ArticleJournal of public health (Oxford, England)2015
Estimating the yield of NHS Health Checks in England: a population-based cohort study.
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- 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
- Views of commissioners, managers and healthcare professionals on the NHS Health Check programme: a systematic review.BMJ open · 2017Pooled it
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- Health checks and cardiovascular risk factor values over six years' follow-up: Matched cohort study using electronic health records in England.PLoS medicine · 2019Article
- Using out-of-office blood pressure measurements in established cardiovascular risk scores: a secondary analysis of data from two blood pressure monitoring studies.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2019Article
- Middle-aged Health Checks Program Outputs in Non-communicable Diseases Screening in Iran.International journal of preventive medicine · 2019Article
- Statin use in cancer survivors versus the general population: cohort study using primary care data from the UK clinical practice research datalink.BMC cancer · 2018Article
- Do health checks for adults with intellectual disability reduce emergency hospital admissions? Evaluation of a natural experiment.Journal of epidemiology and community health · 2017Article
- Status of hypertension screening in the Korea National General Health Screening Program: a questionnaire survey on 210 screening centers in two metropolitan areas.Clinical hypertension · 2017Article
- The cost-effectiveness of population Health Checks: have the NHS Health Checks been unfairly maligned?Zeitschrift fur Gesundheitswissenschaften = Journal of public health · 2017Article
- Use of aids for smoking cessation and alcohol reduction: A population survey of adults in England.BMC public health · 2016Article
- Do health checks improve risk factor detection in primary care? Matched cohort study using electronic health records.Journal of public health (Oxford, England) · 2016Article
- A retrospective evaluation of the NHS Health Check Programme in a multi-ethnic population.Journal of public health (Oxford, England) · 2016Article
- Impact of the National Health Service Health Check on cardiovascular disease risk: a difference-in-differences matching analysis.CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2016Article
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Abstract
backgroundThis study aimed to evaluate the yield of the NHS Health Checks programme.
methodsA cohort study, conducted in the Clinical Practice Research Datalink in England. Electronic health records were analysed for patients aged 40-74 receiving an NHS Health Check between 2010 and 2013.
resultsThere were 65 324 men and 75 032 women receiving a health check. For every 1000 men assessed, there were 205 smokers (95% confidence interval 195-215), 355 (340-369) with hypertension (≥140/90 mmHg) and 633 (607-658) with elevated cholesterol (≥5 mmol/l). Among 1000 women, there were 161 (151-171) smokers, 247 (238-257) with hypertension and 668 (646-689) with elevated cholesterol. In the 12 months following the check, statins were prescribed to 18% of men and 21% of women with ≥20% cardiovascular risk and antihypertensive drugs to 11% of men and 16% of women with ≥20% cardiovascular risk. Slight reductions in risk factor values were observed in the minority of participants with follow-up values recorded in the 15 months following the check.
conclusionsA universal primary prevention programme identifies substantial risk factor burden in a population without known cardiovascular disease. Research is needed to monitor interventions, and intermediate- and long-term outcomes, in those identified at high risk.
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