Feasibility of community-based screening for cardiovascular disease risk in an ethnic community: the South Asian Cardiovascular Health Assessment and Management Program (SA-CHAMP)

BMC Public Health

Norman Campbell¹  Kathryn King-Shier⁴  Sandeep Aggarwal⁵  Ardene Vollman²  Leanne Ross⁵  Shahnaz Davachi³  Shefina Mawani²  Alykhan Nanji⁵  Charlotte A Jones¹ 

[1] Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Libin Cardiovascular Institute, TRW Building GE89, 3280 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, AB, Canada;University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada;Alberta Health Services, Calgary, AB, Canada;Faculty of Nursing, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada;Libin Cardiovascular Institute, Calgary, AB, Canada

关键词: Cholesterol;    Hypertension;    Health status disparities;    Ethnic groups;    Community-based participatory research;   

Others  :  1162519
DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2458-13-160

 received in 2012-05-28, accepted in 2013-02-19,  发布年份 2013

【 摘 要 】

Background

South Asian Canadians experience disproportionately high rates of cardiovascular disease (CVD). The goal of this qualitative study was to determine the feasibility of implementing a sustainable, culturally adapted, community-based CVD risk factor screening program for this population.

Methods

South Asians (≥ 45 years) in Calgary, Alberta underwent opportunistic cardiovascular risk factor screening by lay trained volunteers at local religious facilities. Those with elevated blood pressure (BP) or ≥ 1 risk factor underwent point of care cholesterol testing, 10-year CVD risk calculation, counseling, and referral to family physicians and local culturally tailored chronic disease management (CDM) programs. Participants were invited for re-screening and were surveyed about health system follow-up, satisfaction with the program and suggestions for improvement. Changes in risk factors from baseline were estimated using McNemar’s test (proportions) and paired t-tests (continuous measures).

Results

Baseline assessment was completed for 238 participants (median age 64 years, 51% female). Mean TC, HDL and TC/HDL were 5.41 mmol/L, 1.12 mmol/L and 4.7, respectively. Mean systolic and diastolic blood pressures (mmHg) were 129 and 75 respectively. Blood pressure and TC/HDL ratios exceeded recommended targets in 36% and 58%, respectively, and 76% were at high risk for CVD. Ninety-nine participants (47% female) attended re-screening. 82% had accessed health care providers, 22% reported medication changes and 3.5% had attended the CDM programs. While BP remained unchanged, TC and TC/HDL decreased and HDL increased significantly (mean differences: -0.52 mmol/L, -1.04 and +0.07 mmol/L, respectively). Participants were very satisfied (80%) or satisfied (20%) with the project. Participants suggested screening sessions and CDM programs be more accessible by: delivering evening or weekends programs at more sites, providing transportation, offering multilingual programs/translation assistance, reducing screening wait times and increasing numbers of project staff.

Conclusions

SA-CHAMP demonstrated the feasibility and value of implementing a lay volunteer–led, culturally adapted, sustainable community-based CVD risk factor screening program in South Asian places of worship in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Subsequent screening and CDM programs were refined based on the learnings from this study. Further research is needed to determine physician and patient factors associated with uptake of and adherence to risk reduction strategies.

【 授权许可】

   
2013 Jones et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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