Abstract P118: The Ongoing Experience of Cardiovascular Risk Assessment Implementation in Primary Care of the CUORE Project

• Published in: Circulation (New York, N.Y.) N.Y.), 2020-03, Vol.141 (Suppl_1)
• Main Authors: Palmieri, Luigi, Vannucchi, Serena, Lo Noce, Cinzia, Di Lonardo, Anna, Minutoli, Daniela, Unim, Brigid, Grisetti, Tiziana, Meduri, Claudia, Donfrancesco, Chiara
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• ISSN: 0009-7322; 1524-4539
• DOI: 10.1161/circ.141.suppl_1.P118

Abstract only Background: The Italian National Prevention Plan 2005-2008 included a 10-year cardiovascular risk assessment (10-CR) for the general population aged 35-69 years using the CUORE-Project risk score. GPs were encouraged to collect data on risk factors, perform a 10-CR and send data to the Cardiovascular Risk Observatory (CRO). Aim: The aim of this study is to show updated data of the ongoing surveillance system of the 10-CR in the Italian adult population, a first step to implement primary preventive actions at individual level. Methods: A training plan for GPs was launched by the Ministry of Health. Data were collected using the cuore.exe software, easily and freely downloadable by GPs from the CUORE-Project website (www.cuore.iss.it). The CRO provides a web-platform to analyze and compare data on 10-CR and risk factors at both regional and national level. In the subgroup of persons examined at least twice a year, variations in continuous risk factors mean levels and categorical risk factors prevalence between baseline and follow-up and their 95% confidence intervals (C.I.) were calculated using methods for matched pair samples. Results: By October 2019, about 3,500 GPs downloaded cuore.exe ; about 300,000 CR assessments on about 140,000 persons were sent to CRO. CR mean was 3.1% in women, 8.5% in men; 28% of men and 64% of women were at lower risk (CR