Identifying patients at risk of cardiovascular disease: a pharmacist-managed screening event for union workers and their dependents.
OBJECTIVE
To describe a pharmacist-managed health screening as a tool to identify patients who were at risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD).


METHODS
Descriptive nonexperimental study.


METHODS
A community pharmacy, a health benefit consulting company, and two local unions of plumbers and electricians in the Quad Cities area (Mid-Mississippi Valley) in fall 2006.


METHODS
Union members and their dependents who received any one of the following pharmacist-managed screening services: systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), total cholesterol, and high-density lipoprotein (HDL).


METHODS
Pharmacist-managed CVD risk screening program coordinated by a health benefit consulting company.


METHODS
Risk levels of CVD according to SBP, DBP, total cholesterol, and HDL.


RESULTS
452 patients 20 years of age or older were screened. A total of 137 participants (45.2%) had an SBP of 140 mm Hg or more and 73 (24.1%) a DBP of 90 mm Hg or more. Among patients who checked their total cholesterol or HDL, 81 (24.0%) had high total cholesterol and 55 (16.4%) low HDL.


CONCLUSIONS
A pharmacist-managed health screening program was a tool to identify patients at risk of CVD. At-risk individuals could be potential participants in a cardiovascular risk management service.
Liu
Yifei
Y
Division of Pharmacy Practice and Administration, University of Missouri-Kansas City, USA.
McDonough
Randal P
RP
Carruthers
Kara M
KM
Doucette
William R
WR
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001794:Blood Pressure; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D003157:Community Pharmacy Services / Q000458:organization & administration; D050171:Dyslipidemias / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004560:Electricity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D007484:Iowa; D007750:Labor Unions; D008075:Lipoproteins, HDL / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000458:organization & administration; D008875:Middle Aged; D009786:Occupational Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D012498:Sanitary Engineering; D055815:Young Adult
D008075:Lipoproteins, HDL; D002784:Cholesterol