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1 Ó The Author (2005). Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please doi: /fampra/cmi090 Family Practice Advance Access published on 21 October 2005 A multifaceted intervention according to the Audit Project Odense method improved secondary prevention of ischemic heart disease: a randomised controlled trial Jens Søndergaard a,b, Dorte Gilså Hansen a, Peter Aarslev c and Anders P Munck a Søndergaard J, Hansen DG, Aarslev P and Munck AP. A multifaceted intervention according to the Audit Project Odense method improved secondary prevention of ischemic heart disease: a randomised controlled trial. Family Practice 2006; 23: Background. No single quality improvement instrument has proved consistently effective, but multifaceted interventions are believed to have the greatest impact. However, only little is known regarding what combinations are likely to be successful. Objective. To evaluate the impact of a multifaceted intervention strategy combining GP registrations, outreach visits and feedback, targeting secondary prevention of ischemic heart disease in general practice. Methods. A randomised controlled trial including 28 GPs in Ringkjøbing County, Denmark. Half of the GPs received outreach visits and feedback on their prescribing of heart disease drugs. Evaluation was based on registration of consultations with patients suffering from ischemic heart disease. Results. The intervention had a statistically significant impact on prescribing of lipid lowering drugs [odds ratio 1.59; 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.00 to 2.53] and acetylsalicylic acid (odds ratio 2.54; 95% CI 1.21 to 5.31). Conclusion. An intervention strategy combining outreach visits, feedback and GP registrations is a promising way of improving the quality of preventive treatment in general practice. Keywords. Family practice, intervention studies, physicians practice patterns, randomised controlled trials. Introduction The last few decades have seen an increasing focus on the need to implement new evidence in general practice. Various kinds of interventions have been undertaken, but achieving improvements in practice patterns is not an easy task and there have been many failures. 1,2 Dissemination of knowledge in the form of written information or courses alone has not proved effective, whereas strategies more actively involving the participants, e.g. outreach visits and feedback, often have some impact. 3 6 However, no single intervention has proved consistently effective. Most changes in GP behaviour are probably a result of various kinds of influence, and further studies have to be done to determine what combination of interventions is likely to be most effective. The Audit Project Odense (APO) method is an increasingly popular quality improvement concept including GPs repeated registrations of their own activities, feedback, additional interventions and a final evaluation. 7 Many APO quality improvement interventions have been undertaken and most appear to have had a positive effect. 7 Due to the design of the evaluations, however, the evidence supporting an effect of the APO method is insufficient and there is a need for more rigorous evaluations. 7 Ischemic heart disease is very frequent in the Western world. In order to reduce morbidity and mortality, it is necessary to offer appropriate secondary Received 30 September 2004; Accepted 1 September a Research Unit for General Practice, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, b Research Unit for General Practice, University of Aarhus and c General Practice, Herning, Denmark. Correspondence to Jens Søndergaard, Research Unit for General Practice, University of Aarhus, Vennelyst Boulevard 6, DK 8000 Århus C., Denmark; js@alm.au.dk 198
2 Improved ischemic heart disease prevention through a multifaceted intervention 199 preventive treatment, e.g. cholesterol lowering therapy, acetylsalicylic acid, smoking cessation, diet and exercise. 8,9 Information and clinical guidelines on the topic have been distributed to all Danish GPs, 9 but still many patients do not receive the recommended treatment. 10 In cooperation with APO, a group of GPs therefore planned a quality improvement project including registration by the participants, outreach visits and feedback. The objective of this paper was to evaluate, in a randomised controlled design, the impact of a multifaceted intervention strategy combining GP registrations, outreach visits and feedback, targeting secondary prevention of ischemic heart disease in general practice. Methods Study population All 186 GPs in Ringkjøbing County, Denmark were invited by the local quality improvement committee for general practice to participate in the study. The 30 GPs who accepted to participate were randomly allocated to an intervention group (15) and a control group (15). Subsequently, one from each group dropped out (Fig. 1). Allocation was done using a computer programme based on a random number sequence. GP registrations During six weeks in the year 2000, both groups registered all surgery consultations where the reason for encounter was related to ischemic heart disease (baseline performance data). Two years later, both groups repeated those registrations. The registrations were made on a simple APO registration