| Prefix / Honorific (optional) (Prefix) | Ms. |
| First or given name (First name) | Aradhana |
| Last or family name (Last name) | Thapa |
| Email (Enter your email) | aradhana.thapa@emory.edu |
| Other investigators or team members (optional) | Dr. Rubee Dev, Dr. Binaya Chalise |
| Institution | Emory University |
| Country (Country) | United States |
| Analysis Plan Title | Inequalities in non-communicable diseases during COVID pandemic |
| Analysis Plan Description | The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted people’s lifestyles worldwide, and governments have implemented various policies to slow its spread. People with non-communicable diseases (NCDs) faced worse outcomes due to the highburden of morbidity and mortality, along with reduced access to longitudinal healthcare due to the focus on COVID-19. In addition, patterns of socioeconomic inequality (inequality among groups by class, gender, education, and country of residence) have underpinned NCDs outcomes as risk factors and disease outcomes. Different studies have shown this evidence on a national scale in different years. We utilize the available global survey data to study this pattern on a global scale. We aim to explore associations between socioeconomic factors and NCDs through logistic regression models stratified by gender and further use the Concentration Index to determine NCDs inequality among countries (classified by Socio-demographic index (SDI)) by sex, education, employment status, income, parental status, area of residence and annual household income. |
| Keyword 1 | NCDs |
| Keyword 2 | Inequalities |
| Keyword 3 (optional) | Concentration Index |
| Convenience data | Convenience data |
| Location data | Global |
| Data Time Frame | Data from specific surveys |
| Data Time Frame – Specific Survey (Convenience) | Survey 5 – September 15 to November 3, 2020, Survey 6 – November 3 to December 16, 2020, Survey 7 – December 16, 2020 to February 9, 2021, Survey 8 – February 9 to March 25, 2021, Survey 9 – March 25 to May 4, 2021, Survey 10 – May 4 to June 15, 2021, Survey 11 – June 15 to August 24, 2021, Survey 12 – August 24 to September 21, 2021, Survey 13 – September 21 to October 19, 2021, Survey 14 – October 19 to November 30, 2021, Survey 15 – November 30, 2021 to January 11, 2022 |
| Target completion date (optional) | 15-08-23 |
| Entry Date | 27-04-23 (updated 14-07-23) |
