Patient preferences for preventive health checks in Danish general practice: a discrete choice experiment among patients at high risk of noncommunicable diseases.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Preventive health checks targeted at the at-risk population can be a way of preventing noncommunicable diseases. However, evidence on patient preferences for preventive health checks is limited, especially among patients with a high risk of noncommunicable diseases.

Objective

To examine patient preferences for preventive health checks in Danish general practice, targeting persons at high risk of a noncommunicable disease.

Methods

The method used in this study was a discrete choice experiment (DCE) with five attributes: assess, advice, agree, assist and arrange. The attributes were inspired by the 5A model for behaviour change counselling but was altered for the purpose of this study to grasp the entirety of the general practice-based intervention. Moreover,

SUBMITTER: Larsen LB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7750959 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature