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OBJECTIVES: To determine knowledge and use of preventive practices (cervical cytology, mammography and taking blood pressure) through a telephone survey. DESIGN: Crossover study. SETTING: Billabona Health Centre (Guipúzcoa). PARTICIPANTS: People over 15 in the Health Centre's catchment area. MAIN RESULTS: The sample size was 800 people. It reached 80% telephone coverage with a reply rate of 86.09% (278 men and 273 women). 76.5% of women stated they had heard of cervical cytology; and 80.2% mammography. 87.5% had had their blood pressure taken on some occasion. CONCLUSIONS: Both cervical cytology and mammography are well-known preventive procedures, although they could always be improved, whereas taking blood pressure is a widespread practice in all age-groups.
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Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice , Preventive Health Services/statistics & numerical data , Adolescent , Adult , Aged , Cross-Sectional Studies , Female , Health Surveys , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Random Allocation , Socioeconomic Factors , Spain , TelephoneSubject(s)
Medical Records Systems, Computerized , Female , Forms and Records Control , Humans , Male , Primary Health Care , SpainABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE: To discover the tobacco consumption among Primary Care doctors in the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country. DESIGN: A crossover study by means of a telephone survey. PARTICIPANTS: 285 Primary Care doctors in the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country, obtained by systematic random sampling. RESULTS: Out of the 275 doctors who were finally surveyed, 32.1% smoked every day. 47.4% of doctors between 45 and 64 years old defined themselves as ex-smokers. CONCLUSIONS: The hypothesis can be ventured that Primary Care doctors are in the vanguard of giving up tobacco consumption.