TY - JOUR
T1 - Unwillingness to participate in health checks for cardiometabolic diseases: A survey among primary health care patients in five European countries
AU - de Waard, Anne-Karien M.
AU - Korevaar, Joke C.
AU - Hollander, Monika
AU - Nielen, Mark M. J.
AU - Seifert, Bohumil
AU - Carlsson, Axel C.
AU - Lionis, Christos
AU - Søndergaard, Jens
AU - Schellevis, François G.
AU - de Wit, Niek J.
AU - SPIMEU Project Group
AU - Angelaki, Agapi
AU - Král, Norbert
AU - Sonderlund, Anders
AU - Wändell, Per
N1 - Funding Information: This manuscript is part of the project/joint action “663309/SPIM EU” which has received funding from the European Union's Health Programme (2014‐2020). The funding source did not have any involvement in the study design, collection, analysis, and interpretation of data; writing of the report; the decision to submit the report for publication. Publisher Copyright: © 2021 The Authors. Health Science Reports published by Wiley Periodicals LLC. Copyright: Copyright 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2021/6/1
Y1 - 2021/6/1
N2 - Background and aims: Since cardiometabolic diseases (CMD) are a frequent cause of death worldwide, preventive strategies are needed. Recruiting adults for a health check could facilitate the identification of individuals at risk for CMD. For successful results, participation is crucial. We aimed to identify factors related to unwillingness to participate in CMD health checks. Methods: We performed a cross-sectional study in the Czech Republic, Denmark, Greece, the Netherlands, and Sweden. A questionnaire was distributed among persons without known CMD consulting general practice between January and July 2017 within the framework of the SPIMEU study. Results: In total, 1354 persons responded. Nine percent was unwilling to participate in a CMD health check. Male gender, smoking, higher self-rated health, never been invited before, and not willing to pay were related to unwillingness to participate. The most mentioned reason for unwillingness to participate was “I think that I am healthy” (57%). Among the respondents who were willing to participate, 94% preferred an invitation by the general practitioner and 66% was willing to pay. Conclusion: A minority of the respondents was unwilling to participate in a CMD health check with consistent results within the five countries. This provides a promising starting point to increase participation in CMD health checks in primary care.
AB - Background and aims: Since cardiometabolic diseases (CMD) are a frequent cause of death worldwide, preventive strategies are needed. Recruiting adults for a health check could facilitate the identification of individuals at risk for CMD. For successful results, participation is crucial. We aimed to identify factors related to unwillingness to participate in CMD health checks. Methods: We performed a cross-sectional study in the Czech Republic, Denmark, Greece, the Netherlands, and Sweden. A questionnaire was distributed among persons without known CMD consulting general practice between January and July 2017 within the framework of the SPIMEU study. Results: In total, 1354 persons responded. Nine percent was unwilling to participate in a CMD health check. Male gender, smoking, higher self-rated health, never been invited before, and not willing to pay were related to unwillingness to participate. The most mentioned reason for unwillingness to participate was “I think that I am healthy” (57%). Among the respondents who were willing to participate, 94% preferred an invitation by the general practitioner and 66% was willing to pay. Conclusion: A minority of the respondents was unwilling to participate in a CMD health check with consistent results within the five countries. This provides a promising starting point to increase participation in CMD health checks in primary care.
KW - cardiometabolic disease
KW - cardiovascular disease
KW - health check
KW - prevention
KW - willingness to participate
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UR - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33778166
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1002/hsr2.256
DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/hsr2.256
M3 - Article
C2 - 33778166
SN - 2398-8835
VL - 4
JO - Health Science Reports
JF - Health Science Reports
IS - 2
M1 - e256
ER -