TY - JOUR
T1 - A multicenter, randomized trial of a nurse-led, home-based intervention for optimal secondary cardiac prevention suggests some benefits for men but not for women
T2 - the Young at Heart Study
AU - Carrington, Melinda J.
AU - Chan, Yih Kai
AU - Calderone, Alicia
AU - Scuffham, Paul A.
AU - Esterman, Adrian
AU - Goldstein, Stan
AU - Stewart, Simon
PY - 2013/7/1
Y1 - 2013/7/1
N2 - Background-We examined the impact of a prolonged secondary prevention program on recurrent hospitalization in cardiac patients with private health insurance. Methods and Results-The Young at Heart multicenter, randomized, controlled trial compared usual postdischarge care (UC) with nurse-led, home-based intervention (HBI). The primary end point was rate of all-cause hospital stay (31.5±7.5 months follow-up). In total, 602 patients (aged 70±10 years, 72% men) were randomized to UC (n=296) or HBI (n=306, 96% received ≥1 home visit). Overall, 42 patients (7.0%) died, and 492 patients (82%) accumulated 2397 all-cause hospitalizations associated with 10 258 hospital days costing >$17 million. There were minimal group differences (HBI versus UC) in the primary end point of all-cause hospital stay (5405 versus 4853 days; median [interquartile range], 0.08 [0.03-0.17] versus 0.07 [0.03-0.13]/patient per month). There were similar trends with respect to all hospitalizations (1197 versus 1200; P=0.802) and associated costs ($8.66 versus $8.58 million; P=0.375). At 2 years, however, more HBI versus UC (39% versus 27%; odds ratio, 1.67; 95% confidence interval, 1.15-2.41; P=0.007) patients were assessed as stable and optimally managed. For women, HBI outcomes were predominantly worse than UC outcomes. In men, HBI was associated with reduced risk of cardiovascular hospitalization (adjusted hazard ratio, 0.68; 95% confidence interval, 0.46-0.99; P=0.044) with less cardiovascular hospitalizations (192 versus 269; P=0.054) and costs ($2.49 versus $3.53 million; P=0.046). Conclusions-HBI did not reduce recurrent all-cause hospitalization compared with UC in privately insured cardiac patients overall. However, it did convey some benefits in cardiac outcomes for men. Clinical Trial Registration-Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry Unique Identifier: 12608000014358. URL: http://www.anzctr.org. au/trial-view.aspx?id=82509.
AB - Background-We examined the impact of a prolonged secondary prevention program on recurrent hospitalization in cardiac patients with private health insurance. Methods and Results-The Young at Heart multicenter, randomized, controlled trial compared usual postdischarge care (UC) with nurse-led, home-based intervention (HBI). The primary end point was rate of all-cause hospital stay (31.5±7.5 months follow-up). In total, 602 patients (aged 70±10 years, 72% men) were randomized to UC (n=296) or HBI (n=306, 96% received ≥1 home visit). Overall, 42 patients (7.0%) died, and 492 patients (82%) accumulated 2397 all-cause hospitalizations associated with 10 258 hospital days costing >$17 million. There were minimal group differences (HBI versus UC) in the primary end point of all-cause hospital stay (5405 versus 4853 days; median [interquartile range], 0.08 [0.03-0.17] versus 0.07 [0.03-0.13]/patient per month). There were similar trends with respect to all hospitalizations (1197 versus 1200; P=0.802) and associated costs ($8.66 versus $8.58 million; P=0.375). At 2 years, however, more HBI versus UC (39% versus 27%; odds ratio, 1.67; 95% confidence interval, 1.15-2.41; P=0.007) patients were assessed as stable and optimally managed. For women, HBI outcomes were predominantly worse than UC outcomes. In men, HBI was associated with reduced risk of cardiovascular hospitalization (adjusted hazard ratio, 0.68; 95% confidence interval, 0.46-0.99; P=0.044) with less cardiovascular hospitalizations (192 versus 269; P=0.054) and costs ($2.49 versus $3.53 million; P=0.046). Conclusions-HBI did not reduce recurrent all-cause hospitalization compared with UC in privately insured cardiac patients overall. However, it did convey some benefits in cardiac outcomes for men. Clinical Trial Registration-Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry Unique Identifier: 12608000014358. URL: http://www.anzctr.org. au/trial-view.aspx?id=82509.
KW - Follow-up studies
KW - Heart diseases
KW - Prevention and control
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84884495398&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.111.000006
DO - 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.111.000006
M3 - Article
C2 - 23819955
AN - SCOPUS:84884495398
VL - 6
SP - 379
EP - 389
JO - Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes
JF - Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes
SN - 1941-7713
IS - 4
ER -