Coronary heart disease: account of a preventive clinic in general practice.
| Autor: | Wrench JG, Irvine R |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners [J R Coll Gen Pract] 1984 Sep; Vol. 34 (266), pp. 477-81. |
| Abstrakt: | Men between the ages of 25 and 45 years attending a surgery were screened for risk of heart disease. An ;at-risk' group of 188 men were identified and 118 of them (63 per cent) accepted an invitation to attend a coronary heart disease prevention clinic at the practice. A sample of the attending group showed favourable changes in risk factors one year later.Subsamples of 20 men from the attending and non-attending groups were interviewed at the clinic or at home; they showed significant differences with respect to employment status, family history of myocardial infarction and knowledge about coronary heart disease as a cause of death in the United Kingdom. Implications for preventive programmes of this nature are discussed, and the need to utilize routine doctor-patient contacts for health education and prevention is stressed. |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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