Gender gap in annual preventive care services in France.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In France, screening for cardiovascular risk factors is recommended during annual preventive visits. However, data are lacking on the temporal trend in women's uptake to preventive care services, and in cardiovascular and mortality outcomes. The aim of the study was to investigate the participation and mortality of women in annual preventive care services in a major preventive medicine center in France.

Method

Ee conducted repeated cross-sectional studies including a total of 366,270 individuals who had a first examination at the Centre d'Investigations Préventives et Cliniques, France, between January 1992 and December 2011.

Findings

Women's participation was low below 50 years of age, then increases from 50 to 70 years, and is lower for women older

SUBMITTER: Gaye B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9156877 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature