Cardiovascular Risk Factors, Diabetes, Hyperlipidemia, Hypertension
Conditions
Keywords
chronic disease management, decision aids, cardiovascular risk factors
Brief summary
Cardiovascular diseases remain the main cause of mortality in Canada. While effective interventions are available for reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease,there continue to be gaps between the potential reduction in risk that could be achieved by effectively managing these risk factors and levels of risk factor control currently in clinical practice. This study will evaluate the ability of a different model of risk factor care using other health providers assisting family doctors, along with information aids for patients and health professionals,to achieve better levels of cardiovascular risk factor control in adults.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALActive risk factor surveillance
Cardiovascular risk status assessment followed by active surveillance and physician review where risk factor control is suboptimal
Sponsors
University of Toronto
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
50 Years to 80 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* adults 50 to 80 years of age * having attending a family medicine clinic for more than one year
Exclusion criteria
* not able to participate for one year * not able to read English * requires house calls * nursing home resident * cognitive impairment * current chest pain or symptoms of active coronary heart disease
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| mean systolic blood pressure | 6 months |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Proportion of adults with 3 cardiovascular risk factors under optimal control | 6 months |
Countries
Canada
Outcome results
None listed