Screening and Access to Health Care for Vascular Disease

Screening and Access to Health Care for Vascular Disease in Urban and Suburban Patient Populations

This is a pilot study designed to validate our methods of recruitment, screening and data collection in the community. The project will help to establish the feasibility of the study design to lay the groundwork for a potentially larger study. The final study will allow us to estimate the incidence and prevalence of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA), carotid artery stenosis, and peripheral artery disease (PAD) in different geographic areas in a large urban setting, as well as determine patient access to healthcare and treatment for vascular disease as related to geographic and racial differences.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Peripheral Arterial Disease; Carotid Stenosis; Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 190

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Illinois
    • Evanston, Illinois, United States, 60201
      • NorthShore University Healthsystem

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 55 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Volunteer subjects age 55 and over who sign informed consent will be enrolled in three separate neighborhoods in the Chicago area (North, South, West).

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• age 55 or older
• willing/able to provide consent
• willing to participate in follow-up phone calls at defined intervals for up to 5 years

Exclusion Criteria:

• unable to provide consent to participate
• unwilling/unable to participate in the follow-up phone call

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Time Frame
Geographic and racial differences in access to follow-up care if significant disease is identified through the screening event	5 years

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Time Frame
Geographical and racial differences in patterns of accessing healthcare prior to the screening events.	1 year
Differences in rates of interventions throughout the 5 year follow-up period.	5 years
Differences in the rates of complications related to treatment of vascular disease in the various geographic areas in which the events are held.	5 years

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: NorthShore University HealthSystem
• Collaborators: Medtronic
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Omar Morcos, MD, NorthShore University Healthsystem

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): June 1, 2014
• Primary Completion (Actual): May 1, 2021
• Study Completion (Actual): May 1, 2021

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: June 26, 2013
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 27, 2013
• First Posted (Estimated): June 28, 2013

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): September 28, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 25, 2023
• Last Verified: June 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Carotid Stenosis; Peripheral Arterial Disease; Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal; Health Services Accessibility
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Cardiovascular Diseases; Cerebrovascular Disorders; Brain Diseases; Central Nervous System Diseases; Nervous System Diseases; Arteriosclerosis; Arterial Occlusive Diseases; Atherosclerosis; Carotid Artery Diseases; Aortic Diseases; Vascular Diseases; Peripheral Arterial Disease; Peripheral Vascular Diseases; Carotid Stenosis; Aneurysm; Aortic Aneurysm; Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal
• Other Study ID Numbers: EH12-224