General practice -based health checks are associated with statistically significant , albeit clinical ly small , improvements in surrogate outcome control , especially among high-risk patients .
BACKGROUND A recent review concluded that general health checks fail to reduce mortality in adults .
AIM This review focuses on general practice -based health checks and their effects on both surrogate and final outcomes .
You can't prevent everything anyway: a qualitative study of beliefs and attitudes about refusing health screening in general practice.
OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to explore beliefs and attitudes about refusing health screening in general practice . METHODS In 1991 , in Ebeltoft , Denmark people aged between 30 and 50 years were invited to participate in a 5-year r and omized , controlled , population -based project testing the value of health screenings and health discussion s in general practice . In 1994 , non- participants who declined the offered  health screening but expressed willingness to be contacted in the future were asked to participate in a qualitative interview . They were drawn by stratified purpose ful sampling which reflected variation in perceived health , body mass index , age and sex . The sample comprised six men and 12 women RESULTS Some had not participated because they were busy , felt healthy or had recently been examined . The non- participants emphasized the limitations of health screening and did not want possible risk factors to be revealed , or their feeling of good health to be disturbed . They stressed the individual 's own responsibility for maintaining good health and believed that a positive attitude promoted health . They would contact their GP if they had symptoms . CONCLUSION Non- participants have rational views on risk factor testing and on their own responsibility for maintaining health . Non-attendance was due to a conscious choice which included consulting their own GP
General practice -based health checks are associated with statistically significant , albeit clinical ly small , improvements in surrogate outcome control , especially among high-risk patients .
BACKGROUND A recent review concluded that general health checks fail to reduce mortality in adults .
AIM This review focuses on general practice -based health checks and their effects on both surrogate and final outcomes .