Abstract
Community-oriented multifactorial cerebrovascular risk program
is a community health project for cerebrovascular risk factors
control. Primary objective was to reduce morbimortality of this
group of patients as risk was stratified.
Material and method: This intra-group
controlled study included 101 patients, any gender, older than
45 years with a a past history of hypertension. A
multidisciplinary group applied a Cerebrovascular Risk
Evaluation Scale, which divided patients in low, moderate and
high risk. Results were compared before and after intervention
over modifiable risk factors. Statistical significance was
considered at 95%.
Results: Modifiable risk factors
control was beneficial in case of arterial hypertension. Lack of
knowledge in the population stroke management was high. There
was not good adherence to different treatments including diet,
drug therapy and routine exercises. All these indicators were
considered positive and were validated for the scale.
Conclusions: Clinical and
administrative indicators in the evaluation of program
effectiveness permitted to validate the applied instrument as an
alternative in primary care assistance.
