title: [Significance of after care by family practitioner following myocardial infarct from the patient's viewpoint].
abstract: In this study a questionnaire has been sent to 118 male patients about 21 months after the first myocardial infarction. The patients in question have suffered a first acute myocardial infarction in the second half-year of 1987 and have been hospitalized in ten different clinics around Zurich. 80 (72%) of the patients not older than 62 years have answered; 4 patients died. The results indicate that the treatment by the general practitioner has been assessed mostly positively; 63.7% of the patients were very content with the care provided by their general practitioner, 32.5% were rather content and only 3.8% were rather discontent. Only 5% changed to another general practitioner out of discontentment within the mentioned period. 91.2% of the patients taxed the expended time by the general practitioner as just about sufficient. Results concern the influence of the general practitioner on modification of habits after the myocardial infarction: former smokers indicated more often, that the advice of the general practitioner has helped them (p < 0.01), those patients who changed their eating habits talked more often with their physician about this subject (p < 0.05), respective counselling by the general practitioner had an evident influence on the sportive activities of the patients (p < 0.01).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Institut für Sozial- und Präventivmedizin, Universität Zürich.
authors.forename: H P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Brunner-La Rocca
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Marti
mesh_terms: D000359:Aftercare / Q000592:standards*; D004032:Diet; D005194:Family Practice; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D016540:Smoking Cessation; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
vernacular_title: Bedeutung der hausärztlichen Betreuung nach Myokardinfarkt aus der Sicht der Patienten.