2014
Development of pre-consultation prevention summary and reminder sheets for patients: preliminary study of acceptability and sustainability
Volume 43, No.5, May 2014 Pages 310-314
Frank OR, Aylward P, Stocks NP.
Background
Patients attending general practices receive about 60% of indicated preventive services. Patients do not know which preventive services are indicated for them and want their GPs to offer those services.
Methods
Patients arriving for consultations in three general practices received individualised prevention summary sheets. Acceptability was assessed by patient survey. Sustainability was assessed by the number of sheets printed over time.
Results
Seventy-two percent of patients discussed the advice on their sheet in the consultation, and 89% wanted to receive the sheets in the future. Practices printed 8882 sheets in the 52 weeks from the start of the trial.
