PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - John G. Wrench
AU  - R. Irvine
TI  - Coronary heart disease: account of a preventive clinic in general practice
DP  - 1984 Sep 01
TA  - The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners
PG  - 477--481
VI  - 34
IP  - 266
4099  - http://bjgp.org/content/34/266/477.short
4100  - http://bjgp.org/content/34/266/477.full
SO  - J R Coll Gen Pract1984 Sep 01; 34
AB  - Men between the ages of 25 and 45 years attending a surgery were screened for risk of heart disease. An `at-risk' group of 188 men were identified and 118 of them (63 per cent) accepted an invitation to attend a coronary heart disease prevention clinic at the practice. A sample of the attending group showed favourable changes in risk factors one year later. Subsamples of 20 men from the attending and non-attending groups were interviewed at the clinic or at home; they showed significant differences with respect to employment status, family history of myocardial infarction and knowledge about coronary heart disease as a cause of death in the United Kingdom. Implications for preventive programmes of this nature are discussed, and the need to utilize routine doctor-patient contacts for health education and prevention is stressed.