title: [Impact of consensus conferences held in Spain].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To show the impact of these consensus meetings on health-workers.
  
  
  METHODS
  A descriptive study using a postal survey. SITE. The Province of Avila.
  
  
  METHODS
  Registered doctors and nurses in the Province of Avila, in the month of March, 1991.
  
  
  RESULTS
  19.2% of the doctors and 13% of the nurses answered the survey. The consensus meetings were known to 29.6% of the doctors and 13.5% of the nurses. Out of these, 70.3% of the doctors and 54.5% of the nurses refer to a modification in their behaviour. Nevertheless, the majority of the health-workers saw well-monitored hypertense patients monthly and believe that the entire population's level of cholesterol should be determined. This runs against the recommendations of the consensus meetings. There were no differences on this between those who knew of the meetings and those who did not.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results and recommendations of the consensus meetings were inadequately publicized. They have little or no effect on healthworkers' behaviour.
authors.affiliation: Equipo CESCA, Madrid.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Ripoll Lozano
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gérvas
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Alda
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pérez Fernández
mesh_terms: D003245:Consensus Statements as Topic; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D009726:Nurses; D010820:Physicians; D013030:Spain
vernacular_title: Aproximación al impacto de las conferencias de consenso celebradas en España.