A dataset to assess providers׳ knowledge and attitudes towards the 2013 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Cholesterol Management Guideline

Yashashwi Pokharel; Lynne Steinberg; Winston Chan; Julia M Akeroyd; Peter H Jones; Vijay Nambi; Khurram Nasir; Laura Petersen; Christie M Ballantyne; Salim S Virani

doi:10.1016/j.dib.2016.02.082

A dataset to assess providers׳ knowledge and attitudes towards the 2013 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Cholesterol Management Guideline

Data Brief. 2016 Mar 9:7:595-8. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2016.02.082. eCollection 2016 Jun.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Sections of Cardiovascular Research, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA; Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA; Center for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention, Methodist DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center, Houston, TX, USA.
² Department of Psychology, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA.
³ Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA; Health Policy, Quality & Informatics Program, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center Health Services Research & Development Center for Innovations, Houston, TX, USA.
⁴ Sections of Cardiovascular Research, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA; Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA; Center for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention, Methodist DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center, Houston, TX, USA; Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, TX, USA.
⁵ Center for Prevention and Wellness Research, Baptist Health Medical Group, Miami Beach, FL, USA.
⁶ Sections of Cardiovascular Research, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA; Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA; Center for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention, Methodist DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center, Houston, TX, USA; Health Policy, Quality & Informatics Program, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center Health Services Research & Development Center for Innovations, Houston, TX, USA; Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, TX, USA.

Abstract

We previously examined provider׳s understanding of the 2013 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) cholesterol management guideline (DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jacl.2015.11.002)(Virani et al., 2013) [1], and also assessed whether a case-based educational intervention could improve providers׳ knowledge gaps and attitudes towards the guideline (DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2015.12.044) (Pokharel, et al., 2016) [2]. Here we describe the dataset that we used to examine our objectives.

Keywords: Cholesterol; Guideline.