Do cardiovascular disease prevention programs in northern Sweden impact on population health? An interrupted time series analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the main cause of morbidity and mortality in Sweden. This study aims to assess the impact of a CVD intervention implemented in 1993 in northern Sweden on the reduction of premature ischemic heart disease (IHD) morbidity and mortality in women and men during the period 1987-2013.

Methods

An ecological controlled interrupted time series design, with pre-intervention period defined as 1987-1993 and post-intervention period 1994-2013 was carried out. For each year, IHD events, stratified by sex, were retrieved from national registers.

Results

Impressive reductions on IHD premature morbidity and mortality were observed to a similar degree in both the intervention county and the other comparison counties across the last 27 years. S

SUBMITTER: San Sebastian M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6377762 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature