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High Risk Example
Read through the following 3 cases to see various ways you might use the risk assessment tool in different situations.
High Risk Case 2
Karen is a female patient aged 50 with 175/83 mm Hg blood pressure, total serum cholesterol of 7.4 mmol/L, HDL cholesterol of 1.1 mmol/L with no history of diabetes or family CVD. She smokes a pack of cigarettes a day and has given up trying to quit, and is overweight with a BMI of 27.
Feedback
The risk is high (25%), so both blood pressure and cholesterol medication are recommended in the guidelines. Aspirin is not recommended for CVD prevention in Australian guidelines.
Some patients may be very unmotivated to make any changes to their lifestyle and prefer to take medication. These patients may need referral to additional support through community resources or even validated health apps that use evidence-based behaviour change techniques to motivate lifestyle change.
Even if you’ve got a good plan carrying it out is hard work so people often lose motivation or get discouraged if they don’t lose weight especially when they’ve been trying hard. So I guess I will often get someone outside health in, I like to get a dietician in.
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High Risk Case 2
Karen is a female patient aged 50 with 175/83 mm Hg blood pressure, total serum cholesterol of 7.4 mmol/L, HDL cholesterol of 1.1 mmol/L with no history of diabetes or family CVD. She smokes a pack of cigarettes a day and has given up trying to quit, and is overweight with a BMI of 27.
Feedback
The risk is high (25%), so both blood pressure and cholesterol medication are recommended in the guidelines. Aspirin is not recommended for CVD prevention in Australian guidelines.
Some patients may be very unmotivated to make any changes to their lifestyle and prefer to take medication. These patients may need referral to additional support through community resources or even validated health apps that use evidence-based behaviour change techniques to motivate lifestyle change.