title: [Level of knowledge and action on lipaemia among Spanish primary and specialist care doctors. Press cholesterol study].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To find the level of knowledge, the guidelines for action and the monitoring of lipaemia by Spanish primary care and specialist doctors.
  
  
  METHODS
  A self-defined questionnaire of 12 items was designed. Data on the population treated and the subjective evaluation of objectives, and on the management and monitoring of lipid parameters were filled in.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 1998 doctors from the whole of Spain took part; 68.8% of the doctors interviewed worked in primary health care and 30.2% in specialist centres or hospitals.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A 91% of the doctors said they followed international consensus on monitoring lipaemia. The most commonly used objective therapeutic parameter for treating lipaemia was LDL-cholesterol (83%), followed by total cholesterol (62%), HDL-cholesterol (56%) and triglycerides (51%). If the patient's lipaemia was well controlled, then 21.8% of doctors reduced the doses of lipid-lowerers. In general terms, no great differences were appreciated between the criteria followed by PC and by specialist doctors.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The criteria for action on lipaemia could be improved. There are no important differences of view or action in clinical and therapeutic criteria for Lipaemia cases between PC and specialist doctors.
authors.affiliation: Cátedra de Riesgo Cardiovascular, Universidad Católica de Murcia (UCAM), Murcia, España. jabellan@ono.com
authors.forename: José
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Abellán Alemán
authors.forename: Mariano
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Leal Hernández
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Martínez Pastor
authors.forename: Fernando
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Hernández Menárguez
authors.forename: José Antonio
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: García-Galbis Marín
authors.forename: Purificación
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jara Gómez
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D006949:Hyperlipidemias / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008297:Male; D008511:Medicine; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D011320:Primary Health Care; D013030:Spain; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires