Selection bias in enrolment to a programme aimed at the secondary prevention of ischaemic heart disease in general practice: A cohort study

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 61, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1767-1772

  Buckley, B ^a   Murphy, A W ^a   Glynn, L ^a   Hennigan, C ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b HEALTH SERVICE EXECUTIVE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PREJUDICE; SELECTION BIAS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 34548652871     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: 17421241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-1241.2007.01548.x     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. Last JM. A Dictionary of Epidemiology. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2001.
2. Gotay CC. Accrual to cancer clinical trials: directions from the research literature. Soc Sci Med 1991 33 : 569.
3. Mant J, McManus RJ, Hare R. Applicability to primary care of national clinical guidelines on blood pressure lowering for people with stroke: cross sectional study. BMJ 2006 332 : 635 7.
4. Timmis AD, Feder G, Hemmingway H. Prognosis of stable angina pectoris: why we need larger population studies with higher endpoint resolution. Heart 2006 93 : 786 91.
5. Killoran A, Swann C, Kelly MP. Public Health Evidence: Tackling Health Inequalities. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006.
6. Secretary of State for Health. Tackling Health Inequalities. London : Department of Health, 2001.
7. Adams J, White M. Smoking cessation services may not reduce inequalities. J Epidemiol Community Health 2004 58 : 158.
8. Killoran A, Owen L, Bauld L. Smoking cessation: an evidence-based approach to tackling health inequalities? In : Killoran A, Swann C, Kelly MP, eds. Public Health Evidence: Tackling Health Inequalities, 1st edn. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006 : 341 61.
9. Maguire C, Ryan J, Kelly A, O'Neill D, Coakley D, Walsh J. Ageism among hospital doctors when advising patients on their cigarette smoking habits. J Age Ageing 2000 29 : 264 6.
10. Lawlor DA, Hanratty B. The effect of physical activity advice given in routine primary care consultations: a systematic review. J Pub Health Med 2001 23 : 219 26.
11. Parks SE, Housemann RA, Brownson RC. Differential correlates of physical activity in urban and rural adults of various socioeconomic backgrounds in the United States. J Epidemiol Community Health 2003 57 : 29 35.
12. Beswick A, Rees K, West RR et al. Improving uptake and adherence in cardiac rehabilitation: literature review. J Adv Nurs 2005 49 : 538 55.
13. Beswick AD, Rees K, Griebsch I et al. Provision, uptake and cost of cardiac rehabilitation programmes: improving services to under-represented groups. Health Technol Assess 2004 8 : 41.
14. Reading R, Colver A, Openshaw S, Jarvis S. Do interventions that improve immunisation uptake also reduce social inequalities in uptake? BMJ 1994 308 : 1142 4.
15. Adams J, White M, Forman D. Are there socioeconomic gradients in the quality of data held by UK cancer registries? J Epidemiol Community Health 2004 58 : 1052 53.
16. Heartwatch Report. The National Programme in General Practice for the Secondary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Ireland. Dublin : Department of Health and Children, Irish College of General Practitioners, Irish Heart Foundation, The Health Boards, 2004.
17. Buckley B, Murphy AW, Byrne M, Glynn LG. Selection bias resulting from the requirement for prior consent in observational research: a community cohort of people with ischaemic heart disease. Heart 2007 93 : 1116 20.
18. Byrne M, Murphy AW. Secondary Prevention of Heart Disease: a Baseline Survey of Patients' Lifestyles and Service Provision in the North Western and Western Health Boards. Research and Development Report Number 2. Galway : Department of General Practice, 2002.
19. Byrne M, Murphy AW, Walsh JC, Shryane E, McGroarty M, Kelleher CC. A cross-sectional study of secondary cardiac care in general practice: impact of personal and practice characteristics. Fam Pract 2006 23 : 295 302.
20. World Health Organisation. Diet, Nutrition and Prevention of Chronic Disease. Report of a WHO Study Group. WHO Technical Report Series 797. Geneva : World Health Organisation, 1990.
21. Wood D, De Backer G, Faergeman O, Graham I, Mancia G, Pyörälä K. Prevention of coronary heart disease in clinical practice: recommendations of the Second Joint Task Force of European and other Societies on Coronary Prevention. Eur Heart J 1998 19 : 1434 503.
22. Godin G, Shephard RJ. A simple method to assess exercise behavior in the community. Can J Appl Sport Sci 1985 10 : 141 6.
23. Health Update. Coronary Heart Disease and Stroke. London : NHS Health Development Agency, 2000.
24. NHS. National Quality and Outcomes Framework Exception Reporting Statistics for England 2005/06. Leeds : The Information Centre, NHS Prescribing Support Unit, 2007.