Attitudes toward preventive services and lifestyle: The views of primary care patients in Europe. the EUROPREVIEW patient study
Por:
Brotons C., Bulc M., Sammut M.R., Sheehan M., da Silva Martins C.M., Björkelund C., Drenthen A.J.M., Duhot D., Görpelioglui S., Jurgova E., Keinanen-Kiukkanniemi S., Kotányi P., Markou V., Moral I., Mortsiefer A., Pas L., Pichler I., Sghedoni D., Tataradze R., Thireos E., Valius L., Vuchak J., Collins C., Cornelis E., Ciurana R., Kloppe P., Mierzecki A., Nadaraia K., Godycki-Cwirko M.
Publicada:
1 ene 2012
Resumen:
Background: For preventive interventions in general practice to succeed, patients' points of view must be taken into account in addition to those of GPs. Objective: To explore patients' views and beliefs about the importance of lifestyle and preventive interventions, to assess their readiness to make changes to their lifestyle and their willingness to receive support from GPs. Methods: Cross-sectional survey conducted by EUROPREV in primary care practices in 22 European countries. Patients were consecutively selected and interviewed from September 2008 to September 2009. Results: Seven thousand nine hundred and forty-seven participants, 52.2% females. Only 30.5% of risky drinkers think they need to change, as opposed to 64% of smokers, 73.5% of patients with unhealthy eating habits and 73% with lack of physical activity. Risky drinkers reported that GPs initiated a discussion on alcohol consumption less often (42%) than on smoking (63%), eating habits (59%) or physical activity (55%). Seventy-five per cent, 66% and 63% of patients without hypertension, diabetes or hypercholesterolaemia, respectively, think blood pressure, blood sugar and serum cholesterol should be checked yearly. Women (80%) think they should be screened with the cervical smear test and 72.8% of women aged 30-49 years with mammography, yearly or every 2 years. Conclusions: A high proportion of patients attending primary care with unhealthy lifestyles (especially risky drinkers) do not perceive the need to change their habits, and about half the patients reported not having had any discussion on healthy lifestyles with their GPs. Patients overestimate their need to be screened for cardiovascular risk factors and for cancer. © The Author 2012. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved.
Filiaciones:
Brotons C.:
Research Unit, EAP Sardenya, Biomedical Research Institute Sant Pau (IIB Sant Pau), Barcelona, Spain
Bulc M.:
Community Health Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Sammut M.R.:
Malta College of Family Doctors, Gzira, Malta
Sheehan M.:
Irish College of General Practitioners, Dublin, Ireland
da Silva Martins C.M.:
Department of General Practice of the Faculty of Medicine of Porto, Portuguese Association of General Practitioners, Porto, Portugal
Björkelund C.:
Department of Primary Health Care, Institute of Medicine, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
Drenthen A.J.M.:
Dutch College of General Practitioners, Utrecht, Netherlands
Duhot D.:
Departement d'Information Medicale Société Française de Medecine Generale, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
Görpelioglui S.:
Department of Family Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
Jurgova E.:
Postgraduate Medical University, Bratislava, Slovakia
Keinanen-Kiukkanniemi S.:
Institute of Health Sciences, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
Kotányi P.:
Hungarian College of Family Medicine, Budapest, Hungary
Markou V.:
Cyprus College of Family Medicine, Nicosia, Cyprus
Moral I.:
Research Unit, EAP Sardenya, Biomedical Research Institute Sant Pau (IIB Sant Pau), Barcelona, Spain
Mortsiefer A.:
Medical Faculty Department of General Practice, University of Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
Pas L.:
Scientific Society of Flemish General Practitioners, Berchem, Belgium
Pichler I.:
Department for Family Practice, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Sghedoni D.:
Centro Studi e Ricerca in Medicina Generale, Struttura Semplice Percorsi Integrati di Prevenzione e Cura in Medicina Generale, Azienda Sanitaria Locale of Milan, Milan, Italy
Tataradze R.:
School of Health Care, University of Georgia, Tbilisi, Georgia
Thireos E.:
WHO NCD/PHC Consultant, Greek Association of General Practitioners Consultant, Vari Health Centre, Attica, Greece
Valius L.:
Department of Family Medicine, Kaunas University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania
Vuchak J.:
Ordinacija op. med, DNOOM, Sukosan, Croatia
Collins C.:
Irish College of General Practitioners, Dublin, Ireland
Cornelis E.:
Scientific Society of Flemish General Practitioners, Berchem, Belgium
Ciurana R.:
CAP La Mina, San Adrià del Besos, Barcelona, Spain
Kloppe P.:
Centro de Salud Las Calesas, Madrid, Spain
Mierzecki A.:
Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, College of Family Physicians in Poland, Szczecin, Poland
Nadaraia K.:
Institute of Therapy, Tbilisi, Georgia
Godycki-Cwirko M.:
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
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