Association of Multifaceted Mobile Technology-Enabled Primary Care Intervention With Cardiovascular Disease Risk Management in Rural Indonesia.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the leading cause of disease burden in Indonesia. Implementation of effective interventions for CVD prevention is limited.

Objective

To evaluate whether a mobile technology-supported primary health care intervention, compared with usual care, would improve the use of preventive drug treatment among people in rural Indonesia with a high risk of CVD.

Design, setting, and participants

A quasi-experimental study involving 6579 high-risk individuals in 4 intervention and 4 control villages in Malang district, Indonesia, was conducted between August 16, 2016, and March 31, 2018. Median duration of follow-up was 12.2 months. Residents 40 years or older were invited to participate. Those with high estimated 10-year risk of CVD ris

SUBMITTER: Patel A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6714032 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature