Community projects, discover hidden cardiovascular risk factors

Screening of screening screening in terms of atherosclerotic risk of cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) taking place in social pharmacies and large-scale sporting events can identify people with uncontrolled cardiovascular risk factors, in accordance with the study published in Australia and New Zealand.

ASCVD is the main cause of death around the world, but you can often prevent in many cases. Regular preventive examinations can identify modifying risk factors, such as increased blood pressure (BP), an increased body weight index (BMI) and smoking, but many people do not participate in screening or receive the recommended preventive care. Although it has been shown that preventive health controls reduce ASCVD indicators, the implementation of the community on a large scale was limited.

Heart health controls in the community can identify the risk factors of future heart disease that can be managed by lifestyle changes or early preventive medications and save life on the road. In this study, we have seen that screening in different places in the community not only operate to identify risk, but showed that different types of risk were more common depending on the location of screening, screening day and screening time. “

Professor Stephen Nicholls, senior study author and director of Victorian Heart Institute, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia

In this study, scientists conducted pop-up research in social pharmacies and the international cricket game to determine the number of participants who had uncontrolled cardiovascular risk factors. Health stations were placed in 311 social pharmacies in Australia between December 15, 2023 and January 31, 2024, health stations were available during the opening hours of each pharmacy, and screening conducted before 17:00 took place during the day, while the study conducted after 17:00 was classified as an evening. Health stations were also available for nine hours a day during the international match cricket played daily between December 26-29, 2023. The Shane Warne Legacy Health Initiative In the memory of Shane Warne, the Australian cricket icon, which suffered premature and sudden death in 2022 in 2022, was shown as part of the initiative.

Over 76,000 people were examined by a seven -week research period, with 89.8% studied in social pharmacies and 10.2% of the tested crickets during the match. Most of the participants were 25 to 34 years old and men. In general, 52 453 (68.9%) of participants achieved the main result of having at least one uncontrolled risk factor: increased BP reading, overweight or obese or active smoker. Over a third (37.2%) of participants with registered BP readings were in the hypertensive compartment.

There was a higher indicator of having at least one uncontrolled risk factor among the surveyed people during the Kryquet Vs. pharmacies. Most participants were aged 35 to 64 and men. According to an individual risk factor, the cricket at the match had a higher rate of increased BP and BMI, but lower smoking indicators compared to those in pharmacies. About half of people with increased BP readings did not have BP control last year, and over 80% did not apply to any antihypertensive drugs.

In pharmacies, 24.3% were studied at rural pharmacies, where most of them were over 45 years old and had higher diabetes indicators. Most of the shows took place on weekdays in the evening. Compared to social pharmacies, the surveyed people in rural areas had higher indicators of all risk factors and the diabetes they reported. About half of the people with increased BP readings did not have BP in the last calculation, and almost 70% did not apply to any antihypertensive drugs.

“Pop-up controls can be creatively nested on social networks and

Events that are visited by specific endangered populations, “said Nicholls.” They can direct efforts to screen tests towards the population, which could most benefit from ASCVD risk reduction, while dealing with differences in access to healthcare. “