Cardiovascular disease in patients with systemic autoimmune diseases: The relationship between self-perceived risk and actual risk.
Cristiana Sieiro SantosMaria Miguel OliveiraPaulo Ney SolariPedro MateusMaria José SantosHector CorominasCarolina Álvarez CastroElvira Díez ÁlvarezPublished in: Reumatologia clinica (2024)
Patients with SS, RA, and SSc displayed a heightened perception of cardiovascular risk, correlating with their actual risk and preexisting comorbidities. However, patients exhibited unawareness of certain cardiovascular risk behaviors. This underscores the need for tailored education programs on cardiovascular risk for autoimmune disease patients, to be implemented at the time of diagnosis and during follow-up in outpatient clinics.
Keyphrases
- end stage renal disease
- cardiovascular disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- healthcare
- primary care
- public health
- physical activity
- type diabetes
- rheumatoid arthritis
- mental health
- metabolic syndrome
- quality improvement
- patient reported
- ankylosing spondylitis
- systemic sclerosis
- disease activity