Development and evaluation of a brief self-completed family history screening tool for common chronic disease prevention in primary care

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 63, Issue 611, 2013, Pages

  Walter, Fiona M ^a   Prevost, A Toby ^b   Birt, Linda ^a   Grehan, Nicola ^b   Restarick, Kathy ^c   Morris, Helen C ^a   Sutton, Stephen ^a   Rose, Peter ^d   Downing, Sarah ^c   Emery, Jon D ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Colorectal cancer; Diabetes mellitus; Family history; Ischaemic heart disease; Primary health care; Risk assessment; Type 2

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILY HISTORY; FAMILY HISTORY QUESTIONNAIRE; FEMALE; GENDER; GENERAL PRACTICE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PEDIGREE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84878442963     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp13X668186     Document Type: Article

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