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 .
The Influence of Repeated Health Examinations on Mortality in a Prospective Cohort Study, with a Comment on the Autopsy Frequence: The Study of Men Born in 1913
In the Study of Men Born in 1913 it was possible to investigate the influence of repeated health examinations on mortality in a prospect i ve cohort study . On January 1 , 1963 , 1010 men in the experimental grop and 1956 in the control group were alive . The experimental group took part in repeated examinations in 1963 , 1967 , 1973 and 1980 . Overt diseases were treated accordingly . Newly detected hypertension was also treated . By the end of a 15-year-long observation period , the cumulative mortality in the experimental group ( 14.5 % ) was not significantly lower than that in the control group ( 15.7 % ) . In the experimental group , 855 took part . The mortality was significantly higher in the non-participating group . The autopsy frequency decreased for in-hospital deaths but increased for deaths outside hospital during the study period
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 .