Overview of preventive practices provided by primary care physicians: A cross-sectional study in Switzerland and France.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A range of preventive practices are recommended to reduce the burden of chronic diseases. The aim of our study was to describe the preventive practices of French-speaking primary care physicians.

Methods

A cross-sectional survey was conducted in 2015 in a randomly selected sample of 1100 primary care physicians (700 in Switzerland, 400 in France). The physicians were asked how often they performed the following recommended preventive practices: blood pressure, weight and height measurements, screening for dyslipidemia, screening for alcohol use and brief intervention, screening for smoking (and brief advice for smokers), colon and prostate cancer screening, and influenza immunization. Response options on the five points Likert scale were never, rarely, sometimes,

SUBMITTER: Sebo P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5584957 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature