Wide Variation in Absolute Cardiovascular Risk Assessment in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People with Type 2 Diabetes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Absolute cardiovascular risk assessment (CVRA) is based on the combined effects of multiple risk factors and can identify asymptomatic individuals at high risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, the Indigenous people of Australia, are disproportionately affected by CVD and diabetes. Our study aimed to investigate variations in the use of absolute CVRA in patients with diabetes at Indigenous community healthcare centers and to identify patient and health center characteristics that may contribute to this variation.

Methods

Audits of clinical records of 1,728 patients with a known diagnosis of diabetes across 121 health centers in four Australian States/Territories [Northern Territory (NT), South Australia, Western Austral

SUBMITTER: Vasant BR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4781864 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature