Educational intervention to improve effectiveness in treatment and control of patients with high cardiovascular risk in low-resource settings in Argentina: study protocol of a cluster randomised controlled trial

• Published in: BMJ open Vol. 7; no. 1; p. e014420
• Main Authors: Gulayin, Pablo, Irazola, Vilma, Lozada, Alfredo, Chaparro, Martin, Santero, Marilina, Gutierrez, Laura, Poggio, Rosana, Beratarrechea, Andrea, Rubinstein, Adolfo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BMJ Publishing Group LTD 01.01.2017; BMJ Publishing Group
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Argentina; Blood pressure; Cardiovascular disease; Cardiovascular Diseases - prevention & control; Cholesterol; Clinical medicine; Clinical practice guidelines; Decision Support Techniques; Developing Countries; Education, Medical, Continuing; Education, Pharmacy; Evidence-based medicine; Healthy Lifestyle; Heart; Humans; Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors - therapeutic use; Hypercholesterolemia - drug therapy; Hypertension; Intervention; Lipids; Medication Adherence; Middle Aged; Mobile Applications; Patients; Pharmacy Technicians - education; Physicians; Practice Patterns, Physicians; Prescription drugs; Primary care; Public Health; Research Design; Risk Assessment; Risk Factors; Statins; Text Messaging; Argentina; Good Clinical Practice Guidelines; MEDICAL EDUCATION & TRAINING; Cardiovascular Risk; Statins

IntroductionHypercholesterolaemia is estimated to cause 2.6 million deaths annually and one-third of the cases of ischaemic heart disease. In Argentina, the prevalence of hypercholesterolaemia increased between 2005 and 2013 from 27.9% to 29.8%. Only one out of four subjects with a self-reported dia...