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NCT Number: NCT00713960

CARE - Quality Improvement in Cardiovascular Secondary Prevention in Primary Care, Through Delegation of Consultations to the Nurse.

Quality Improvement in Primary Care: delegation of check-ups to nurses in general practice

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Key information

Conditions

Cardiovascular Disease Cardiovascular Diseases

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Research Site, Albertslund, Denmark

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Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Patients in secondary prevention of cardiopathy (ischaemic heart disease, claudication intermittence, thrombotic apoplexy cerebri, diabetes) who are not followed in an outpatient department.

Exclusion criteria

  • Patients who suffer from diabetic nephropathy will be excluded
  • According to the general practitioners appraisal, patients who suffer from severe co morbidity can be excluded as well.

Treatment and study plan

Primary outcomes

  1. Cholesterol, HDL -cholesterol, LDL-Cholesterol, Blood pressure, Exercise, Waist-circumference, BMI, Smoking status, fasting plasma-glucose, medication taken

    Time frame: As needed, min. baseline and after 6 months

Secondary outcomes

  1. Number of visits pr. patients, drop-out

    Time frame: Annually

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

AstraZeneca

Industry

Registry information

Official study title

CARE - Quality Development in Cardiovascular Disease in General Practice

Important dates

Study start
2008
Primary completion
2010
Study completion
2010
First posted
Jul 14, 2008
Registry last updated
Jan 16, 2012

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