Use of Cardiovascular Disease Secondary Prevention Medications in Four Middle East Countries in a Community Setting.
IF 3 3区 医学Q2 CARDIAC & CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMSGlobal HeartPub Date : 2024-08-26eCollection Date: 2024-01-01DOI:10.5334/gh.1349
Afzalhussein Yusufali, Marwan Zidan, Rasha Khatib, Roya Kelishadi, Khalid Alhabib, Mariam Alnoman Alshamsi, Ahmad Farid Rais, Afra Khalid Bintouq, Ahmad Bahonar, Noushin Mohammadifard, Mostafa Al Shamiri, Sumathy Rangarajan, Hamda Khansaheb, Salim Yusuf
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Abstract
Background: Evidence-based International clinical practice guidelines, universally recommend secondary prevention medications for those with previous cardiovascular disease (CVD). There is limited data on the community use of these medications in the Middle East (ME).
Objectives: This study assesses the use and predictors of evidence based secondary prevention medications in individuals with a history of CVD [coronary heart disease (CHD) or stroke].
Methods: Between 2005 and 2015, we enrolled 11,228 individuals aged between 35-70 years from 52 urban and 35 rural communities from four ME countries, United Arab Emirates (n = 1499), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (n = 2046), Occupied Palestinian Territory (n = 1668) and Islamic Republic of Iran (n = 6013). With standardized questionnaires, we report estimates of medication use in those with CVD at national level and the independent predictors of their utilization through a multivariable analysis model. Results: Of the total ME cohort, 614 (5.5%) had CVD, of which 115 (1.0%) had stroke, 523 (4.7%) had CHD and 24 (0.2%) had both. The mean age of those with CVD was 56.6 ± 8.8 years and 269 (43.8%) were female. Overall, only 23.5% of those with CVD reported using three or more proven secondary prevention medications, and a substantial proportion (stroke 27.8%, CHD 25.8%) did not take any of these medications. In a fully adjusted analysis, increasing age, female gender, higher education, higher wealth in individual household, residence in a higher income country as well as being obese, hypertensive or diabetic were independent predictors of medication use.
Conclusion: The use of secondary prevention medication is low in ME and has not reached the modest recommended WHO target of 50% use of 3 or more medications. Independent factors of higher use were, better socioeconomic status (household wealth, country wealth and education) and better contact and accessibility to health care (increasing age, female gender, obesity, diabetes and hypertension).
Global HeartMedicine-Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
CiteScore
5.70
自引率
5.40%
发文量
77
审稿时长
5 weeks
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