Adherence to prescription guidelines and achievement of treatment goals among persons with coronary heart disease in Tromso 7.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Adherence to clinical practice guidelines for coronary heart disease (CHD) reduces morbidity, mortality and treatment costs. We aimed to describe and compare adherence to prescription guidelines for persons with CHD, and explore its association with treatment goal achievement.

Method

We included all participants reporting myocardial infarction, angina, percutaneous coronary intervention and/or coronary artery bypass surgery in the seventh wave of the Tromsø Study (2015-2016, n = 1483). Medication use and treatment goal measures (blood pressure, low-density lipoprotein (LDL)-cholesterol and HbA1c) were compared to clinical practice guidelines on secondary CHD prevention. Propensity score matched logistic regression was used to assess the association between the use

SUBMITTER: Pedersen E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7819182 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature