CardiReset: general medicine and monitoring of cardiovascular risk factors in a whole region
Vanuzzo, D.; Samani, F.; Canciani, L.; Paduano, R.; Pilotto, L.; Bader, G.; Mirolo, R.; Battigelli, D.; Panfilo, M.; Fattori, M.G.; Simon, G.; Zanier, L.; Agrusti, F.; Balestra, M.; Bearzi, G.; Bertolissi, S.; Cancian, G.; Canciani, L.; Candido, A.; Cappello, G.; Carloni, M.C.; Chiuch, P.; Cipone, D.; Costa, L.; De Paoli, G.; Ermacora, T.; Falanga, R.; Fogher, M.; Galai, M.; Galasso, M.; Gangi, F.; Gasparin, A.; Genco, F.; Gianmarini, A.; Latella, G.; Lipartiti, T.; Lucchini, G.; Macauda, C.; Pa
Giornale Italiano di Cardiologia 10(1): 37-43
2009
ISSN/ISBN: 1827-6806 PMID: 19292018 Document Number: 629353
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.