Measurement and management of cardiovascular risk factors--is screening worthwhile?
Coronary heart disease has been described as Scotland's national disease and ways of reducing its incidence are therefore of paramount importance especially in younger males. A recent British Medical Journal paper has indicated that general practitioners can make little impact on patients' lifestyles. This paper shows that a cohort of Scottish men (Social Class III-V) responded well (80%) to offers of screening for risk factors of CHD, continued to attend for review and showed highly significant changes in their risk factor profiles. A committed enthusiastic primary care team have shown the potential for reducing coronary risk factors in so-called healthy men.
McEwan
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Hillbank Health Centre, Dundee.
Davies
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Allan
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Maclean
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Forbes
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CD
D000328:Adult; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003376:Counseling; D005194:Family Practice; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods*; D008499:Medical Records; D008875:Middle Aged; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011320:Primary Health Care; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012307:Risk Factors; D012606:Scotland / Q000453:epidemiology; D012923:Social Class; D014504:Urban Health