Kuppuswamy Scale for Measuring Socio-economic Status : Revised Monthly Income Figures for 2015

Higher education, professional occupation, and upper socioeconomic status are associated with lower adherence to medications in patients with inflammatory bowel disease

“…This included age, gender, place of residence (categorized into North India, East India, and West/Central India), number of family members, education and occupation of head of household, total family income/month, patients' education level (professional/honors, graduate/postgraduate, intermediate/posthigh school diploma/high school certificate, middle school certificate/primary school certificate, and illiterate), patients' occupation (profession/semiprofession, clerical/ shop owner/farmer, skilled worker/semiskilled worker/unskilled worker, and unemployed), and patients' income/month. The Kuppuswamy Scale was used to calculate the socioeconomic status.…”

Role of ACE inhibitors in anthracycline‐induced cardiotoxicity: A randomized, double‐blind, placebo‐controlled trial

“…The inclusion criteria were age 2–16 years at the time of diagnosis, confirmed diagnosis of acute lymphoblastic leukemia/lymphoma (Hodgkin and non‐Hodgkin lymphoma), estimated cumulative anthracycline dose ≥200 mg/m 2 , regular follow‐up and willingness to participate in the study by giving “informed consent.” The exclusion criteria were relapsed disease, previously treated (defaulter/irregular treatment), resting ejection fraction < 50% or fractional shortening < 25%, preexisting cardiac disease (valvular disease, cardiomyopathy), significant renal disease (serum creatinine > 3 times normal and/or estimated glomerular filtration rate < 30 mL/min/m 2 , or significant hepatic disease (> 3 times alanine aminotransferase/aspartate aminotransferate). The socioeconomic status of patients was classified via the Kuppuswamy scale . The nutritional status of patients and controls was evaluated according to the Centers for Disease Control growth charts (2000).…”

Therapeutic adherence in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: a cross-sectional study

“…Regarding the socio-economic status assessment -SES, we have used the Kuppuswamy Index as an important tool, used in hospitals and community based research, which was developed in 1976 in India and has been used successfully in the SES evaluation [8] …”