Adherence to Secondary Prevention Strategies Among Adults with Coronary Artery Disease in Rural Aluva, South India: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Coronary artery diseases (CADs) require chronic treatment, and recurrent coronary events can be prevented by adhering to secondary prevention guidelines. This study was conducted to determine the adherence to secondary prevention strategies and its associated factors among adults with CAD in a rural cohort in South India.

Materials and methods

A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted within the ENDIRA (Epidemiology of Non-communicable Diseases In Rural Areas) Cohort in the rural part of Aluva municipality of Ernakulam district, Kerala, India, which comprises five adjacent panchayats with a population of approximately 100,000 individuals. CAD patients aged 35 to 80 years from this cohort who have had an event of myocardial infarction in the past decade

SUBMITTER: Mohandas NV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12735374 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature