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General Practitioners' Use Of Absolute Risk Versus Individual Risk Factors In Cardiovascular Disease Prevention: An Experimental Study, Jesse Jansen, Carissa Bonner, Shannon Mckinn, Les Irwig, Paul Glasziou, Jenny Doust, Armando Teixeira-Pinto, Andrew Hayen, Robin Turner, Kirsten Mccaffery
General Practitioners' Use Of Absolute Risk Versus Individual Risk Factors In Cardiovascular Disease Prevention: An Experimental Study, Jesse Jansen, Carissa Bonner, Shannon Mckinn, Les Irwig, Paul Glasziou, Jenny Doust, Armando Teixeira-Pinto, Andrew Hayen, Robin Turner, Kirsten Mccaffery
Paul Glasziou
Objective: To understand general practitioners' (GPs) use of individual risk factors (blood pressure and cholesterol levels) versus absolute risk in cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk management decision-making. Design: Randomised experiment. Absolute risk, systolic blood pressure (SBP), cholesterol ratio (total cholesterol/high-density lipoprotein (TC/HDL)) and age were systematically varied in hypothetical cases. High absolute risk was defined as 5-year risk of a cardiovascular event >15%, high blood pressure levels varied between SBP 147 and 179 mm Hg and high cholesterol (TC/HDL ratio) between 6.5 and 7.2 mmol/L. Setting: 4 GP conferences in Australia. Participants: 144 Australian GPs. Outcomes: GPs indicated whether they would …
General Practitioners' Use Of Different Cardiovascular Risk Assessment Strategies: A Qualitative Study, Carissa Bonner, Jesse Jansen, Shannon Mckinn, Les Irwig, J. Doust, Paul Glasziou, Andrew Hayen, Kirsten Mccaffery
General Practitioners' Use Of Different Cardiovascular Risk Assessment Strategies: A Qualitative Study, Carissa Bonner, Jesse Jansen, Shannon Mckinn, Les Irwig, J. Doust, Paul Glasziou, Andrew Hayen, Kirsten Mccaffery
Jenny Doust
Objectives: To identify factors that influence the extent to which general practitioners use absolute risk (AR) assessment in cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk assessment. Design, setting and participants: Semi-structured interviews with 25 currently practising GPs from eight Divisions of General Practice in New South Wales, Australia, between October 2011 and May 2012. Data were analysed using framework analysis. Results: The study identified five strategies that GPs use with patients in different situations, defined in terms of the extent to which AR was used and the reasons given for this: the AR-focused strategy, used when AR assessment was considered useful for the …
General Practitioners' Use Of Absolute Risk Versus Individual Risk Factors In Cardiovascular Disease Prevention: An Experimental Study, Jesse Jansen, Carissa Bonner, Shannon Mckinn, Les Irwig, Paul Glasziou, Jenny Doust, Armando Teixeira-Pinto, Andrew Hayen, Robin Turner, Kirsten Mccaffery
General Practitioners' Use Of Absolute Risk Versus Individual Risk Factors In Cardiovascular Disease Prevention: An Experimental Study, Jesse Jansen, Carissa Bonner, Shannon Mckinn, Les Irwig, Paul Glasziou, Jenny Doust, Armando Teixeira-Pinto, Andrew Hayen, Robin Turner, Kirsten Mccaffery
Jenny Doust
Objective: To understand general practitioners' (GPs) use of individual risk factors (blood pressure and cholesterol levels) versus absolute risk in cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk management decision-making. Design: Randomised experiment. Absolute risk, systolic blood pressure (SBP), cholesterol ratio (total cholesterol/high-density lipoprotein (TC/HDL)) and age were systematically varied in hypothetical cases. High absolute risk was defined as 5-year risk of a cardiovascular event >15%, high blood pressure levels varied between SBP 147 and 179 mm Hg and high cholesterol (TC/HDL ratio) between 6.5 and 7.2 mmol/L. Setting: 4 GP conferences in Australia. Participants: 144 Australian GPs. Outcomes: GPs indicated whether they would …