The effect of a women- and healthcare-provider-focused heart health awareness initiative on diagnostic catheterization rates in women at community hospitals.
The American College of Cardiology-National Cardiovascular Data Registry was used to assess the impact of a community education campaign related to heart disease in women on the number of women, relative to men, receiving diagnostic catheterization prior to initiation of the campaign and at 2-year follow-up. Catheterizations fell 7.03% in men and 0.96% in women. Although there was no increase in catheterizations, the relative change in the number of women receiving diagnostic catheterization versus men receiving diagnostic catheterization was 6.07% (p = .04). This finding was associated with a structured educational intervention targeted at healthcare providers and women at the intervention hospital.
Snow
Richard
R
Applied Health Services, Inc., Worthington, OH, USA.
Spencer
Kathy
K
Crego
Patricia
P
Debaets
Debbra
D
LaLonde
Michelle
M
Caulin-Glaser
Teresa
T
D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016208:Databases, Factual; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D006746:Hospital Bed Capacity, 500 and over; D006764:Hospitals, Community; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009820:Ohio; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012042:Registries; D012307:Risk Factors; D014600:Utilization Review; D014932:Women's Health Services / Q000592:standards*