Understanding what happens to attendees after an NHS Health Check: a realist review.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The NHS Health Check offers adults aged 40-74 an assessment of their risk of developing cardiovascular disease. Attendees should be offered appropriate clinical or behavioural interventions to help them to manage or reduce these risks. This project focused on understanding variation in the advice and support offered to Health Check attendees.

Design

We conducted a realist review, assembling a diverse body of literature via database searches (MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL, HMIC, Web of Science) and other search methods, and synthesised data extracted from documents using a realist logic of analysis. Our aim was to develop an understanding of contexts affecting delivery of the NHS Health Check and the underlying mechanisms producing outcomes related to the offer for atten

SUBMITTER: Duddy C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9660666 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature