Non-employment and low educational level as risk factors for inequitable treatment and mortality in heart failure: a population-based cohort study of register data.
Educational level
Employment status
Equity in health care
Heart failure
Renin-angiotensin system blockers
Journal
BMC public health
ISSN: 1471-2458
Titre abrégé: BMC Public Health
Pays: England
ID NLM: 100968562
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
02 06 2021
02 06 2021
Historique:
received:
18
11
2020
accepted:
26
04
2021
entrez:
3
6
2021
pubmed:
4
6
2021
medline:
22
6
2021
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
The risk of heart failure is disproportionately high among the socioeconomically disadvantaged. Furthermore, socioeconomically deprived patients are at risk of inequitable access to heart failure treatment and poor outcomes. Non-employment as a risk factor in this respect has not previously been studied at the level of the individual. The aim of this register-based cohort study was to analyse equity in access to renin-angiotensin system blockers and mortality, by employment status and educational level. The study population consisted of Swedish patients aged 20-64 years hospitalised for heart failure in July 2006-December 2010, without a heart failure hospitalisation within one year or more before index hospitalisation and without renin-angiotensin system blocker dispensation in the 6 months preceding index hospitalisation. Non-access to renin-angiotensin system blockers, measured as drug dispensations, was investigated by employment status and educational level through logistic regression. Cox regression models were used to obtain hazard ratios for all-cause death by educational level and employment status. Interaction analysis was used to test whether associations between access to treatment and mortality differed by employment status. Among the 3874 patients, 1239 (32%) were women. The median age was 57 years. Fifty-three percent were employed. The non-employed patients had more comorbidity and lower access (68%) to renin-angiotensin system blockers compared with the employed (82%). The adjusted odds ratio for non-access to renin-angiotensin system blockers among the non-employed was 1.76. Non-employment was associated with an adjusted hazard ratio of 1.76 for death. Low educational level was associated with a higher death risk. Mortality was highest among the non-employed without access to renin-angiotensin system blockers and the association between access to renin-angiotensin system blockers and survival was slightly weaker in this group. Non-employment and low educational level were associated with elevated mortality in heart failure. Non-employment was a risk factor for lower access to evidence-based treatment, and among the non-employed access to treatment was associated with a slightly smaller risk reduction than among the employed. The results underscore that clinicians need to be aware of the importance of socioeconomic factors in heart failure care.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
The risk of heart failure is disproportionately high among the socioeconomically disadvantaged. Furthermore, socioeconomically deprived patients are at risk of inequitable access to heart failure treatment and poor outcomes. Non-employment as a risk factor in this respect has not previously been studied at the level of the individual. The aim of this register-based cohort study was to analyse equity in access to renin-angiotensin system blockers and mortality, by employment status and educational level.
METHODS
The study population consisted of Swedish patients aged 20-64 years hospitalised for heart failure in July 2006-December 2010, without a heart failure hospitalisation within one year or more before index hospitalisation and without renin-angiotensin system blocker dispensation in the 6 months preceding index hospitalisation. Non-access to renin-angiotensin system blockers, measured as drug dispensations, was investigated by employment status and educational level through logistic regression. Cox regression models were used to obtain hazard ratios for all-cause death by educational level and employment status. Interaction analysis was used to test whether associations between access to treatment and mortality differed by employment status.
RESULTS
Among the 3874 patients, 1239 (32%) were women. The median age was 57 years. Fifty-three percent were employed. The non-employed patients had more comorbidity and lower access (68%) to renin-angiotensin system blockers compared with the employed (82%). The adjusted odds ratio for non-access to renin-angiotensin system blockers among the non-employed was 1.76. Non-employment was associated with an adjusted hazard ratio of 1.76 for death. Low educational level was associated with a higher death risk. Mortality was highest among the non-employed without access to renin-angiotensin system blockers and the association between access to renin-angiotensin system blockers and survival was slightly weaker in this group.
CONCLUSIONS
Non-employment and low educational level were associated with elevated mortality in heart failure. Non-employment was a risk factor for lower access to evidence-based treatment, and among the non-employed access to treatment was associated with a slightly smaller risk reduction than among the employed. The results underscore that clinicians need to be aware of the importance of socioeconomic factors in heart failure care.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34078322
doi: 10.1186/s12889-021-10919-1
pii: 10.1186/s12889-021-10919-1
pmc: PMC8170987
doi:
Substances chimiques
Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors
0
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
1040Subventions
Organisme : Forskningsrådet om Hälsa, Arbetsliv och Välfärd
ID : 2015-00480
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