title: Community programmes for coronary heart disease in Spanish primary care.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the added value of community-orientated programmes aimed at enhancing healthy lifestyles associated with the key components of cardiovascular risk management (CVRM) in coronary heart disease (CHD) patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  Observational study in Spain, including 36 practices, 36 health professionals, and 722 CHD patients (mean (SD) age 72 (11.73)). Our predictor variable of interest was reported deliveries from primary care practices (PCPs) concerning community-orientated programmes such as physical exercise and smoking cessation groups. Data were obtained through structured questionnaires administered to PCP health professionals. Our CVRM outcome measures were as follows: recorded risk factors, drug prescriptions, and intermediate patient outcomes (blood pressure levels, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and body mass index).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Thirty practices delivered community programmes: most delivered one [17 (47.2%) practices] or two [11 (30.5%) practices]. These educational programmes aimed to encourage enhanced healthy lifestyles through group counselling sessions, mailed print material, and one-to-one counselling. In PCPs delivering community programmes, more patients received antihypertensives (89.7%), antiplatelet therapy (80.5%), and statins (70.8%) than those PCPs without programmes, although there were no statistically significant differences between them.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  No evidence was found for the added value of community-orientated CVRM programmes that could help health professionals refine criteria when including CHD patients in preventive programmes.
authors.affiliation: Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Scientific Institute for Quality of Healthcare, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.|Avedis Donabedian Research Institute (FAD), Barcelona, Spain.|Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.|Red de Investigación en Servicios de Salud en Enfermedades Crónicas (REDISSEC), Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Eva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Frigola-Capell
authors.affiliation: Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Scientific Institute for Quality of Healthcare, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: van Lieshout
authors.affiliation: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.|Unitat de Suport a la Recerca Barcelona ciutat, Institut Universitari d'Investigació en Atenció Primària Jordi Gol (IDIAP Jordi Gol), Barcelona, Spain.|Institut Català de la Salut, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Miguel A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Muñoz
authors.affiliation: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.|Institut Català de la Salut, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Jose
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Verdú-Rotellar
authors.affiliation: Unitat de Suport a la Recerca Barcelona ciutat, Institut Universitari d'Investigació en Atenció Primària Jordi Gol (IDIAP Jordi Gol), Barcelona, Spain.|Institut Català de la Salut, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Francesc
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Orfila
authors.affiliation: Avedis Donabedian Research Institute (FAD), Barcelona, Spain.|Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.|Red de Investigación en Servicios de Salud en Enfermedades Crónicas (REDISSEC), Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Rosa
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Suñol
authors.affiliation: Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Scientific Institute for Quality of Healthcare, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wensing
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001794:Blood Pressure; D015992:Body Mass Index; D008078:Cholesterol, LDL / Q000097:blood; D003153:Community Health Services / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration; D012307:Risk Factors; D040242:Risk Reduction Behavior; D013030:Spain
chemical_list: D008078:Cholesterol, LDL
keywords: community health planning; community healthcare; family practice; long-term care; primary healthcare