Nurse-led interventions for prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis

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To the Editor, We read with pleasure the article by Kavita et al. “Nurse-led interventions for prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis”[1] and would like to appreciate the efforts done by the authors in addressing the nurse-based interventions on noncommunicable disease prevention. However, we would like to seek your attention to the missing studies on nurse-led intervention for noncommunicable disease prevention in India. Our earlier study on the effectiveness of a school-based educational intervention to improve hypertension control among school teachers in Kerala state of India[2] evaluated the effects of a nurse-facilitated educational intervention in improving hypertension control rate. The study concluded that the nurse-facilitated educational intervention was effective in improving the control and treatment rates of hypertension and reducing systolic blood pressure. However, there was no information on the above study in the systematic review and meta-analysis by Kavita et al.[1] The reason for the authors’ exclusion of these types of publications is not clear. Moreover, the above article is an open-access, and the role of nurses in the intervention can be clearly distinguished. Financial support and sponsorship Nil. Conflicts of interest There are no conflicts of interest.