form, and each patient was registered only once during a 6-week period. The data included information on each patient s 15 GPs Intervention group: first registration 1 GP dropped out Educational outreach visits and feedback Second registration FIGURE 1 30 GPs Randomisation 15 GPs Control group: first registration 1 GP dropped out No intervention Second registration Flow chart of participation, randomization and dropouts age and sex, weight and height, type of heart disease, risk factors (e.g. smoking and diabetes), blood pressure, cholesterol values, preventive actions taken and treatment with cardiovascular drugs including lipid lowering drugs and acetylsalicylic acid. Intervention The intervention group GPs each received two educational outreach visits by two GPs with good communication skills and profound insight into ischemic heart disease. Risk reduction measures and other themes related to secondary prevention of ischemic heart disease were discussed. In order to enhance the educational process, the GPs were requested to identify two or three case stories in advance. Furthermore, each outreach visit included the following educational material: Feedback forms showing the GP s performance data based on the initial registration. Two guideline summaries on prevention of ischemic heart disease 9 and motivational interviewing. 11 Information about risk reduction measures. A price list of cardiovascular drugs. Patient handouts with advice on smoking cessation, diet and exercise. Three case stories focusing on different aspects of ischemic heart disease. Feedback information on the GP s prescribing of reimbursed heart disease drugs. For comparison, these data were presented together with data for other GPs in the county. Each educational visit was made according to a checklist to ensure that all the above topics were discussed. Process measures of ischemic heart disease treatment The aim of the intervention was primarily to increase the proportion of patients being treated with lipidlowering drugs and acetylsalicylic acid (primary outcome measure) and secondarily to increase the frequency of cholesterol measuring and counselling on exercise, smoking cessation and diet (secondary outcome measures). Data analyses The association between intervention and changes in outcome variables was assessed using logistic regression analyses. We adjusted for clustering at the level of the individual GP, thus accounting for non-independence of observations within each practice. 12 Results are presented with 95% confidence intervals (CI). Pre-study power calculations based on a previous APO study indicated that a trial with 25 GPs in each group had a power of 80% to detect a 10% increase in the rate of appropriate medication with lipid lowering drugs. Analyses were performed using the statistical software STATA
3 200 Family Practice an international journal TABLE 1 Diagnoses of heart disease in patients included in intervention and control groups in the years 2000 and 2002 Diagnoses Intervention group Control group Myocardial infarction less than 2 years old 27 (14%) 29 (18%) 11 (9%) 24 (15%) Myocardial infarction more than 2 years old 53 (27%) 73 (47%) 32 (26%) 39 (24%) Angina pectoris 65 (34%) 36 (23%) 42 (35%) 58 (36%) Other heart disease 35 (18%) 19 (12%) 30 (25%) 40 (25%) More than one diagnosis 11 (6%) 0 (%) 3 (2%) 0 (0%) No diagnosis 2 (1%) 0 (0%) 4 (3%) 1 (1%) Total 193 (100%) 157 (100%) 122 (100%) 163 (100%) TABLE 2 Intervention effects Outcome Intervention group Frequency % (n) Control group Frequency % (n) Odds ratio for an intervention effect OR (95% CI) Primary outcomes: Treatment with acetylsalicylic acid 78% (151) 92% (145) 77% (93) 81% (132) 2.54 (1.21;5.31) Treatment with lipid lowering drugs 30% (58) 55% (86) 31% (37) 44% (71) 1.59 (1.00;2.53) Secondary outcomes: Measuring total cholesterol 66% (128) 85% (134) 69% (84) 74% (120) 2.29 (0.98;5.33) Advice on exercise 14% (27) 28% (44) 20% (24) 21% (34) 2.22 (0.81;6.07) Advice on diet 41% (79) 45% (70) 37% (45) 37% (60) 1.15 (0.50;2.69) Advice on smoking cessation 10% (20) 15% (24) 11% (13) 12% (19) 1.40 (0.54;3.64) Results A total of 28 GPs participated in both registrations. The GPs registered 314 patients during the first registration period (193 in the intervention and 122 in the control group) and 319 during the second period (157 in the intervention and 162 in the control group). Male patients accounted for 52.5% (379) of the consultations. Table 1 shows the distribution of diagnostic categories. Table 2 shows that the intervention had a statistically significant impact on treatment with lipid lowering drugs [odds ratio (OR) 1.59; 95% CI 1.00 to 2.53] and acetylsalicylic acid (OR 2.54; 95% CI 1.21 to 5.31) (primary outcome measures). The intervention did not have a statistically significant impact on serum cholesterol measuring (OR 2.29; 95% CI 0.98 to 5.33), advice on exercise (OR 2.22; 95% CI 0.81 to 6.07), smoking cessation (OR 1.40; 95% CI 0.64 to 3.64) and diet (OR 1.15; 95% CI 0.50 to 2.69) (secondary outcome measures). An aggregate analysis examining whether there was an impact on one or more of the four secondary outcomes showed a statistically significant odds ratio (OR 3.06; 95% CI 1.15 to 8.07). Discussion In comparison with the control group GPs, intervention group GPs became more likely to prescribe lipid lowering drugs and acetylsalicylic acid. This multifaceted APO design combining GP registrations with outreach visits and feedback thus seems to be a promising method to improve GPs secondary prevention of ischemic heart disease. However, a number of factors must be considered. First, the very fact that the GPs had to register their consultations and consequently their treatment could, in theory, have exaggerated the quality of the care given. 14 But in this study both the intervention and control group GPs conducted such registrations and
