Challenge of cardiovascular prevention in primary care: achievement of lifestyle, blood pressure, lipids and diabetes targets for primary prevention in England - results from ASPIRE-3-PREVENT cross-sectional survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Implementation of the cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention guidelines in the UK has been repeatedly evaluated under the auspices of the British Cardiovascular Society in three Action on Secondary and Primary Prevention by Intervention to Reduce Events (ASPIRE) surveys in 1994-1995, 2008-2010 and 2017-2019. The primary care arm of ASPIRE-2-PREVENT (A-3-P) was conducted to evaluate lifestyle and medical risk factor management in people at high risk of atherosclerotic CVD in everyday clinical practice.

Methods

A-3-P was a cross-sectional survey in 27 general practices and health centres across 5 English National Health Service regions. Patients with no history of atherosclerotic CVD started on blood pressure and/or lipid and/or glucose lowering treatments were ide

SUBMITTER: Kotseva K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11481111 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature