Cardiovascular Diseases
Diabetes and cardiovascular disease (CVD) affect a growing number of New Zealanders each year, and particularly their quality of life and life expectancy.
The More Heart and Diabetes Checks health target came into effect on 1 January 2012. The target is that 90% of the eligible population will have had their cardiovascular risk assessed in the last five years, to be achieved in stages by 1 July 2014. The first stage is to achieve 60% by July 2012, and 75% by July 2013. The eligible population includes: Māori, Pacific and South Asian males 35 years and over, Māori, Pacific and South Asian females and other ethnic group males 45 years and over and all other ethnic group females 55 years and over.
Diabetes and cardiovascular disease (CVD) affect a growing number of New Zealanders each year, and particularly their quality of life and life expectancy.
The More Heart and Diabetes Checks health target came into effect on 1 January 2012. The target is that 90% of the eligible population will have had their cardiovascular risk assessed in the last five years, to be achieved in stages by 1 July 2014. The first stage is to achieve 60% by July 2012, and 75% by July 2013. The eligible population includes: Māori, Pacific and South Asian males 35 years and over, Māori, Pacific and South Asian females and other ethnic group males 45 years and over and all other ethnic group females 55 years and over.
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Should identical CVD risks in young and old patients be managed identically? Results from two models
posted by Research Admin on 19 Apr 2012
Published 2012. Authors: Su May Liew, Rod T. Jackson, David Mant, Paul Glasziou.
BMJ Open, 2(2), e000728 doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2011-000728
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Risk of cardiovascular and all-cause mortality: Impact of impaired health-related functioning and diabetes mellitus. The Australian Diabetes Obesity and Lifestyle Study (AUSDIAB)
posted by Research Admin on 27 Mar 2012
There is an established link between health-related functioning (HRF) and cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality, and it is known that those...
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Barriers and enablers to implementation of a New Zealand-wide guideline for assessment and management of cardiovascular risk in primary health care: A template analysis
posted by Research Admin on 24 Apr 2012
Published 2012. Authors: A. M. McKillop, Jackie Crisp, Kenneth Walsh.
Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing, 9 December, doi: 10.1111/j.1741-6787.2011.00233.x [Epub before print]
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Why are there gaps in our management of those with high cardiovascular risk?
posted by Research Admin on 28 Feb 2012
Published 2012. Authors: Fiona Doolan-Noble, Jocelyn Tracey, Stewart Mann.
Journal of Primary Health Care, 4 (1), 21-29
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Cardiac nurse practitioners reduce waiting times at Counties Manukau DHB
posted by Research Admin on 4 Apr 2012
The introduction of cardiac nurse practitioners at Counties Manukau District Health Board has reduced waiting times for cardiac patients from...
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- Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease Quality Improvement Plan
Literature Abstracts
- Mortality and demographic data 2009
- Barriers and enablers to implementation of a New Zealand-wide guideline for assessment and management of cardiovascular risk in primary health care: A template analysis
- Should identical CVD risks in young and old patients be managed identically? Results from two models
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- Risk of cardiovascular serious adverse events associated with varenicline use for tobacco cessation: Systematic review and meta-analysis
- Hospital strategies for reducing risk-standardized mortality rates in acute myocardial infarction: A survey (United States)
- Investing in emotional and psychological wellbeing for patients with long-term conditions (UK)
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- Improving the lives of patients with long term conditions (England)