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April 2, 2014Journal of Public HealthOpen Access

Evaluation of a systematic cardiovascular disease risk reduction strategy in primary healthcare: an exploratory study from Zhejiang, China

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Key result

A systematic cardiovascular disease risk reduction strategy piloted for 3 months reduced smoking rates from 38% to 35% and slightly decreased blood pressure.

Why the study?

Does a systematic CVD risk reduction package improve preventive drug use and lifestyle factors in high-risk subjects in primary healthcare?

Population

153 subjects aged 40-74 years with a calculated 10-year CVD risk of 20% or higher from a rural primary…

Design

Cohort

Follow-up

3 months

Authors

GZGang ZouXWXiaolin WeiWGWeiwei Gong

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Overview

Hypothesis-generating for primary care CVD prevention; should not yet change practice without randomized confirmation.

Structured PICO

Does a systematic CVD risk reduction package improve preventive drug use and lifestyle factors in high-risk subjects in primary healthcare?

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Population
153 adults aged 40-74 years with a 10-year CVD risk of ≥20% who received a systematic CVD risk reduction package for 3 months.
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Intervention
Systematic CVD risk reduction package including low-dose combination of CVD-preventive drugs (antihypertensive drugs, aspirin, statin), lifestyle modification, and monthly adherence strategies for 3 months.
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Outcome
Preliminary effectiveness including appointment rate, use of CVD-preventive drugs, smoking rates, salt reduction, and blood pressure changes at 3 months.surrogate

Main Result

Absolute Event Rate: 35% vs 38%

A holistic CVD risk reduction approach showed preliminary feasibility and modest short-term effects on risk factors in a rural Chinese primary healthcare setting.

Limitations

  • Further understanding is needed regarding its long-term effectiveness and feasibility in primary healthcare practices.
  • Needs further understanding regarding long-term effectiveness and feasibility

Cite This Study

Zou et al. (2014) studied High cardiovascular disease risk (n=153). Systematic CVD risk reduction package was evaluated on Smoking rates. A systematic cardiovascular disease risk reduction strategy piloted for 3 months reduced smoking rates from 38% to 35% and slightly decreased blood pressure.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7db3f3286d888403cda876https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdu013
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