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. 2011 May;59(5):797-805.
doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2011.03391.x.

Informing clinical practice guideline development and implementation: prevalence of coexisting conditions among adults with coronary heart disease

Cynthia M Boyd  1 , Bruce Leff, Jennifer L Wolff, Qilu Yu, Jing Zhou, Cynthia Rand, Carlos O Weiss
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Informing clinical practice guideline development and implementation: prevalence of coexisting conditions among adults with coronary heart disease

Cynthia M Boyd et al. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2011 May.

Abstract

Objectives: To describe the prevalence of coexisting conditions that affect clinical decision-making in adults with coronary heart disease (CHD).

Design: Cross-sectional.

Setting: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999 to 2004.

Participants: Eight thousand six hundred fifty-four people aged 45 and older; 1,259 with CHD.

Measurements: Coexisting conditions relevant to clinical decision-making and implementing therapy for CHD across three domains: chronic diseases, self-reported and laboratory-based clinical measures, and health status factors of self-reported and observed function. Prevalence was estimated according to sex and age, mutually exclusive patterns were examined, and the odds ratios (OR) of having incurred repeated hospitalization in the last year of participants with CHD and each complexity pattern versus CHD alone were modeled.

Results: The prevalence of comorbid chronic diseases in subjects with CHD was 56.7% for arthritis, 29.0% for congestive heart failure, 25.5% for chronic lower respiratory tract disease, 24.8% for diabetes mellitus, and 13.8% for stroke. Clinical factors adding to complexity of clinical decision-making for CHD were use of more than four medications (54.5%), urinary incontinence (48.6%), dizziness or falls (34.8%), low glomerular filtration rate (24.4%), anemia (10.1%), high alanine aminotransferase (5.9%), use of warfarin (10.2%), and health status factors were cognitive impairment (29.9%), mobility difficulty (40.4%), frequent mental distress (14.3%), visual impairment (16.7%), and hearing impairment (17.9%). Several comorbidity patterns were associated with high odds of hospitalization.

Conclusion: Coexisting conditions that may modify the effectiveness of or interact with CHD therapies, influence the feasibility of CHD therapies, or alter patients' priorities concerning their health care should be considered in the development of trials and guidelines to better inform real-world clinical decision-making.

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Figure 1a
Prevalence of diseases among people with Coronary Heart Disease, Stratified by Age and Gender, 95% CI Footnote: CHD: coronary heart disease CLRT: chronic lower respiratory tract disease CHF: congestive heart failure GFR: glomerular filtration rate CVA: stroke
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Figure 1b
Prevalence of clinical factors among people with Coronary Heart Disease, Stratified by Age and Gender, 95% CI Footnote: Urin Incont: urinary incontinence GFR: glomerular filtration rate
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Figure 1c
Prevalence of health status factors among people with Coronary Heart Disease, Stratified by Age and Gender, 95% CI Footnote: Cog Imp: Cognitive impairment Mobi Diff: Mobility Difficulty Freq Mental Distress: Frequent Mental Distress Vis Imp: Visual Impairment Hear Imp: Hearing Impairment
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