Improving the quality of care for patients with or at risk of atrial fibrillation: an improvement initiative in UK general practices
BMJ Publishing Group, 2019
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OBJECTIVE: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a growing problem internationally and a recognised cause of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. The London borough of Hounslow has a lower than expected prevalence of AF, suggesting poor detection and associated undertreatment. To improve AF diagnosis and management, a quality improvement (QI) initiative was set up in 48 general practices in Hounslow. We aimed to study whether there was evidence of a change in AF diagnosis and management in Hounslow following implementation of interventions in this QI initiative. METHODS: Using the general practice information system (SystmOne), data were retrospectively collected for 415 626 patients, who were actively registered at a Hounslow practice between 1 January 2011 and 31 August 2018. Process, outcome and balancing measures were analysed using statistical process control and interrupted time series regression methods. The baseline period was from 1 January 2011 to 30 September 2014 and the intervention period was from 1 October 2014 to 31 August 2018. RESULTS: When comparing the baseline to the intervention period, (1) the rate of new AF diagnoses increased by 27% (relative risk 1.27; 95% CI 1.05 to 1.52; p<0.01); (2) ECG tests done for patients aged 60 and above increased; (3) CHA(2)DS(2)-VASc and HAS-BLED risk assessments within 30 days of AF diagnosis increased from 1.7% to 19% and 0.2% to 8.1%, respectively; (4) among those at higher risk of stroke, anticoagulation prescription within 30 days of AF diagnosis increased from 31% to 63% while prescription of antiplatelet monotherapy within the same time period decreased from 17% to 7.1%; and (5) average CHA(2)DS(2)-VASc and HAS-BLED risk scores did not change. CONCLUSION: Implementation of interventions in the Hounslow QI initiative coincided with improved AF diagnosis and management. Areas with perceived underdetection of AF should consider similar interventions and methodology.
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Improving the quality of care for patients with or at risk of atrial fibrillation: an improvement initiative in UK general practices
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Adeleke, Yewande ; Matthew, Dionne ; Porter, Bradley ; Woodcock, Thomas ; Yap, Jayne ; Hashmy, Sophia ; Mathew, Ammu ; Grant, Ron ; Kaba, Agnes ; Unger-Graeber, Brigitte ; Khan, Sadia ; Bell, Derek ; Cowie, Martin R |
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Veröffentlichung: | BMJ Publishing Group, 2019 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
DOI: | 10.1136/openhrt-2019-001086 |
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