Dimple Kondal

Biographic Data

ID5015126
NAMEDimple Kondal
GIVEN NAMESDimple
FAMILY NAMEKondal
SIGNATUREKONDAL D
AFFILIATIONSCentre for Chronic Disease Control
ORCID0000-0002-1417-9510
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS10
TOTAL CITATIONS0
AUTHOR COUNT10
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2015
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX0

  • Does health insurance coverage improve cardiometabolic risk factor levels? Quasi-experimental evidence from India

    Open AccessKavita Singh, Dimple Kondal et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2025

    Background Chronic conditions cause notable health and economic burdens. While health insurance enables access to healthcare, its effects on chronic care outcomes remain under-explored.Objective To examine the association between health insurance coverage and cardiometabolic risk factors among people with chronic conditions in India.Methods Data from the Centre for Cardiometabolic Risk Reduction in South Asia (CARRS) and Solan studies, including …

  • Effectiveness of Atman psychological intervention in reducing self-harm in young people in India

    Open AccessShilpa Aggarwal, Matthew Berk et al.ARTICLECambridge Prisms Global Mental…2025References: 36

    There is a scarcity of psychological interventions for self-harm in young people, either developed or adapted for use in low and middle-income countries (LMICs). ATMAN i s a psychological intervention developed in India for youth with three key modules: problem-solving, emotion regulation and social network strengthening skills in addition to crisis management. ATMAN was delivered in 27 youth with a history of self-harm (14–24 years old) sequenti…

  • Methods and participant characteristics in the Cancer Risk in Vegetarians Consortium

    Open AccessYashvee Dunneram, Jia Yi Lee et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2024

    Food intakes and lifestyle factors of both non-vegetarians and vegetarians varied markedly across the individual cohorts, which may be due to differences in both culture and socioeconomic status, as well as differences in questionnaire design. Therefore, care is needed in the interpretation of the impacts of vegetarian diets on cancer risk

  • Evaluating bias with loss to follow-up in a community-based cohort

    Dimple Kondal, Ashish Awasthi et al.ARTICLEJournal of Epidemiology and…2024References: 27

    BACKGROUND: Retention of participants is a challenge in community-based longitudinal cohort studies. We aim to evaluate the factors associated with loss to follow-up and estimate attrition bias. METHODS: Data are from an ongoing cohort study, Center for cArdiometabolic Risk Reduction in South Asia (CARRS) in India (Delhi and Chennai). Multinomial logistic regression analysis was used to identify sociodemographic factors associated with partial (a…

  • Epidemiological pattern of Covid-19 and its association with periodontal health in an urban Indian cohort

    Open AccessRajeev Gupta, Ishita Gupta et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2023

    Background Studies have highlighted a possible influence of gingival and periodontal disease (PD) on COVID-19 risk and severity. However, the evidence is based on hospital-based studies and community-level data are sparse. Objectives We described the epidemiological pattern of SARS-CoV-2 infection in Delhi and evaluated the associations of gingival and PD with incident COVID-19 disease in a regionally representative urban Indian population. Metho…

  • Infant Young Child Feeding Practices in an Indian Maternal–Child Birth Cohort in Belagavi, Karnataka

    Open AccessShweta Khandelwal, Dimple Kondal et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2022

    Poor infant young child feeding (IYCF) practices result in malnutrition, poor psychosocial development, poor school performance and less productivity in later life, thereby perpetuating a vicious cycle. The current study aims to characterize the IYCF practices during the first year of life in a maternal-child birth cohort (DHANI) in Belagavi, Karnataka, India. We collected data from the dyad at birth, 6 and 12 months postpartum. We examined dieta…

  • Health, psychosocial, and economic impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on people with chronic conditions in India

    Open AccessKavita Singh, Dimple Kondal et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2021

    People with chronic conditions, particularly among poor, rural, and marginalized populations, have experienced difficulties in accessing healthcare and been severely affected both socially and financially by the COVID-19 pandemic

  • Knowledge, attitudes and practices related to dietary salt intake among adults in North India

    Open AccessVandana Garg, Roopa Shivashankar et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2019

    Objective To assess the knowledge, attitudes and practices related to salt consumption among adults in rural and urban North India. Design Data for the study were obtained from a community-based cross-sectional survey using an interviewer-administered questionnaire and 24 h urine samples. Setting Data collection was conducted during March–October 2012 in rural Haryana and urban Delhi in North India. Participants Adults ( n 1635) aged ≥20 years (7…

  • Task shifting of frontline community health workers for cardiovascular risk reduction

    Open AccessOn behalf of DISHA study investigators, Panniyammakal Jeemon et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2016

    CTRI/2013/10/004049 . Registered 7 October 2013

  • A cross-sectional study of the prevalence and correlates of tobacco Use in Chennai, Delhi, and Karachi

    Open AccessCarla J Berg, Vamadevan S Ajay et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2015

    High prevalence of tobacco use in the South Asian region, particularly among men, highlights the urgency to address this serious public health problem. Our analyses suggest targeted prevention and cessation interventions focused on lower socioeconomic groups may be particularly important