Key result
Current international guidelines for acute coronary syndrome and type 2 diabetes mellitus demonstrate substantial overlap in lifestyle management recommendations, highlighting opportunities for integrated care pathways.
Why the study?
Despite shared disease determinants and high comorbidity between ACS and T2DM, the conditions are managed separately, duplicating workload and increasing appointment burden and plan complexity.
Systematic Review (n=19)
Current international guidelines for ACS and T2DM share substantial overlap in lifestyle management recommendations, presenting a clear opportunity to integrate care pathways and reduce duplicated workload for patients with comorbid disease.
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Substantial guideline overlap supports integrated ACS/T2DM care pathways; extends evidence for reducing duplicated patient workload.
Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is a life-threatening condition, with ACS-associated morbidity and mortality causing substantial human and economic challenges to the individual and health services. Due to shared disease determinants, those with ACS have a high risk of comorbid Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Despite this, the two conditions are managed separately, duplicating workload for staff and increasing the number of appointments and complexity of patient management plans. This rapid review compared current ACS and T2DM guidelines across Australia, Canada, Europe, Ireland, New Zealand, the UK, and the USA. Results highlighted service overlap, repetition, and opportunities for integrated practice for ACS-T2DM lifestyle management across diet and nutrition, physical activity, weight management, clinical and psychological health. Recommendations are made for potential integration of ACS-T2DM service provision to streamline care and reduce siloed care in the context of the health services for ACS-T2DM and similar comorbid conditions.
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Kemp et al. (2024) conducted a systematic review in Acute Coronary Syndrome and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (n=19). Integrated lifestyle management guidelines vs. Single-condition guidelines was evaluated on Overlap and shared guidance for lifestyle management. Current international guidelines for acute coronary syndrome and type 2 diabetes mellitus demonstrate substantial overlap in lifestyle management recommendations, highlighting opportunities for integrated care pathways.
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