Gender Inequalities in Diagnostic Inertia around the Three Most Prevalent Cardiovascular Risk Studies

Protocol for a Population-Based Cohort Study

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ID15482159
AutoresConcepción Carratalá‐Munuera (0000-0002-1303-6294, Universitat de Miguel Hernández d'Elx), Adriana López‐Pineda (0000-0002-2117-0178, Universitat de Miguel Hernández d'Elx, autor de correspondencia), Domingo Orozco‐Beltrán (0000-0002-8231-2635, Universitat de Miguel Hernández d'Elx), Domingo Orozco-Beltrán (Clinical Medicine Department, Miguel Hernandez University, 03550 San Juan de Alicante, Spain), José A Quesada (0000-0002-6947-7531, Universitat de Miguel Hernández d'Elx), José Luis Alfonso Sánchez (0000-0002-7075-9712, Universitat de València), Vicente Pallarés‐Carratalá (0000-0002-2985-6078, Universitat Jaume I), Cristina Soriano Maldonado (0000-0002-0328-0664, Universitat de Miguel Hernández d'Elx), Cristina Soriano-Maldonado (Clinical Medicine Department, Miguel Hernandez University, 03550 San Juan de Alicante, Spain), Jorge Navarro-Pérez (Universitat de València), Vicente Gil-Guillén (0000-0003-3793-9786, Universitat de Miguel Hernández d'Elx), Vicente F Gil-Guillén (Clinical Medicine Department, Miguel Hernandez University, 03550 San Juan de Alicante, Spain), José M Martín-Moreno (0000-0002-8648-5541, Universitat de València)
Año2021
Volumen18
Número8
Páginas4054-4054
Fecha de publicación2021-04-12
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
EditorialMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph18084054
PMID33921396
OpenAlexW3155380059
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas28

Evidence shows that objectives for detecting and controlling cardiovascular risk factors are not being effectively met, and moreover, outcomes differ between men and women. This study will assess the gender-related differences in diagnostic inertia around the three most prevalent cardiovascular risk factors: dyslipidemia, arterial hypertension, and diabetes mellitus, and to evaluate the consequences on cardiovascular disease incidence. This is an epidemiological and cohort study. Eligible patients will be adults who presented to public primary health care centers in a Spanish region from 2008 to 2011, with hypertension, dyslipidemia, or/and diabetes and without cardiovascular disease. Participants' electronic health records will be used to collect the study variables in a window of six months from inclusion. Diagnostic inertia of hypertension, dyslipidemia, and/or diabetes is defined as the registry of abnormal diagnostic parameters-but no diagnosis-on the person's health record. The cohort will be followed from the date of inclusion until the end of 2019. Outcomes will be cardiovascular events, defined as hospital admission due to ischemic cardiopathy, stroke, and death from any cause. The results of this study could inform actions to rectify the structure, organization and training of health care teams in order to correct the inequality

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