A case-management system for coronary risk factor modification after acute myocardial infarction.
Ann Intern Med
; 120(9): 721-9, 1994 May 01.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To evaluate the efficacy of a physician-directed, nurse-managed, home-based case-management system for coronary risk factor modification.DESIGN:
Randomized clinical trial in which patients received a special intervention (n = 293) or usual medical care (n = 292) during the first year after acute myocardial infarction.SETTING:
5 Kaiser Permanente Medical Centers in the San Francisco Bay area. PATIENTS 585 men and women aged 70 years or younger who were hospitalized for acute myocardial infarction. INTERVENTION In the hospital, specially trained nurses initiated interventions for smoking cessation, exercise training, and diet-drug therapy for hyperlipidemia. Intervention after discharge was implemented primarily by telephone and mail contact with patients in their homes. All medically eligible patients received exercise training; all smokers received the smoking cessation intervention; and all patients received dietary counseling and, if needed, lipid-lowering drug therapy.OUTCOME:
Smoking prevalence and plasma low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL) concentrations were measured 2 months after infarction, and functional capacity was measured 6 months after infarction.RESULTS:
In the special intervention and usual care groups, the cotinine-confirmed smoking cessation rates were 70% and 53% (P = 0.03), plasma LDL cholesterol levels were 2.77 +/- 0.69 mmol/L and 3.41 +/- 0.90 mmol/L (107 +/- 30 mg/dL and 132 +/- 30 mg/dL) (P = 0.001), and functional capacities were 9.3 +/- 2.4 METS and 8.4 +/- 2.5 METS (P = 0.001), respectively.CONCLUSION:
In a large health maintenance organization, a case-management system was considerably more effective than usual medical care for modification of coronary risk factors after myocardial infarction.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Programas de Assistência Gerenciada
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Abandono do Hábito de Fumar
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Terapia por Exercício
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Hipercolesterolemia
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Infarto do Miocárdio
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
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Etiology_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Ann Intern Med
Ano de publicação:
1994
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Canadá