CardiReset: general medicine and monitoring of cardiovascular risk factors in a whole region

The CardioRESET project was carried out in 2005 to evaluate the feasibility of a cardiovascular risk factor survey by general practitioners in Friuli Venezia Giulia, a north-eastern Italian region. We randomized 2701 subjects (1336 males and 1365 females), aged 35-74 years, from the general populati...

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Published inGiornale italiano di cardiologia (2006) Vol. 10; no. 1; p. 37
Main Authors Vanuzzo, Diego, Samani, Fabio, Canciani, Luigi, Paduano, Romano, Pilotto, Lorenza, Bader, Giovanni, Mirolo, Renata, Battigelli, Doriano, Panfilo, Marina, Fattori, Maria Grazia, Simon, Giorgio, Zanier, Loris
Format Journal Article
LanguageItalian
Published Italy 01.01.2009
Subjects
Adult
Aged
Cardiovascular Diseases - epidemiology
Cardiovascular Diseases - prevention & control
Cholesterol, LDL - blood
Diabetes Mellitus - epidemiology
Dyslipidemias - epidemiology
Family Practice
Feasibility Studies
Female
Health Surveys
Humans
Hypertension - epidemiology
Italy
Male
Middle Aged
Random Allocation
Risk Factors
Smoking - epidemiology
Italy
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Summary:The CardioRESET project was carried out in 2005 to evaluate the feasibility of a cardiovascular risk factor survey by general practitioners in Friuli Venezia Giulia, a north-eastern Italian region. We randomized 2701 subjects (1336 males and 1365 females), aged 35-74 years, from the general population. The family doctors surveyed the randomized population sample using the standardized methods of the Osservatorio Epidemiologico Cardiovascolare, a reference national survey. The participation rate was 85.4% and all variables were recorded at least in 60% of subjects. Mean values of risk factors, prevalence of hypertension, dyslipidemia, diabetes and data on their control, smoking habits were comparable with data from the Osservatorio Epidemiologico Cardiovascolare; only the mean value of low-density lipoprotein cholesterolemia was higher in our region. This experience points out that in a small region it is possible to engage general practitioners to achieve a standardized surveillance of cardiovascular risk factors at a low cost.
ISSN:1827-6806
1972-6481