4 Improved ischemic heart disease prevention through a multifaceted intervention 201 therefore both groups could, in theory, have overestimated their actual performance. The consequence would be less room for improvement which, in turn, could lead to an underestimation of the effects. Second, there are minor differences between the patterns of diagnosis in the two groups. During the second period, a larger proportion of patients in the intervention than in the control group suffered from old myocardial infarctions (MI). The motivation for change of therapy among patients with a recent MI is likely to be higher than among patients with an older MI. Hence, the effect of the higher number of old MIs in the intervention group is likely to lead to an underestimation of the impact of the intervention. Third, the wide confidence intervals for some of the outcomes indicate that we had too little statistical power to detect effects for all outcomes. However, the intervention turned out to be so powerful that the impact was actually statistically significant for the primary outcomes. Although no statistically significant effect was observed on the individual secondary outcomes, the analyses examining whether one or more of these outcomes had been achieved showed a statistically significant effect. Further, taking the point estimates into consideration, it is likely that a larger study would find positive effects for all outcomes. Fourthly, several studies have shown that treatment with lipid lowering drugs 15 and acetylsalicylic acid 16 as well as advice on exercise, 16 diet 16 and smoking cessation 16 are important components of secondary prevention of ischemic heart disease in terms of reduced morbidity and mortality, but there may also be other important outcome measures. 16 Fifthly, a key question is whether the results are generalisable to other types of disease and other groups of GPs. In the past years, APO quality improvement programmes have been disseminated to a number of countries, including Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland and Spain. In all these countries, the participating GPs have welcomed the concept. As APO programmes are always designed specifically for voluntary participation, we cannot predict whether the concept will work by compulsory participation. Based on its success in nonrandomised studies, we have no reason to believe that the APO concept is less effective among other groups of voluntarily participating GPs in Denmark or other countries or when addressing other topics, but obviously the question of generalisability should be addressed by conducting more randomised controlled studies. Why did this multifaceted intervention have an impact? Changes in clinical practice are achieved through an interaction between motivation, competence and barriers and should be based on professional behavioural theories. 17 The APO concept is based on adult learning theories. Since learning, not teaching, makes doctors change their practice, the interventions should be aimed at facilitating change in clinical practice. 18,19 Single interventions only rarely improve physicians performance whereas combined strategies seem more effective. 2,20 Voluntary participation is the cornerstone of all APOs it seems to give the GPs a sense of ownership of the intervention, which is essential to impact. 21,22 Further, unsolicited interventions may be perceived as a threat to clinical freedom and thus make change unlikely. 23,24 The registrations are a simple and practical way of giving the physicians insight into their own practice, which is a prerequisite for motivating them to change their behaviour. 19,23,25 We delivered our core messages by letting specially trained GPs visit the participants in their consultations. The rationale behind this was that outreach visits in themselves have proved to be one of the most effective ways to influence physicians, and that this effect may be strengthened by visits from peers with a profound insight into general practice. 26 Future studies should compare different types of complex interventions, taking into account aspects like costs. Conclusion In conclusion, a multifaceted intervention combining GP registration of their treatment, outreach visits and feedback is a promising way of improving the quality of preventive care in general practice. Acknowledgements Henrik Støvring is thanked for statistical assistance, Ole May, Bent Egebjerg, Torben Nielsen and Birgit Toft are thanked for participating in the planning and realisation the intervention. Declaration Funding: the Quality Assurance Committee for General Practice in Ringkjøbing County and The Danish National Research Foundation for Primary Care. 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