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Table 5 Diagnoses with numbers of QIs and QIs revealing non-adherence to the guidelines

From: Patient and physician related factors of adherence to evidence based guidelines in diabetes mellitus type 2, cardiovascular disease and prevention: a cross sectional study

Diagnosis

n of cases with diagnosis (number of QIs)

n of QIs revealing non-adherent treatment

% QIs revealing non-adherent treatment (95% CI)

Arterial hypertension

424 (424)

69

16.3

(12.8-19.9)

Diabetes mellitus type 2

174 (174)

8

4.6

(1.5-7.7)

Heart failure

41 (89)

27

30.3

(20.8-39.9)

β-Blocker

41 (41)

15

36.6

(21.8-51.3)

RAAS-I

41 (41)

8

19.5

(7.4-31.6)

Aldo-A in NYHA III/IV

7 (7)

4

57.1

(20.5-93.8)

Atrial fibrillation

106 (106)

15

14.2

(7.5-20.8)

Cardiovascular disease

177 (431)

86

20.0

(16.2-23.7)

Statin

177 (177)

53

29.9

(23.2-36.7)

Platelet aggregation inhibitors

177 (177)

12

6.8

(3.1-10.5)

β-blocker after myocardial infarction

77 (77)

21

27.3

(17.3-37.2)

Total*

922 (1224)

205

16.8

(14.7-18.8)

  1. * The number of diagnoses exceeds the number of patients as many subjects had more than one of the target diagnoses.