Level of Concordance Between Patients Perception and Physicians Evaluation of Cardiovascular Risk (PERCEPTION)

AstraZeneca

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cardiovascular Risk

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Industry

Identifiers

NCT01781416

NIS-CFR-XXX-2012/1

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a national, non interventional, prospective study performed in the general practice setting.

The study has been designed :

• to assess the level of concordance between patients' cardiovascular risk perception and the cardiovascular risk evaluated by the physicians,
• and to evaluate the impact of patients' exposure to a medical information leaflet on patients' cardiovascular risk perception.

Full description

LEVEL OF CONCORDANCE BETWEEN PATIENTS PERCEPTION AND PHYSICIANS EVALUATION OF CARDIOVASCULAR RISK

Enrollment: 799 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Currently in primary prevention for a cardiovascular event (patient with no known history of acute cardiovascular or cerebrovascular event)
• Usually treated by the GP
• Having signed the information and consent form

Exclusion criteria

• Patient with a pathologic vascular ultrasound exam (atheromatous plaque or stenosis)
• Patient unable to read and complete the study documentation

Trial design

799 participants in 1 patient group

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