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Primary care burden and treatment of patients with heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Scotland
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Hawkins, NM and Jhund, PS and Simpson, CR and Petrie, MC and MacDonald, MR and Dunn, FG and Macintyre, K and McMurray, JJV, Primary care burden and treatment of patients with heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Scotland, The European Journal of Heart Failure, 12, (1) pp. 17-24. ISSN 1388-9842 (2010) [Refereed Article]
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Copyright 2010 Elsevier
DOI: doi:10.1093/eurjhf/hfp160
Abstract
METHODS AND RESULTS: This was an analysis of cross-sectional data from 61 primary care practices (377 439 patients) participating in the Scottish Continuous Morbidity Recording scheme. The prevalence of COPD in patients with HF increased from 19.8% in 1999 to 23.8% in 2004. In 2004, the prevalence was similar in men and women (24.8% vs. 22.9%, P = 0.09), increased with age up to 75 years, and increased with greater socioeconomic deprivation (most deprived 31.3% vs. least deprived 18.6%, P = 0.01). Contact rates for HF or COPD in those with both conditions were greater than disease-specific contact rates in patients with either condition alone. Although overall beta-blocker prescribing increased over time; the adjusted odds of beta-blocker prescription in patients with COPD was low and failed to improve [odds ratio 0.30 (0.28-0.32), P < 0.001]. In 2004, only 18% of individuals with HF and COPD were prescribed beta-blockers vs. 41% in those without COPD.
CONCLUSION: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is a frequent comorbidity in patients with HF and represents a significant healthcare burden to primary care. Although beta-blocker prescribing in the community has increased, less than a fifth of patients with HF and COPD received beta-blockers.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | Beta-blockers; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Heart failure |
| Research Division: | Biomedical and Clinical Sciences |
| Research Group: | Cardiovascular medicine and haematology |
| Research Field: | Cardiology (incl. cardiovascular diseases) |
| Objective Division: | Health |
| Objective Group: | Clinical health |
| Objective Field: | Clinical health not elsewhere classified |
| UTAS Author: | Macintyre, K (Dr Kate Macintyre) |
| ID Code: | 95687 |
| Year Published: | 2010 |
| Web of Science® Times Cited: | 73 |
| Deposited By: | Medicine |
| Deposited On: | 2014-10-07 |
| Last Modified: | 2014-11-11 |
| Downloads: | 0 |
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