Increased knowledge makes a difference! - general practitioners' experiences of pictorial information about subclinical atherosclerosis for primary prevention: an interview study from the VIPVIZA trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To explore how pictorial information on subclinical atherosclerosis affects GPs' perception of patient cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk, their communication with patients, and GPs' attitude to the treatment of CVD risk factors.

Design, setting and subjects

Fifteen individual interviews were conducted between March 2014 and December 2016, with GPs who had received pictorial information regarding their patients' subclinical atherosclerosis. The pictorial information was also received by the patients together with written information regarding atherosclerosis and CVD risk prior to the appointment with their GP. The interviews were recorded, transcribed and analyzed using qualitative content analysis.

Results

Three categories were identified in the analysis. <

SUBMITTER: Bengtsson A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7971335 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature