全球关于心房动管理的声音:巴西
Itamar S Santos1,2, Alessandra C Goulart2,3, Paulo A Lotufo1,2
1Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
Heart rhythm O2
|November 11, 2024
概括
巴西的心房动 (AF) 和中风研究主要集中在城市地区. 未来的努力将扩大心血管研究能力到偏远的亚马逊地区,赋予当地卫生工作者和患者权力.
科学领域:
- 心脏病学和全球健康研究研究
背景情况:
- 心房动 (AF) 和中风是全球重要的健康问题,预计在巴西等低收入和中等收入国家会有越来越多的患病率.
- 全球卫生研究小组关于心房管理 (GHRG-AF) 成立了巴西分支机构,以调查该国内的AF流行病学和护理.
研究的目的:
- 用现有的队列数据分析巴西的AF流行病学和护理.
- 评估AF对中风幸存者的影响.
- 了解城市环境中AF患者的医疗保健实践和患者途径.
- 解决巴西偏远地区AF研究和护理方面的差距.
主要方法:
- 来自巴西成人健康纵向研究 (ELSA-巴西) 队列 (n=15,105) 的数据分析.
- 利用来自巴西中风死亡率和发病率研究 (EMMA) 的数据 (n=1863).
- 对圣保罗的医疗保健专业人员和患者进行调查和采访,以绘制AF护理途径.
主要成果:
- 现有的GHRG-AF研究重点是城市人口,利用ELSA-巴西和EMMA数据集.
- 目前关于巴西AF和中风的数据仅限于大型城市中心的个人.
- 巴西人口的很大一部分居住在人口稀少,研究基础设施有限的地区.
结论:
- 之前的GHRG-AF研究为巴西城市的AF和中风提供了宝贵的见解.
- 迫切需要将心血管研究和患者护理扩展到巴西偏远和服务不足的地区.
- 未来的GHRG-AF计划将专注于建立研究能力,开发以患者为中心的协议,并赋予巴西亚马逊和其他偏远地区的社区卫生工作者权力.
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