S. Carroll , C.B. Cooke , R.J. Butterly , J.W.D. Moxon , J.W.A. Moxon , M. Dudfield
{"title":"Waist circumference in the assessment of obesity and associated risk factors in coronary artery disease patients","authors":"S. Carroll , C.B. Cooke , R.J. Butterly , J.W.D. Moxon , J.W.A. Moxon , M. Dudfield","doi":"10.1054/chec.2000.0096","DOIUrl":"10.1054/chec.2000.0096","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Waist circumference ‘action levels’ have been recommended as a screening tool for overweight/obesity and associated metabolic risk factors. The use of waist circumference action levels in identifying need for weight management and higher metabolic risk was evaluated in 541 consecutive coronary artery disease patient referrals (85 female) to a long-term maintenance, community-based cardiac rehabilitation programme. Recommended waist circumference action levels identified overweight and obese patients (body mass index (BMI ≥ 25.0<!--> <!-->kg·m<sup>–2</sup>and ≥ 30.0<!--> <!-->kg·m<sup>–2</sup>, respectively) and those with lower BMI but abdominal adiposity (waist:hip ratio ≥ 0.95 males, ≥ 0.80 females) with high sensitivity and specificity values. The prevalence of several metabolic risk factors was different between male and female patients in this cohort. Male patients exceeding the lower waist circumference action level (≥ 94<!--> <!-->cm) showed significantly increased odds ratios for hypertriglyceridemia; those at the higher action level (≥ 102<!--> <!-->cm) additionally exhibiting low high density lipoprotein cholesterol, a raised TC:HDL-C ratio and diastolic hypertension. Male subjects with increased waist circumferences were also 2–3 times as likely to have multiple (≥ 3) metabolic risk factors. Higher odds ratios were evident only for hypertriglyceridemia in female patients above the higher action level (≥ 88<!--> <!-->cm). Waist circumference action levels (94<!--> <!-->cm and 102<!--> <!-->cm in males; 80 and 88<!--> <!-->cm in females) may be utilized in secondary prevention settings to identify subjects requiring weight management. Furthermore, waist circumferences higher than the recommended action levels may also indicate increased metabolic risk despite standard cardioprotective drug therapy.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100334,"journal":{"name":"Coronary Health Care","volume":"4 4","pages":"Pages 179-186"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1054/chec.2000.0096","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89816494","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The imperative of health: public health and the regulated body 1 (1996)","authors":"Dr A.R.U.N. MIDHA","doi":"10.1054/chec.2000.0093","DOIUrl":"10.1054/chec.2000.0093","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100334,"journal":{"name":"Coronary Health Care","volume":"4 4","pages":"Pages 204-205"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1054/chec.2000.0093","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75013062","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Abstracts of the scientific programme of the British Association of Cardiac Rehabilitation annual conference 29th–30th September 2000","authors":"","doi":"10.1054/chec.2000.0101","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1054/chec.2000.0101","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100334,"journal":{"name":"Coronary Health Care","volume":"4 4","pages":"Pages 210-222"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1054/chec.2000.0101","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"137400671","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"British Association of Cardiac Rehabilitation annual conference, 29th–30th September 2000","authors":"S. Hollingworth","doi":"10.1054/chec.2000.0102","DOIUrl":"10.1054/chec.2000.0102","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100334,"journal":{"name":"Coronary Health Care","volume":"4 4","pages":"Pages 206-209"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1054/chec.2000.0102","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"95502952","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Cronqvist , R. Wredling , R. Nordlander , A. Langius , H. Björvell
{"title":"Perceived discomfort and related coping phenomena in patients undergoing percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty","authors":"A. Cronqvist , R. Wredling , R. Nordlander , A. Langius , H. Björvell","doi":"10.1054/chec.2000.0078","DOIUrl":"10.1054/chec.2000.0078","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The aims of the study were to describe the perceived discomfort in relation to percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) in a group of 56 patients from a cardiac outpatient clinic and to investigate their coping strategies and styles, as measured by the Jalowiec Coping Scale (JCS) before and after PTCA, and their sense of coherence, as measured by the Sense of Coherence Scale (SOC). Thirty-eight patients (68%) experienced some sort of discomfort in the immediate postoperative phase after PTCA. The most unbearable discomfort was lower back pain. The most commonly used coping styles were the confrontational, the optimistic and the self-reliant. It is suggested that the three most commonly used styles, as given by the patients in the present study, could be used as a foundation for cognitive training in a nursing program for this group of patients.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100334,"journal":{"name":"Coronary Health Care","volume":"4 3","pages":"Pages 123-129"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1054/chec.2000.0078","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73394097","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Conference report: British Cardiac Society, Glasgow, May 2000","authors":"R. West","doi":"10.1054/chec.2000.0090","DOIUrl":"10.1054/chec.2000.0090","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100334,"journal":{"name":"Coronary Health Care","volume":"4 3","pages":"Page 152"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1054/chec.2000.0090","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86584981","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Prospective study of clinical and functional status in patients awaiting coronary artery bypass surgery: The need for regular reassessment.","authors":"D. Fitzsimons, S. Richardson, M. Scott","doi":"10.1054/CHEC.2000.0082","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1054/CHEC.2000.0082","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The objectives of this study were two-fold. Stage 1 was to describe the clinical and sociodemographic characteristics of patients on the waiting list for coronary artery bypass surgery. Stage 2 was to assess changes in functional status using the SF36 at three intervals over patients’ first year on the waiting list. A cross-sectional study using a postal questionnaire was designed for Stage 1, while Stage 2 was a prospective study using SF36. The setting for the study was two large teaching hospitals in Northern Ireland which receive referrals for coronary angiography. All patients referred for coronary artery bypass over a consecutive six month period formed the study sample. The study consisted of Stage 1: 175 patients at referral for surgery, and Stage 2: 70 randomly selected patients. Results of this study found at Stage 1 that 65% of patients had grade 3–4 angina, 63% of those eligible to work were unemployed due to heart disease and 50% reported a recent decrease in income. Stage 2 found that at referral for surgery patients’ mean functional status was considerably less than 60% of optimum capacity on every dimension of the SF36. Functional status improved between referral and six months, but deteriorated between six months and one year – physical role limitations (10.4–1.8) and social function (52.7–38.1) (p = Waiting for coronary artery bypass surgery was associated with angina, unemployment and reduction in income in this sample. Levels of functional status were low and deteriorated further after waiting longer than six months for surgery.","PeriodicalId":100334,"journal":{"name":"Coronary Health Care","volume":"5 1","pages":"117-122"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90163202","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Factors which influence attendance at a rural Australian cardiac rehabilitation program","authors":"D.L. Schulz , H. McBurney","doi":"10.1054/chec.2000.0086","DOIUrl":"10.1054/chec.2000.0086","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This study investigated factors that are associated with and predict attendance of patients following acute myocardial infarction, at the cardiac rehabilitation program of Wimmera Health Care Group, Horsham, Australia. Previous research suggested age, gender, distance from cardiac rehabilitation and lack of social support were associated with non-attendance at a cardiac rehabilitation program. A survey form was compiled to collect demographic data, cardiac risk factor information and cardiac rehabilitation referral and attendance details. Seventy-nine of 115 patients discharged alive with a diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction completed and returned the survey form. The results indicated that being older, living further away, living alone and not having access to private transport were significantly associated with cardiac rehabilitation non-attendance. The factors that predicted cardiac rehabilitation attendance in 93.59% of cases were being referred to the program, living an average of 27 km away compared to an average of 47 km, living with a partner and being male.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100334,"journal":{"name":"Coronary Health Care","volume":"4 3","pages":"Pages 135-141"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1054/chec.2000.0086","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83920420","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Prospective study of clinical and functional status in patients awaiting coronary artery bypass surgery","authors":"D. Fitzsimons , S.G. Richardson , M.E. Scott","doi":"10.1054/chec.2000.0082","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1054/chec.2000.0082","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The objectives of this study were two-fold. Stage 1 was to describe the clinical and sociodemographic characteristics of patients on the waiting list for coronary artery bypass surgery. Stage 2 was to assess changes in functional status using the SF36 at three intervals over patients’ first year on the waiting list. A cross-sectional study using a postal questionnaire was designed for Stage 1, while Stage 2 was a prospective study using SF36.</p><p>The setting for the study was two large teaching hospitals in Northern Ireland which receive referrals for coronary angiography. All patients referred for coronary artery bypass over a consecutive six month period formed the study sample. The study consisted of Stage 1: 175 patients at referral for surgery, and Stage 2: 70 randomly selected patients.</p><p>Results of this study found at Stage 1 that 65% of patients had grade 3–4 angina, 63% of those eligible to work were unemployed due to heart disease and 50% reported a recent decrease in income. Stage 2 found that at referral for surgery patients’ mean functional status was considerably less than 60% of optimum capacity on every dimension of the SF36. Functional status improved between referral and six months, but deteriorated between six months and one year – physical role limitations (10.4–1.8) and social function (52.7–38.1) (p = < 0.05). There was a significant association between functional status and angina grade (p = < 0.05).</p><p>Waiting for coronary artery bypass surgery was associated with angina, unemployment and reduction in income in this sample. Levels of functional status were low and deteriorated further after waiting longer than six months for surgery.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100334,"journal":{"name":"Coronary Health Care","volume":"4 3","pages":"Pages 117-122"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1054/chec.2000.0082","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"92102368","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Causal attributions for angina: results of an interview study","authors":"G. Furze, B. Lewin","doi":"10.1054/chec.2000.0083","DOIUrl":"10.1054/chec.2000.0083","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract There have been a number of studies of causal attributions in patients who have had a myocardial infarction, which have demonstrated that causal attributions can be predictive of function and outcome of cardiac rehabilitation. However, the attributions of people with angina are unknown. Twenty angina patients were interviewed to discover the causes to which they attribute their angina. Men are more likely to attribute their angina to personal behaviour, such as diet and smoking, which is under their control, whereas women are more likely to give uncontrollable causes such as stress or family history for their angina. There was also a widespread lack of knowledge about angina. These findings have implications for attempts by professionals to reduce risk factors in people with angina, and it is suggested that professionals should elicit their patients’ causal attributions.","PeriodicalId":100334,"journal":{"name":"Coronary Health Care","volume":"4 3","pages":"Pages 130-134"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1054/chec.2000.0083","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78294466","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}