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Table 2 Frequency of checks and laboratories according to the patient’s cardiovascular risk (usual care)

From: "Teaching: Individual" to increase adherence to therapeutic regimen in people with hypertension and type-2 diabetes: protocol of the controlled clinical trial ENURSIN.

 

Cardiovascular Risk

Health professional

Low

Moderate

High

Very high

General physician

Six-monthly

Quarterly

Nurse

Six-monthly

Six-monthly

Annual

Annual

Nutritionist

Annual

Six-monthly

Six-monthly

Six-monthly

Psychologist

Annual

Six-monthly

Six-monthly

Six-monthly

Internal medicine physician

Annual

Four-monthly

Quarterly

Cardiologist

Annual

Annual

Nephrologist

Annual

Six-monthly

Neurologist

Annual

Ophthalmologist

Six-monthly

Medical testa

Low

Moderate

High

Very high

Hemogram

Six-monthly

Annual

Six-monthly

Basal glycaemia

Annual

Annual

Quarterly

Lipidic profile

Annual

Annual

Annual

Partial urine

Annual

Annual

Annual

Serum creatinine

Annual

Annual

Annual

Electrocardiogram

Six-monthly

Six-monthly

Annual

Glycosylated hemoglobin

Quarterly

Microalbuminuria

Annual

Annual

Echocardiogram

Six-monthly

Six-monthly

Potassium

Annual

Doppler

Initially

  1. Information provided by Empresa Social del Estado Instituto de Salud de Bucaramanga (ESE-ISABU). aThe medical tests are done upon admission to the program