Cardiovascular health assessment in routine cancer follow-up in community settings : survivor risk awareness and perspectives

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BACKGROUND: Guidelines recommend cardiovascular risk assessment and counseling for cancer survivors. For effective implementation, it is critical to understand survivor cardiovascular health (CVH) profiles and perspectives in community settings. We aimed to (1) Assess survivor CVH profiles, (2) compare self-reported and EHR-based categorization of CVH factors, and (3) describe perceptions regarding addressing CVH during oncology encounters.

METHODS: This cross-sectional analysis utilized data from an ongoing NCI Community Oncology Research Program trial of an EHR heart health tool for cancer survivors (WF-1804CD). Survivors presenting for routine care after potentially curative treatment recruited from 8 oncology practices completed a pre-visit survey, including American Heart Association Simple 7 CVH factors (classified as ideal, intermediate, or poor). Medical record abstraction ascertained CVD risk factors and cancer characteristics. Likert-type questions assessed desired discussion during oncology care.

RESULTS: Of 502 enrolled survivors (95.6% female; mean time since diagnosis = 4.2 years), most had breast cancer (79.7%). Many survivors had common cardiovascular comorbidities, including high cholesterol (48.3%), hypertension or high BP (47.8%) obesity (33.1%), and diabetes (20.5%); 30.5% of survivors received high cardiotoxicity potential cancer treatment. Less than half had ideal/non-missing levels for physical activity (48.0%), BMI (18.9%), cholesterol (17.9%), blood pressure (14.1%), healthy diet (11.0%), and glucose/ HbA1c (6.0%). While > 50% of survivors had concordant EHR-self-report categorization for smoking, BMI, and blood pressure; cholesterol, glucose, and A1C were unknown by survivors and/or missing in the EHR for most. Most survivors agreed oncology providers should talk about heart health (78.9%).

CONCLUSIONS: Tools to promote CVH discussion can fill gaps in CVH knowledge and are likely to be well-received by survivors in community settings.

TRIAL REGISTRATION: NCT03935282, Registered 10/01/2020.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:24

Enthalten in:

BMC cancer - 24(2024), 1 vom: 31. Jan., Seite 158

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Weaver, Kathryn E [VerfasserIn]
Dressler, Emily V [VerfasserIn]
Smith, Sydney [VerfasserIn]
Nightingale, Chandylen L [VerfasserIn]
Klepin, Heidi D [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Simon Craddock [VerfasserIn]
Wells, Brian J [VerfasserIn]
Hundley, W Gregory [VerfasserIn]
DeMari, Joseph A [VerfasserIn]
Price, Sarah N [VerfasserIn]
Foraker, Randi E [VerfasserIn]

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Cancer survivorship
Care delivery model
Cholesterol
Electronic Health Records
Glucose
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Journal Article
Lifestyle risk factors

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Date Completed 09.02.2024

Date Revised 10.02.2024

published: Electronic

ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT03935282

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1186/s12885-024-11912-8

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM367865351