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. 2025 Jul 15;13(14):1704.
doi: 10.3390/healthcare13141704.

Multidisciplinary Care in a Public University Family Medicine Group in Québec (Canada): Data on Patients' Follow-Up and Cardiometabolic Risk Management

Lise Leblay  1   2 , Léanne Day Pelland  3   4 , Josée Gagnon  4 , Valérie Guay  1 , Sophie Desroches  1   5 , Jean-Philippe Drouin-Chartier  1   2 , Jean-Sébastien Paquette  4   6   7
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Multidisciplinary Care in a Public University Family Medicine Group in Québec (Canada): Data on Patients' Follow-Up and Cardiometabolic Risk Management

Lise Leblay et al. Healthcare (Basel). .

Abstract

Background/Objectives: Generating real-world data on the efficacy of multidisciplinary care in cardiometabolic risk management is essential to ensure that guidelines are both applicable and effective, especially in public healthcare settings, where organizational structures may impede healthcare professionals' agility. This study aimed to generate data on patient follow-up and cardiometabolic risk management during the early years of a public university family medicine group in Québec (Canada) that provides multidisciplinary care to adults with cardiometabolic conditions, in order to evaluate the implementation and effectiveness of its care model. Methods: This was a retrospective longitudinal study. Patients treated at the clinic from 31 January 2020 (clinic opening) to 8 May 2024 (n = 96) were invited to consent to the use of their medical data for research. Results: A total of 52 patients consented and were included in the study. Upon entry at the clinic, >90% of patients had anthropometry and blood pressure (BP) measured, but plasma glucose and lipids were assessed among 50% and 79% of patients, respectively. A total of 36 patients completed the personalized multidisciplinary care program. No evidence of associations between the total number of appointments or appointments with the registered dietitian specifically with changes in BMI, waist circumference, and BP was found. However, each pharmaceutical intervention was associated with a -0.51 cm (95%CI: -1.03, 0.02; p = 0.06) change in waist circumference and a -1.49 mm Hg (95%CI: -2.56, -0.43, p = 0.01) change in diastolic BP. Conclusions: These data highlight the challenges of implementing a research-oriented clinic within Québec's public healthcare system.

Keywords: cardiometabolic risk; multidisciplinary care; research-oriented clinic.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflicts of interest for the current work. JPDC received consulting honoraria and/or investigator-initiated research grants from the Dairy Farmers of Canada and the Weston Family Foundation in the past 5 years, unrelated to this work.

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Flow chart of patients from the Meta-Santé clinic followed between 31 January 2020 and 8 May 2024.
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