A qualitative exploration of two risk calculators using video-recorded NHS health check consultations.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The aim of the study was to explore practitioner-patient interactions and patient responses when using QRISK®2 or JBS3 cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk calculators. Data were from video-recorded NHS Health Check (NHSHC) consultations captured as part of the UK RIsk COmmunication (RICO) study; a qualitative study of video-recorded NHSHC consultations from 12 general practices in the West Midlands, UK. Participants were those eligible for NHSHC based on national criteria (40-74 years old, no existing diagnoses for cardiovascular-related conditions, not on statins), and practitioners, who delivered the NHSHC.

Method

NHSHCs were video-recorded. One hundred twenty-eight consultations were transcribed and analysed using deductive thematic analysis and coded using a tem

SUBMITTER: Riley V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7716424 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature