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ArticleBMC family practice2015

Perceived determinants of cardiovascular risk management in primary care: disconnections between patient behaviours, practice organisation and healthcare system.

E Huntink, M Wensing, M A Klomp, J van Lieshout

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Article in BMC family practice, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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11citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

E HuntinkRadboud University Medical Center, Scientific Institute for Quality of Healthcare (IQ healthcare), PO Box 9101, 6500 HB, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Elke.Huntink@radboudumc.nl.
M WensingRadboud University Medical Center, Scientific Institute for Quality of Healthcare (IQ healthcare), PO Box 9101, 6500 HB, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Michel.Wensing@radboudumc.nl.
M A KlompRadboud University Medical Center, Scientific Institute for Quality of Healthcare (IQ healthcare), PO Box 9101, 6500 HB, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. maklomp@nlzorg.net.
J van LieshoutRadboud University Medical Center, Scientific Institute for Quality of Healthcare (IQ healthcare), PO Box 9101, 6500 HB, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Jan.vanLieshout@radboudumc.nl.
Radboud University Nijmegen · NLRadboud University Medical Center · NL

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAlthough conditions for high quality cardiovascular risk management in primary care in the Netherlands are favourable, there still remains a gap between practice guideline recommendations and practice. The aim of the current study was to identify determinants of cardiovascular primary care in the Netherlands.

methodsWe performed a qualitative study, using semi-structured interviews with healthcare professionals and patients with established cardiovascular diseases or at high cardiovascular risk. A framework analysis was used to cluster the determinants into seven domains: 1) guideline factors, 2) individual healthcare professional factors, 3) patient factors, 4) professional interaction, 5) incentives and recourses, 6) mandate, authority and accountability, and 7) social, political and legal factors.

resultsTwelve healthcare professionals and 16 patients were interviewed. Healthcare professionals and patients mentioned a variety of factors concerning all seven domains. Determinants of practice according to the health care professionals were related to communication between healthcare professionals, patients' lack of knowledge and self-management, time management, market mechanisms in the Dutch healthcare system and motivational interviewing skills of healthcare professionals. Patients mentioned determinants related to their knowledge of risk factors for cardiovascular diseases, medication adherence and self-management as key determinants. A key finding is the mismatch between healthcare professionals' and patients' views on patient's knowledge and self-management.

conclusionsPerceived determinants of cardiovascular risk management were mainly related to patient behaviors and (but only for health professionals) to the healthcare system. Though health care professionals and patients agree upon the importance of patients' knowledge and self-management, their judgment of the current state of knowledge and self-management is entirely different.

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Health Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticePhysician-Patient RelationsAttitude of Health PersonnelCardiovascular DiseasesFemaleGuideline AdherenceHealth PersonnelHumansMaleMorbidityNetherlandsPerceptionPrimary Health CareQualitative ResearchRisk FactorsRisk Management

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PMID26666285
PMCPMC4678460
OpenAlexW2201532947

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