A survey of GPs awareness and use of risk assessment tools and cardiovascular disease prevention guidelines

Irish Medical Journal

Volumn 108, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Byrne, D ^a   O'Connor, L ^b   Jennings, S ^b   Bennett, K ^c   Murphy, A W ^d  

^a Glanmire Medical Centre   (Ireland)

^b DR STEEVENS HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; IRISH (CITIZEN); LIKERT SCALE; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY CONTROL; REMUNERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; IRELAND; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BENCHMARKING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84938150628     PISSN: 03323102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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