Family Practice, Vol 14, 220-226, Copyright © 1997 by World Organization of Family Doctors
F Bradley, S Morgan, H Smith and D Mant
OBJECTIVE: We aimed to assess general practice care for patients following
a myocardial infarction (MI). METHOD: A structured review was carried out
of general practice records of patients identified from hospital
administration data. A total of 266 survivors following MI were identified
from the discharge data of 13 hospitals in Southern England and registered
with 71 GPs belonging to the Wessex Research Network. Median time since
hospital discharge was 2.1 years. The main outcome measures were the
provision of appropriate preventive care, including cardiac rehabilitation,
drug therapy, and lifestyle advice for modifiable risk factors. RESULTS:
Basic care was provided to nearly all patients; 253 (95.1%, 95% Cl
91.8-97.4) had blood pressure documented after their MI, 216 of 234
patients eligible for aspirin (92.3%; 88.1-95.4) had been recommended
treatment, and the provision of advice on smoking cessation was documented
for 27 of 33 continuing smokers (81.8%; 64.5-93.0). However, only 73 of 236
patients eligible to attend a structured rehabilitation programme (30.9%;
25.0-36.8) were documented as having received rehabilitation. Of 89
patients with heart failure following MI, 33 (37.1%; 27.1-48.0) had no
record of having been offered treatment with an ACE inhibitor. Total
cholesterol measurement was documented for only 144 patients (54.1%;
48.1-60.1). We estimate that there is still the potential to prevent
between 4 and 9 deaths in this group of 266 surviving patients in the next
2 years by further improving the quality of follow-up care. CONCLUSIONS:
Preventive care in patients with proven ischaemic heart disease in general
practice remains haphazard, even among doctors enthusiastic to participate
in research and to audit their quality of care. As general practitioners we
should ensure that we are providing high quality preventive care to
patients with clinical disease before we focus on the even more demanding
task of primary prevention.
ORIGINAL CLINICAL RESEARCH
Preventive care for patients following myocardial infarction. The Wessex Research Network (WReN)
University of Southampton, Aldermoor Health Centre, UK.
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