Evaluating a Question Prompt Tool about Cardiovascular Disease Risk

Funding

Canadian Institutes of Health Research

Aim

37,000+ Canadian women annually develop hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP), particularly women of colour, and are at high risk of developing early cardiovascular disease (CVD). Healthy diet, physical activity and medications can prevent CVD. Many Canadian women do not receive such counselling and said that a list of questions would empower them to self-advocate. We developed a question prompt tool (QPT) by synthesizing research on ideal QPT design, and interviewing 42 women with HDP and clinicians (physicians, nurses, midwives) to refine QPT design and cultural appropriateness. We will pilot-test the impact of the QPT for HDP.

Methods

We will recruit diverse women through clinicians (family physicians, obstetric internists, obstetricians, cardiologists, midwives, nurse practitioners) from across Canada; and share the QPT for HDP with consenting women and participating clinicians in advance of clinic visits. After the visit, we will interview women to assess impact of the QPT for HDP on perceived patient-centred care, confidence to self-manage health, and QPT use and impact; and interview clinicians to assess QPT use and impact.

Impact

We will use the results to refine QPT for HDP design and plan a future trial to establish the impact of the QPT for HDP on affected women’s cardiovascular health and quality of life.

Information for Clinicians

  • Study protocol: Click HERE for a 7-minute narrated slideshow
  • Information sheet to recruit women: click HERE for the Word file
  • Reading list on HDP and heart disease risk: click HERE for the World file
  • Question Prompt Tool for HDP: click HERE for the PDF file
  • Question Prompt Tool for HDP with answers: click HERE for the PDF file

Information for Women

  • Study Information: click HERE for a 4-minute narrated slide show
  • How to participate: click HERE for the PDF file
  • Reading list on HDP and heart disease: click HERE for the Word file
  • How to prepare for the interview: click HERE for the PDF file
  • Question Prompt Tool for HDP: click HERE for the PDF file