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Evaluation of cardiovascular risk in adult psychiatric outpatients in Qatar using two risk assessment tools
Joint Authors
al-Turki, Yasin Hasan
al-Rawi, Safa
Zolezzi, Monica
Source
Issue
Vol. 2021, Issue 2 (31 Aug. 2021), pp.1-9, 9 p.
Publisher
Publication Date
2021-08-31
Country of Publication
Qatar
No. of Pages
9
Main Subjects
Pharmacy, Health & Medical Sciences
Abstract EN
Introduction: Individuals with serious mental illness (SMI) experience premature death, likely due to increased rates of obesity and cardiovascular disease (CVD).
This study was conducted to estimate the CVD risk in a cohort of individuals with SMI receiving outpatient psychiatric services in Qatar and to assess contributory CVD risk factors.
Methods: This is a retrospective review of the electronic medical records of a cohort of outpatients with SMI attending a mental health clinic in Doha, Qatar.
The CVD risk was estimated using two risk prediction tools: the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology (AHA/ACC) risk calculator and the World Health Organization/ International Society of Hypertension (WHO/ISH) CVD risk prediction charts for the Eastern Mediter- ranean region.
Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze the demographic and clinical data.
Data were analyzed using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences.
Results: Of the 346 eligible patients, 28% (n 1⁄4 97) had obtainable data for the estimation of their CVD risk using both tools.
Approximately one-third of the cohort (33%) were classified as high risk using the AHA/ACC risk calculator, and 13.3% were classified as intermediate to high risk using the WHO/ISH CVD risk prediction charts.
Based on the AHA/ACC risk scores, among those with a high CVD risk, almost two-thirds had CVD modifiable risk factors (i.e., smoking, diabetes, dyslipidemia, and hypertension).
No statistically significant difference in the CVD risk estimates was observed among individuals with a body mass index of more or lower than 30 kg/m2 ( p 1⁄4 0.815).
Conclusion: Based on the AHA/ACC risk calculator, approximately one-third of the study cohort had high.
CVD risk estimates.
The WHO/ISH CVD risk prediction charts appeared to underestimate CVD risk, particu- larly for those identified as high risk using the AHA/ ACC risk calculator.
A closer alliance between psychiatrists and primary healthcare professionals to control modifiable cardiovascular risk factors among patients with SMI is necessary.
American Psychological Association (APA)
al-Rawi, Safa& Zolezzi, Monica& al-Turki, Yasin Hasan. 2021. Evaluation of cardiovascular risk in adult psychiatric outpatients in Qatar using two risk assessment tools. Qatar Medical Journal،Vol. 2021, no. 2, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1442037
Modern Language Association (MLA)
al-Rawi, Safa…[et al.]. Evaluation of cardiovascular risk in adult psychiatric outpatients in Qatar using two risk assessment tools. Qatar Medical Journal No. 2 (2021), pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1442037
American Medical Association (AMA)
al-Rawi, Safa& Zolezzi, Monica& al-Turki, Yasin Hasan. Evaluation of cardiovascular risk in adult psychiatric outpatients in Qatar using two risk assessment tools. Qatar Medical Journal. 2021. Vol. 2021, no. 2, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1442037
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 7-9
Record ID
BIM-1442037