Journal article
Immigrants, Ethnicity, and Adherence to Secondary Cardiac Prevention Therapy: A Substudy of the ISLAND Trial
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The objective of this study was to evaluate adherence to guideline-recommended cardiac secondary prevention therapies by immigration and ethnicity.
METHODS: We conducted a retrospective substudy of the Interventions Supporting Long-Term Adherence and Decreasing Cardiovascular Events (ISLAND) randomized controlled trial. A cohort of 1642 participants was analyzed. Patients were categorized based on their self-reported immigrant …
Authors
Shepherd S; Ivers N; Natarajan MK; Grimshaw J; Taljaard M; Bouck Z; Schwalm JD
Journal
CJC Open, Vol. 3, No. 7, pp. 913–923
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
July 2021
DOI
10.1016/j.cjco.2021.03.003
ISSN
2589-790X