title: Health perception of patients after cardiovascular risk detection and after intervention in general practice.
abstract: BACKGROUND. To explore unfavorable effects, health perception was assessed in patients enrolled in a cardiovascular program in general practice. METHODS. A prospective questionnaire survey was conducted shortly after risk detection and after 1 year of intervention. Patients (n=413) with an elevated risk were selected from 27 practices in The Netherlands. The outcome measure was patients' perceptions of their general health status. RESULTS. The response rate was 62%. Two thirds of the patients did not show any change in general health status at either point in time. Substantially more patients showed improvement after 1 year of intervention. Compared to reference data, no major differences were found. CONCLUSION. Enrollment in a cardiovascular risk detection and intervention program did not lead to unfavorable perceptions of general health status, either shortly after risk detection or after 1 year of intervention. (c) 2001 by CHF, Inc.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Quality of Care Research, Universities of Nijmegen and Maastricht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: B B
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: van Drenth
authors.forename: M EJL
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Hulscher
authors.forename: H GA
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Mokkink
authors.forename: E H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: van De Lisdonk
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: van Der Wouden
authors.forename: R PTM
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Grol