system to their parents when they get old in every aspect of life, but the scenario is changing rapidly. With rapid modernization of our society children are no longer the fixed-deposit of support of elderly even in a country like India. Isolation and helplessness have become the part and parcel of life of elderly even in modern India which adversely impacts their wellbeing. This paper is an effort to quantify the level of care and support provided by the children to the elderly of the country and how this quality of care finally affects their wellbeing through their subjective health. This paper has used the data of the recent large scale project of ageing conducted by ISEC, Bangalore and IEG, Delhi in sponsorship of UNFPA, India, named "Building Knowledge Base on Aging in India". The survey is conducted to develop a knowledge base in regard to the demographic, social and economic conditions, health needs and living arrangements and entitlements. Multinomial logit estimation is used to show the impact of socioeconomic factors on the different care and support aspect and also on the wellbeing of the elderly. Marginal effect shows that quality of care and support to elderly is fast decreasing. With the expected bulge of elderly population in the coming decades, government must take some steps in advance to combat with this situation. In the light of empirical results, some policy prescription has been suggested for benefit of the elderly.
Objective: The study aims to assess the impact of municipal waste loading occupation upon develop... more Objective: The study aims to assess the impact of municipal waste loading occupation upon developing musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) and thereby disabilities among waste loaders. Additionally, the study has identified the potential risk factors raising MSDs and disabilities. Material and Methods: A cross-sectional case-control design survey was conducted in 6 out of 24 municipal wards of Mumbai during March–September 2015. The study population consisted of municipal waste loaders (N = 180) and a control group (N = 180). The Standardized Modified Nordic questionnaire was adopted to measures the MSDs and thereby disabilities in the past 12 months. A Propensity Score Matching (PSM) method was applied to assess the impact of waste loading occupation on developing MSDs and disabilities. Results: Waste loaders had a significantly higher risk of developing MSDs as well as disabilities than the control group particularly for low back, hip/ thigh upper back and shoulder. Propensity Score Ma...
International Perspectives on Aging, 2022
The elderly in India face the double burden of ageing since they are old and cannot work; their h... more The elderly in India face the double burden of ageing since they are old and cannot work; their health also deteriorates due to old age. They also experience some kinds of abuse inside and outside the family; it directly affects their health, physically and psychologically. With this background, an effort has been made to explore the extent of abuse in India and its implications for the elderly's health. This study used data from the ‘Building a Knowledge Base of Population Ageing Survey (BKPAI)’ conducted in 2011 in seven states of India. The survey collected information on various socio-economic characteristics, health status, living arrangements, elder abuse, health and care-seeking behaviour. The preliminary analysis shows that 14% of the elderly experienced one or the other form of abuse. It is higher in rural areas than in urban and slightly higher for women as compared to men. The oldest-old, and widowed are the most sufferers from any form of abuse. It also observed that the elderly who belong to the lowest wealth quintile and currently working face more insult. Verbal abuse is the main form of harassment; about 10% of the elderly face abuse within the family and outside, specifically verbal abuse. The primary abusers are neighbours, followed by son/s daughters-in-law, etc. There is a positive association between abuse and health problems. There is an intense need to prevent elder abuse at all levels so that older persons can live the last phase of their life with peace and dignity.
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Papers by Dhananjay Bansod
data on women`s haemoglobin status, body weight, diet, social and demographic determinants of India. Demographic characteristics which are based on background characteristics and the broad category of lifestyle characteristics diet, substance abuse, BMI this variable are used. Indian women have relatively low socio-economic status in society as compared to male. Women are not only neglecting their health but also their girl child’s health and food intake.
Keywords : Anaemia, haemoglobin, lifestyle, socio-economic, women.
data on women`s haemoglobin status, body weight, diet, social and demographic determinants of India. Demographic characteristics which are based on background characteristics and the broad category of lifestyle characteristics diet, substance abuse, BMI this variable are used. Indian women have relatively low socio-economic status in society as compared to male. Women are not only neglecting their health but also their girl child’s health and food intake.
Keywords : Anaemia, haemoglobin, lifestyle, socio-economic, women.