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ArticleAtencion primaria2009

[Durability of the effects of a quality improvement intervention in hypertensive patients on long-term follow-up (CICLO-RISK study)].

Manuel Angel Gómez Marcos, Emiliano Rodríguez Sánchez, Emilio Ramos Delgado, Carmen Fernández Alonso, Angel Luis Montejo Gónzalez, Luis García Ortiz

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Article in Atencion primaria, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Manuel Angel Gómez MarcosMédico de Familia, Unidad de Investigación La Alamedilla, Salamanca, España. magomez@usal.es
Emiliano Rodríguez Sánchez
Emilio Ramos Delgado
Carmen Fernández Alonso
Angel Luis Montejo Gónzalez
Luis García Ortiz

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Abstract

objectiveTo evaluate the durability of the effects achieved with a quality improvement intervention on cardiovascular risk factors and cardiovascular risk, as intermediate outcomes, in hypertensive patients on long-term follow-up long time primary health care.

designQuasi-experimental study.

settingTwo urban primary care health centres.

participantsThe study included 419 and 430 hypertensive patients in the intervention (IG) and control group (CG), respectively.

interventionsQuality improvement intervention consisted of a combined program including, an audit, feedback, training sessions on the main cardiovascular risk factors clinical guidelines. MEASUREMENTS: Evaluation of intermediate outcomes (blood pressure, LDL-cholesterol, HbA(1c), smoking, BMI and cardiovascular risk), were measured in both groups in March 2002, 2004 and 2006.

resultsThe mean of the durability effect (differences between IG and CG means) was: systolic blood pressure decreased from 8.9 to 4.3 and the diastolic from 3.9 to 2.3 mmHg (p<0.05). LDL-cholesterol decreased from 10 to 1.1mg/dl (p>0.05). Coronary risk fell from 2 to 1.2 percentage points and cardiovascular mortality risk from 0.6 to 0.4 percentage points (p<0.05). The percentage of patients with blood pressure<140/90 mmHg and BMI<30 lost statistical significance in the end evaluation and only remains in the percentage of patients with coronary risk less than 20% in the 2004 and 2006 results.

conclusionsQuality improvement intervention was associated with reductions in cardiovascular risk factors and cardiovascular risk in post intervention evaluations with a tendency to decrease the effect achieved in the end evaluation.

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Quality of Health CareAgedFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansHypertensionMaleTime Factors

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PMID19446921
PMCPMC7021967

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