title: [Periodic health examination: a collaboration between an academic institution, a private firm and general practitioners].
abstract: A Swiss private company decided to launch a healthy lifestyle-oriented medical visit for its employees. Participating general practitioners had prior training through a one-day course. A brief physical examination, cholesterol and glucose analyses were included in the consultation. Half of the employees participated in the project. Health habits were similar to the general Swiss population. Four months later, 61% reported having changed at least one lifestyle health habit in order to improve their health. Most of participants and practitioners were satisfied with this type of consultation, that confirms the interest and the feasibility of such a project.
authors.affiliation: Unité de prévention, Institut de médecine sociale et préventive, 19, César Roux, 1005 Lausanne. Isabelle.Jacot-Sadowski@chuv.ch
authors.forename: Sadowski I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Jacot
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cornuz
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Abetel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009786:Occupational Health Services; D010808:Physical Examination; D010821:Physicians, Family; D015397:Program Evaluation; D013557:Switzerland