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Nurse led secondary prevention clinics improved health and decreased hospital admissions in patients with coronary heart disease
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Question Can nurse led secondary prevention clinics improve health and decrease symptoms for patients with coronary heart disease (CHD)?
Design
Randomised controlled trial with 12 months follow up.
Setting
19 general practice clinics in north east Scotland.
Patients
1343 patients with CHD from randomly selected general practice clinics. At baseline, 47% had chest pain in the previous week. Patients were excluded if they had a terminal illness or dementia, or were housebound. Follow up was 87% (mean age 66 y, 58% men).
Intervention
Patients in the intervention group (n=673) were invited to attend nurse led secondary …