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7848670

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-3-10
pubmed:abstractText
To enhance compliance to physician referral as well as dietary and other lifestyle recommendations given at blood cholesterol (BC) screening programs, we randomized Pawtucket Heart Health Program SCORE (screening, counseling, referral event) participants with elevated BC levels into one of four groups: usual care group; a participant intervention group (mailed reminder letter and refrigerator magnet); a physician intervention group (mailed packet to participant's physician including letter, National Cholesterol Education Program [NCEP] guidelines, and preaddressed postcard to mail to patient); and a group that received both interventions. Beginning four months after the screening, we surveyed study subjects by phone. The participant intervention increased recall of physician referral and dietary recommendations; however, neither intervention successfully improved compliance to referral or dietary and lifestyle recommendations. Overall, 58%, 67% and 34% of subjects reported complying to physician referral, dietary recommendations, and lifestyle recommendations, respectively. Referral compliance was associated with a longer time interval between screening and survey (relative risk [RR] = 1.3, 95% confidence interval [CI[ = 1.0, 1.7), possession of medical insurance that covered physician visits (RR = 2.1, 95% CI = 0.98, 4.4), and history of hypertension (RR = 2.6, 95% CI = 1.1, 5.8). Dietary compliance was positively associated with baseline BC levels > or = 240 mg/dL (RR = 3.3, 95% CI = 1.4, 7.3) and negatively associated with increasing age; each one year increase in age corresponded to a 3% decrease in compliance (RR = 0.97, 95% CI = 0.9. 1.0).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0749-3797
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
10
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
275-82
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Effects of intervention on compliance to referral and lifestyle recommendations given at cholesterol screening programs.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Health Education, Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, Pawtucket 02860.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Randomized Controlled Trial