Can doctors and patients correctly estimate cardiovascular risk? A cross-sectional study in primary care

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Accurate cardiovascular risk estimations by patients and doctors are important as these affect health behaviour and medical decision making. We aimed to determine if doctors and patients were accurately estimating the absolute cardiovascular risk of patients in primary care.

Methods

A cross-sectional study was carried out in primary care clinics in Malaysia in 2014. Patients aged 35 years and above without known cardiovascular disease (CVDs) were included. Face-to-face interviews with a structured questionnaire were used to collect sociodemographic and clinical data as well as patients’ perception and doctors’ estimate of the patients’ CVD risk. Associations were tested using χ2, correlation and independent t-tests.

Results

We recruited 1094 patients an

SUBMITTER: Liew S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5855472 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature