Integrated management of atrial fibrillation in primary care
| Autor: | Henk J. G. Bilo, Sjef J C M van de Leur, Arif Elvan, Ruud Oudega, Geert-Jan Geersing, Lisa Oude Grave, Carline J. van den Dries, Arno W. Hoes, Karel G.M. Moons, Frans H. Rutten, Sander van Doorn |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Lifestyle Medicine (LM) |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Comorbidity 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology DISEASE 03 medical and health sciences Anticoagulation Cardiologists 0302 clinical medicine Informed consent Interquartile range Clinical Research Clinical endpoint Medicine Humans AcademicSubjects/MED00200 030212 general & internal medicine Cluster randomised controlled trial Aged Netherlands Aged 80 and over CATHETER ABLATION Primary Health Care business.industry Delivery of Health Care Integrated Mortality rate Hazard ratio Anticoagulants Integrated care Multimorbidity Primary care Atrial fibrillation Confidence interval Stroke Editor's Choice DEFINITION Emergency medicine Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business |
| Zdroj: | European Heart Journal European Heart Journal, 41(30), 2836-2844. Oxford University Press |
| ISSN: | 1522-9645 0195-668X |
| Popis: | Aims To evaluate whether integrated care for atrial fibrillation (AF) can be safely orchestrated in primary care. Methods and results The ALL-IN trial was a cluster randomized, open-label, pragmatic non-inferiority trial performed in primary care practices in the Netherlands. We randomized 26 practices: 15 to the integrated care intervention and 11 to usual care. The integrated care intervention consisted of (i) quarterly AF check-ups by trained nurses in primary care, also focusing on possibly interfering comorbidities, (ii) monitoring of anticoagulation therapy in primary care, and finally (iii) easy-access availability of consultations from cardiologists and anticoagulation clinics. The primary endpoint was all-cause mortality during 2 years of follow-up. In the intervention arm, 527 out of 941 eligible AF patients aged ≥65 years provided informed consent to undergo the intervention. These 527 patients were compared with 713 AF patients in the control arm receiving usual care. Median age was 77 (interquartile range 72–83) years. The all-cause mortality rate was 3.5 per 100 patient-years in the intervention arm vs. 6.7 per 100 patient-years in the control arm [adjusted hazard ratio (HR) 0.55; 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.37–0.82]. For non-cardiovascular mortality, the adjusted HR was 0.47 (95% CI 0.27–0.82). For other adverse events, no statistically significant differences were observed. Conclusion In this cluster randomized trial, integrated care for elderly AF patients in primary care showed a 45% reduction in all-cause mortality when compared with usual care. |
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