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Table 1 Indicators for cardiovascular risk management

From: Effectiveness and efficiency of a practice accreditation program on cardiovascular risk management in primary care: study protocol of a clustered randomized trial

Type of indicator

 

Process

Smoking status

Outcome

Patient is a smoker

Process

Stop smoking advice

Process

BMI measured

Outcome

BMI < 25 kg/m2

Process

Influenza vaccination

Process

Exercise control

Process

Systolic blood pressure measured

Outcome

Systolic blood pressure < 140 mmHg1

Process

LDL cholesterol measured

Outcome

LDL cholesterol <2.5 mmol/L1

Process

Advice physical activity

Process

Diet control

Process

Counseling about diet

Process

Registration of alcohol intake

Process

Patients with LDL cholesterol ≥2.5 mmol/L with statin prescription

Process

Waist circumference measured

Process

Prescription antiplatelet drugs1

Process

Fasting glucose measured

Process

Comprehensive risk assessment *

  1. *Positive score when there is a record of: blood pressure, BMI, waist circumference, fasting glucose measurement, LDL cholesterol measurement, smoking behavior, alcohol intake, advice and control of diet and physical exercise in the past 12 months.
  2. 1Primary outcome.