Cardiovascular prevention in primary care in crisis situations : multicenter comparative study before, during and after the SARS-COVID-19 pandemic

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OBJECTIVE: To assess whether the appearance of a crisis situation such as the one caused by the SARS-COV-2 pandemic, together with the organizational changes adopted in Primary Care, have influenced the implementation of cardiovascular preventive activities in patients aged 40 to 74 years.

DESIGN: Retrospective multicenter descriptive study for three years (2019-2022) in Primary Care.

SETTING: 35 health centers of the Primary Care of the Northern Assistance Directorate of Madrid.

PARTICIPANTS: 1008 patients of both sexes between 40 and 74 years with diagnosed of hypertension, Diabetes Mellitus and/or dyslipidemia.

METHOD: The variables analyzed from the computerized clinical history were lifestyle activities (consumption of tobacco, alcohol, consumption of Mediterranean diet and exercise) considering 3 of the 4 parameters optimal; examination data (blood pressure record) and analytical record (glycemia, hbA1c, total cholesterol, HDL, LDL)considering 4 of the 5 parameters optimal. Differences are analyzed between based pre-pandemic (03/15/2019-03/14/2020), pandemic (03/15/2020-03/14/2021), and transition (03/15/2022-03/14/2022).

STATISTICAL ANALYSIS: MC Nemar's test to compare the main variables between the study periods.

RESULTS: Data from 1008 patients are collected. The registration of preventive activities on lifestyle was 180 patients (17.9%) (IC95%: 0,155-0,204) in pre-pandemic, 29 patients (2.9%) (IC 95%: 0,019-0,041) in pandemic and 55 patients (5.5%) (IC 95%: 0,041-0,070) in the transition stage (p < 0.05). Exploration was registered in 393 patients (39%) (IC95%: 0,360-0,421) in the pre-pandemic, 133 patients 13,2% (IC 95%: 0,112-0,154) in the pandemic, and 218 patients (21,6%) (IC 95%: 0,191-0,243) in the transition (p < 0.05). The analytical record was 33 patients (3.3%) (IC955: 0,023-0,046), 10 patients (1%) (IC95%: 0,005-0,018) and 23 patients (2.3%) (IC95%: 0,015-0,034) respectively in each phase with one (P < 0.05).

CONCLUSIONS: Activities on lifestyle, physical examination, and laboratory test as part of the cardiovascular prevention strategy are scarce in the prepandemic period and decrease drastically during the pandemic, at the first level of care.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:56

Enthalten in:

Atencion primaria - 56(2024), 1 vom: 06. Jan., Seite 102778

Sprache:

Spanisch

Weiterer Titel:

Prevención cardiovascular en Atención Primaria en situación de crisis: estudio comparativo multicéntrico antes, durante y después de la pandemia por SARS-COVID-19

Beteiligte Personen:

Moreno Caballero, Bárbara [VerfasserIn]
Castell Alcalá, M Victoria [VerfasserIn]
Gutiérrez Misis, Alicia [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Atención Primaria de salud
COVID -19
COVID 19
English Abstract
Estudio observacional
Factores de riesgo cardiovascular
Heart disease risk factors
Journal Article
Multicenter Study
Observational study
Prevención primaria
Primary health care
Primary prevention

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Date Completed 08.01.2024

Date Revised 08.01.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.aprim.2023.102778

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM36299661X