SPIMEU Attitude and working methods of general practitioners in selective prevention of cardiometabolic diseases Niek de Wit Monika Hollander Anders Søderlund Anne-Karien de Waard Joke Korevaar On behalf of the SPIMEU project group
SPIMEU project: WP6 Attitude professionals
Methods: Questionnaire for general practitioners (GPs) Distribution in 5 countries: Sweden, Denmark, The Netherlands, Greece and Czech Republic Random sample of GPs Aim: 500 completed questionnaires in total Questions about: GP and practice characteristics Current activities in selective prevention of cardiometabolic diseases Opinion about (selective) prevention
Characteristics GPs SW N=70 DK N=100 NL N=103 GR N=109 CZ N=121 SW N=70 DK N=100 NL N=103 GR N=109 CZ N=121 Overall N=503 Male (%) 40 54 45 49 36 Age (%) < 50 61 34 64 84 69 62 50 39 66 16 31 38 Smoking (% yes) 1 28 4 7 SW: Sweden; DK: Denmark; NL: The Netherlands; GR; Greece; CZ: The Czech Republic
Approach of patients for selective prevention of CMD
Statement 3 Kahoot To identify and treat high-risk persons a pro-active approach is more effective in addition to case-finding alone
Availability protocol for selective prevention of CMD
Availability of disease management programs
Opinion of GPs towards selective prevention of CMD
Selective prevention of CMD belongs to the tasks of the GP Statement 4 Kahoot Selective prevention of CMD belongs to the tasks of the GP
Opinion of GPs towards selective prevention of CMD
Conclusion professionals GPs: invite patients actively (46%) and opportunistically (52%) for selective prevention of CMD Offer disease management programs Have a positive attitude towards selective prevention of CMD and think it belongs to their tasks The extensiveness of the actions differs between the countries which gives opportunities for improvement
Take home message Cardiometabolic diseases (CMD) are an increasing problem GPs can play an important role in (selective) prevention of CMD and they have a positive attitude towards this The extensiveness of the activities varies across countries and this offers opportunities for improvement, especially in the invitation step Identification of hampering and facilitating factors may help to improve the implementation of selective prevention of CMD across Europe
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