Table 4.
Difference between intervention and control groups in prescribed drugs and use of health services at 1 year follow up. Values are numbers (percentages) of patients unless stated otherwise
| Detail | All patients
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Patients with myocardial infarction
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Patients with angina
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control (n=297) | Intervention (n=262) | Difference (95% CI) between intervention and control | Control (n=198) | Intervention (n=191) | Control (n=99) | Intervention (n=71) | |||
| Antihypertensive drugs | |||||||||
| All patients treated* | 230 (77) | 210 (80) | 3% (−4% to 10%) | 161 (81) | 165 (86) | 69 (70) | 45 (63) | ||
| Patients with untreated high blood pressure† | 10 (3) | 5 (2) | 4 (2) | 2 (1) | 6 (6) | 3 (4) | |||
| Cholesterol lowering agent | |||||||||
| All patients treated* | 85 (29) | 79 (30) | 1% (−7% to 9%) | 59 (30) | 58 (30) | 26 (26) | 21 (30) | ||
| Patients with cholesterol ⩾5.5mmol/l but not receiving treatment | 122 (41) | 100 (38) | 79 (40) | 73 (38) | 43 (43) | 27 (38) | |||
| Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors | |||||||||
| All patients treated* | 91 (31) | 95 (36) | 6% (0% to 13%) | 83 (42) | 90 (47) | 8 (8) | 5 (7) | ||
| Aspirin | |||||||||
| All patients treated* | 252 (85) | 228 (87) | 2% (−4% to 8%) | 177 (89) | 171 (90) | 75 (76) | 57 (80) | ||
| Rehabilitation | |||||||||
| Patients attending at least one session | 70 (24) | 109 (42) | 18% (10% to 26%) | 60 (30) | 79 (41) | 10 (10) | 30 (42) | ||
| Practice attendance‡ | |||||||||
| Mean No of visits to practice nurse | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.4 (0.2 to 0.6) | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.8 | ||
| Mean No of visits to GP | 0.9 | 1.1 | 0.2 (−0.1 to 0.4) | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.2 | ||
GP=general practitioner.
*
Those not followed up assumed to be continuing baseline behaviour. †High blood pressure defined as systolic pressure ⩾60 mm Hg or diastolic pressure ⩾100 mm Hg.
‡
For issues related to ischaemic heart disease in previous 3 months.