General health checks in adults for reducing morbidity and mortality from disease

LT Krogsbøll, KJ Jørgensen, CG Larsen… - Cochrane Database …, 2012‏ - cochranelibrary.com
Background General health checks are common elements of health care in some countries.
These aim to detect disease and risk factors for disease with the purpose of reducing …

General health checks in adult primary care: a review

DT Liss, T Uchida, CL Wilkes, A Radakrishnan… - Jama, 2021‏ - jamanetwork.com
Importance General health checks, also known asgeneral medical examinations, periodic
health evaluations, checkups, routine visits, orwellness visits, are commonly performed in …

Evaluating the risk of macrovascular events and mortality among people with multiple sclerosis in England

R Palladino, RA Marrie, A Majeed… - JAMA neurology, 2020‏ - jamanetwork.com
Importance People with multiple sclerosis (MS) are associated with an increased risk of
cardiovascular disease and mortality; however, evidence from population-based studies is …

Interventions in hypertension: systematic review and meta-analysis of natural and quasi-experiments

T **a, F Zhao, RA Nianogo - Clinical Hypertension, 2022‏ - Springer
Background Hypertension is an urgent public health problem. Consistent summary from
natural and quasi-experiments employed to evaluate interventions that aim at preventing or …

[PDF][PDF] How much do OECD countries spend on prevention?

M Gmeinder, D Morgan, M Mueller - 2017‏ - core.ac.uk
ABSTRACT OECD countries face the multiple challenges of rapidly ageing societies with the
associated rise in chronic diseases and the ever-present threat from new or evolving …

Development of a questionnaire to evaluate patients' awareness of cardiovascular disease risk in England's National Health Service Health Check preventive …

M Woringer, JJ Nielsen, L Zibarras, J Evason… - BMJ open, 2017‏ - bmjopen.bmj.com
Background The National Health Service (NHS) Health Check is a cardiovascular disease
(CVD) risk assessment and management programme in England aiming to increase CVD …

Screening for familial hypercholesterolaemia in primary care: Time for general practice to play its part

T Brett, N Qureshi, S Gidding, GF Watts - Atherosclerosis, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Fifty per cent of first-degree relatives of index cases with familial hypercholesterolemia (FH)
inherit the disorder. Despite cascade screening being the most cost-effective method for …

Prevalence of chronic kidney disease in adults in England: comparison of nationally representative cross-sectional surveys from 2003 to 2016

HO Hounkpatin, S Harris, SDS Fraser, J Day… - BMJ open, 2020‏ - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives To identify recent trends in chronic kidney disease (CKD) prevalence in England
and explore their association with changes in sociodemographic, behavioural and clinical …

Association between the utilization of senior centers and participation in health check-ups

AJ Ko, J Kim, EC Park, MJ Ha - Scientific reports, 2024‏ - nature.com
The global older adult population is increasing. Early detection and intervention through
health check-ups are crucial for successful aging, as they play a significant role in identifying …

Health checks and cardiovascular risk factor values over six years' follow-up: Matched cohort study using electronic health records in England

S Alageel, MC Gulliford - PLoS Medicine, 2019‏ - journals.plos.org
Background The National Health Service (NHS) in England introduced a population-wide
programme for cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention in 2009, known as NHS Health …