ArticleJournal of public health (Oxford, England)2013
Cross-sectional review of the response and treatment uptake from the NHS Health Checks programme in Stoke on Trent.
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32 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- A systematic review of factors influencing NHS health check uptake: invitation methods, patient characteristics, and the impact of interventions.BMC public health · 2020Pooled it
- Delivery and impact of the NHS Health Check in the first 8 years: a systematic review.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2018Pooled it
- Reasons why people do not attend NHS Health Checks: a systematic review and qualitative synthesis.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2018Pooled it
- Feasibility and success rates of response enhancing strategies in a stepwise prevention program for cardiometabolic diseases in primary care.BMC family practice · 2020Trial
- Evaluating the effectiveness of the NHS Health Check programme in South England: a quasi-randomised controlled trial.BMJ open · 2019Trial
- Pre-notification and reminder SMS text messages with behaviourally informed invitation letters to improve uptake of NHS Health Checks: a factorial randomised controlled trial.BMC public health · 2019Trial
- Step-wise approach to prevention of chronic diseases in the Danish primary care sector with the use of a personal digital health profile and targeted follow-up - an assessment of attendance.BMC public health · 2019Trial
- Randomised controlled trial comparing uptake of NHS Health Check in response to standard letters, risk-personalised letters and telephone invitations.BMC public health · 2019Trial
- Cardiovascular risk at health checks performed opportunistically or following an invitation letter. Cohort study.Journal of public health (Oxford, England) · 2018Trial
- Enhanced Invitations Using the Question-Behavior Effect and Financial Incentives to Promote Health Check Uptake in Primary Care.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2018Trial
- The effectiveness of an enhanced invitation letter on uptake of National Health Service Health Checks in primary care: a pragmatic quasi-randomised controlled trial.BMC family practice · 2016Trial
- Asking informed consent may lead to significant participation bias and suboptimal cardiovascular risk management in learning healthcare systems.BMC medical research methodology · 2023Article
- Predicting attitudes towards screening for neurodegenerative diseases using OCT and artificial intelligence: Findings from a literature review.Journal of public health research · 2022Article
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- Mapping non-response in a prevention program for cardiometabolic diseases in primary care: How to improve participation?Preventive medicine reports · 2020Article
- Determinants of the Utilization of a Noncommunicable Disease Screening Service by White Collar Workers in Depok City, West Java Indonesia.International journal of preventive medicine · 2020Article
- Cost-effectiveness of population-based, community, workplace and individual policies for diabetes prevention in the UK.Diabetic medicine : a journal of the British Diabetic Association · 2017Article
- Evaluation of community provision of a preventive cardiovascular programme - the National Health Service Health Check in reaching the under-served groups by primary care in England: cross sectional observational study.BMC health services research · 2017Observational
- Patterns of attendance to health checks in a municipality setting: the Danish 'Check Your Health Preventive Program'.Preventive medicine reports · 2017Article
- Untreated hypertension in the UK household population - Who are missed by the general health checks?Preventive medicine reports · 2016Article
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Abstract
backgroundAs part of national policy to manage the increasing burden of chronic diseases, the Department of Health in England has launched the NHS Health Checks programme, which aims to reduce the burden of the major vascular diseases on the health service.
methodsA cross-sectional review of response, attendance and treatment uptake over the first year of the programme in Stoke on Trent was carried out. Patients aged between 32 and 74 years and estimated to be at ≥20% risk of developing cardiovascular disease were identified from electronic medical records. Multi-level regression modelling was used to evaluate the influence of individual- and practice-level factors on health check outcomes.
resultsOverall 63.3% of patients responded, 43.7% attended and 29.8% took up a treatment following their health check invitation. The response was higher for older age and more affluent areas; attendance and treatment uptake were higher for males and older age. Variance between practices was significant (P < 0.001) for response (13.4%), attendance (12.7%) and uptake (23%).
conclusionsThe attendance rate of 43.7% following invitation to a health check was considerably lower than the benchmark of 75%. The lack of public interest and the prevalence of significant comorbidity are challenges to this national policy innovation.
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