The Enhancing Secondary Prevention in Coronary Artery Disease trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Proven efficacious therapies are sometimes underused in patients with chronic cardiac conditions, resulting in suboptimal outcomes. We evaluated whether evidence summaries, which were either unsigned or signed by local opinion leaders, improved the quality of secondary prevention care delivered by primary care physicians of patients with coronary artery disease.

Methods

We performed a randomized trial, clustered at the level of the primary care physician, with 3 study arms: control, unsigned statements or opinion leader statements. The statements were faxed to primary care physicians of adults with coronary artery disease at the time of elective cardiac catheterization. The primary outcome was improvement in statin management (initiation or dose increase) 6 months

SUBMITTER: McAlister FA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2789127 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature