The NHS Health Check in England: an evaluation of the first 4 years

Objectives: To describe implementation of a new national preventive programme to reduce cardiovascular morbidity. Design: Observational study over 4 years (April 2009—March 2013). Setting: 655 general practices across England from the QResearch database. Participants: Eligible adults age...

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Main Authors: Robson, John, Dostal, Isabel, Sheikh, Aziz, Eldridge, Sandra, Madurasinghe, Vichithranie, Griffiths, Chris, Coupland, Carol, Hippisley-Cox, Julia
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Published: BMJ Publishing Group Ltd 2016
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/32776/
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author Robson, John
Dostal, Isabel
Sheikh, Aziz
Eldridge, Sandra
Madurasinghe, Vichithranie
Griffiths, Chris
Coupland, Carol
Hippisley-Cox, Julia
author_facet Robson, John
Dostal, Isabel
Sheikh, Aziz
Eldridge, Sandra
Madurasinghe, Vichithranie
Griffiths, Chris
Coupland, Carol
Hippisley-Cox, Julia
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description Objectives: To describe implementation of a new national preventive programme to reduce cardiovascular morbidity. Design: Observational study over 4 years (April 2009—March 2013). Setting: 655 general practices across England from the QResearch database. Participants: Eligible adults aged 40–74 years including attendees at a National Health Service (NHS) Health Check. Intervention: NHS Health Check: routine structured cardiovascular check with support for behavioural change and in those at highest risk, treatment of risk factors and newly identified comorbidity. Results: Of 1.68 million people eligible for an NHS Health Check, 214 295 attended in the period 2009–12. Attendance quadrupled as the programme progressed; 5.8% in 2010 to 30.1% in 2012. Attendance was relatively higher among older people, of whom 19.6% of those eligible at age 60–74 years attended and 9.0% at age 40–59 years. Attendance by population groups at higher cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk, such as the more socially disadvantaged 14.9%, was higher than that of the more affluent 12.3%. Among attendees 7844 new cases of hypertension (38/1000 Checks), 1934 new cases of type 2 diabetes (9/1000 Checks) and 807 new cases of chronic kidney disease (4/1000 Checks) were identified. Of the 27 624 people found to be at high CVD risk (20% or more 10-year risk) when attending an NHS Health Check, 19.3% (5325) were newly prescribed statins and 8.8% (2438) were newly prescribed antihypertensive therapy. Conclusions: NHS Health Check coverage was lower than expected but showed year-on-year improvement. Newly identified comorbidities were an important feature of the NHS Health Checks. Statin treatment at national scale for 1 in 5 attendees at highest CVD risk is likely to have contributed to important reductions in their CVD events.
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spelling nottingham-327762020-05-04T17:32:23Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/32776/ The NHS Health Check in England: an evaluation of the first 4 years Robson, John Dostal, Isabel Sheikh, Aziz Eldridge, Sandra Madurasinghe, Vichithranie Griffiths, Chris Coupland, Carol Hippisley-Cox, Julia Objectives: To describe implementation of a new national preventive programme to reduce cardiovascular morbidity. Design: Observational study over 4 years (April 2009—March 2013). Setting: 655 general practices across England from the QResearch database. Participants: Eligible adults aged 40–74 years including attendees at a National Health Service (NHS) Health Check. Intervention: NHS Health Check: routine structured cardiovascular check with support for behavioural change and in those at highest risk, treatment of risk factors and newly identified comorbidity. Results: Of 1.68 million people eligible for an NHS Health Check, 214 295 attended in the period 2009–12. Attendance quadrupled as the programme progressed; 5.8% in 2010 to 30.1% in 2012. Attendance was relatively higher among older people, of whom 19.6% of those eligible at age 60–74 years attended and 9.0% at age 40–59 years. Attendance by population groups at higher cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk, such as the more socially disadvantaged 14.9%, was higher than that of the more affluent 12.3%. Among attendees 7844 new cases of hypertension (38/1000 Checks), 1934 new cases of type 2 diabetes (9/1000 Checks) and 807 new cases of chronic kidney disease (4/1000 Checks) were identified. Of the 27 624 people found to be at high CVD risk (20% or more 10-year risk) when attending an NHS Health Check, 19.3% (5325) were newly prescribed statins and 8.8% (2438) were newly prescribed antihypertensive therapy. Conclusions: NHS Health Check coverage was lower than expected but showed year-on-year improvement. Newly identified comorbidities were an important feature of the NHS Health Checks. Statin treatment at national scale for 1 in 5 attendees at highest CVD risk is likely to have contributed to important reductions in their CVD events. BMJ Publishing Group Ltd 2016-01-13 Article PeerReviewed Robson, John, Dostal, Isabel, Sheikh, Aziz, Eldridge, Sandra, Madurasinghe, Vichithranie, Griffiths, Chris, Coupland, Carol and Hippisley-Cox, Julia (2016) The NHS Health Check in England: an evaluation of the first 4 years. BMJ Open, 6 (1). e008840/1-e008840/10. ISSN 2044-6055 http://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/6/1/e008840.abstract doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2015-008840 doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2015-008840
spellingShingle Robson, John
Dostal, Isabel
Sheikh, Aziz
Eldridge, Sandra
Madurasinghe, Vichithranie
Griffiths, Chris
Coupland, Carol
Hippisley-Cox, Julia
The NHS Health Check in England: an evaluation of the first 4 years
title The NHS Health Check in England: an evaluation of the first 4 years
title_full The NHS Health Check in England: an evaluation of the first 4 years
title_fullStr The NHS Health Check in England: an evaluation of the first 4 years
title_full_unstemmed The NHS Health Check in England: an evaluation of the first 4 years
title_short The NHS Health Check in England: an evaluation of the first 4 years
title_sort nhs health check in england: an evaluation of the first 4 years
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/32776/
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