General practitioners' attitudes and barriers to patient activation in cardiovascular disease prevention: insights from the DECADE study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are the most common cause of death in Germany. General practitioners (GPs) have an important role in supporting patients in the prevention of CVD. The DECADE intervention was developed to encourage patients to improve self-management in order to prevent CVD, addressing both GPs and patients. This study focused on GPs attitudes towards patient activation and its relation to the level of activation on their patients, possible barriers according to lifestyle counselling and attitudes towards interprofessional consultations.

Methods

Questionnaire-based cross-sectional analysis was conducted within the DECADE-cRCT. GPs attitudes to patient activation was measured by using seven items of the Clinician Support for Patient Activation Measur

SUBMITTER: Grafe W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11951579 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature