Antidyslipidemic Drug Prescriptions and Lipid Control Status After Unfavorable Annual Health Checkup Results: A Retrospective Cohort Study Using a Health Insurance Database.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Japanese employers are obligated to offer employees annual health checkups and guidance programs for their health promotion and maintenance to prevent cardiovascular (CV) and lifestyle-related diseases. Under these programs, checkup recipients are notified of the checkup results, and in case of abnormal findings, employers are expected to provide employees with follow-up encouragement to change their behavior; for example, with medical consultations or lifestyle modifications. However, the effect of these programs on behavioral changes and their subsequent clinical outcomes has not been clearly assessed.

Objective

The aim of this study was to investigate changes in CV risk management behaviors after receiving unfavorable health checkup results on serum lipid level

SUBMITTER: Nozawa K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8128960 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature