Table 2 Literature screening (PICO) criteria

Population (P)

-ACS patients

-GPs treating patients post-ACS

-Studies conducted in Australia or New Zealand

-Any age, race, sex

-Other cardiac conditions

-Heart failure

-Atrial fibrillation

-Non-acute coronary artery disease

-Other acute illnesses

Intervention (I)

Care/Interventions [5]:

-Pharmacotherapy

-Lifestyle management

-Behaviour change

-Psychological assessment

-Aspects of evidence-based management not undertaken in a primary care setting

Comparator (C)

(not applicable)

(not applicable)

Outcome (O)

-Clinical indicators of care, including:

-Medication prescription rates including LLT

-Smoking cessation/advice rates

- Lifestyle advice receipt

-CR referral rates

-Depression, anxiety, stress rates

-Rates of psychological assessment

-Dietary advice rates

-Insights about barriers and facilitators to primary care management

-Comparisons of efficacy of pharmaceuticals

-Indicators measured in hospital or at discharge

-Indicators in pre-hospital care

-CR attendance with no primary care intervention

Study Design

-Cohort

-Cross sectional

-Quality improvement

-Quantitative or qualitative studies

-Conference abstracts

-Systematic reviews

-Case reports