Non-participants in a preventive health examination for cardiovascular disease: characteristics, reasons for non-participation, and willingness to participate in the future

Wall, Mikael; Teeland, Lawrence

doi:10.1080/02813430410006611

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“…Previous epidemiology studies [8-10, 18, 21, 22] on DR have varied cutoffs of age 1 20 years, 1 30 years and 1 40 years. By choosing 1 40 years, the yield of retinopathy would be maximum as DR is related to duration of diabetes; we also anticipated fewer dropouts in this age group than in younger-age cutoffs [24] .…”

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Is Prevalence of Retinopathy Related to the Age of Onset of Diabetes? Sankara Nethralaya Diabetic Retinopathy Epidemiology and Molecular Genetic Report No. 5

Raman¹,

Kulothungan

Vinita

et al. 2010

Ophthalmic Res

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Aim: To compare the prevalence of diabetic retinopathy (DR) and risk factors in patients with a known onset of diabetes before 40 years and after 40 years of age. Methods: This is a population-based study for which 1,414 diabetics were recruited. The fundi were photographed using 45-degree 4-field stereoscopic digital photography. The diagnosis of DR was based on Klein’s classification of the Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study scales. Results: The prevalence of DR was 33.3% (95% confidence interval, CI: 26.6–39.9) in known onset of diabetes (≤40 years) compared to 15.6% (95% CI: 13.6–17.6) in those with late onset (>40 years; p < 0.0001). In the group with age of known onset of diabetes ≤40 years, the risk factors, associated with any DR, were poor glycemic control (odds ratio, OR: 1.36 for every g% increase in glycosylated hemoglobin), insulin use (OR: 4.21), increasing known duration of diabetes (OR: 1.10 for increase of every year in known duration of diabetes) and presence of macroalbuminuria (OR: 13.39). In the late onset of diabetes group, besides the above-mentioned risk factors, the presence of microalbuminuria (OR: 2.08), male gender (OR: 1.67), presence of anemia (OR: 1.89) and increased systolic blood pressure (OR: 1.01) were the risk factors for DR. Conclusion: The prevalence of DR was almost twice more in those subjects who developed diabetes before the age of 40 years than those who developed it later.

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Is Prevalence of Retinopathy Related to the Age of Onset of Diabetes? Sankara Nethralaya Diabetic Retinopathy Epidemiology and Molecular Genetic Report No. 5

Raman¹,

Kulothungan

Vinita

et al. 2010

Ophthalmic Res

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“…Second, the participation rate was relatively low (41%), which might limit the generalization of the findings; yet, this participation rate is comparable with the Vitamin or dietary supplement users in Switzerland P Marques-Vidal et al MONICA surveys conducted in Switzerland and in France (Wolf et al, 1998). Further, subjects who agreed to participate might be more health conscious and at a lower risk than those who refuse (Lewis et al, 1996;Wall and Teeland, 2004;Chinn et al, 2006), which would lead to an overestimation of the true prevalence of VMS and DS use. Still, it should be noted that the distribution of age groups 35-54 and 55-75 years in the CoLaus study was comparable to the source population and there was no gender or zip code distribution difference between the source population and the CoLaus participants (data not shown).…”

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Prevalence and characteristics of vitamin or dietary supplement users in Lausanne, Switzerland: the CoLaus study

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Background and objectives: Vitamin þ mineral supplement (VMS) and dietary supplement (DS) use is widespread in the general population, but the motivations for such use are poorly known. The prevalence and characteristics of VMS and DS users in Lausanne, Switzerland, were thus assessed. Method: Cross-sectional study was performed including 3249 women and 2937 men (CoLaus study). VMS were defined as single or multivitamin-multimineral preparations. DS included omega-3 or omega-6 fatty acids, herbal teas, plant or animal extracts and bacterial (Lactobacillus) preparations. Calcium and iron supplements were assessed separately. Results: Twenty-six percent of the subjects reported using VMS or DS. VMS were the most frequently consumed item (16.8%), followed by DS (10%), calcium (6.6%) and iron (1.8%). Women reported a higher consumption than men. In women, VMS, DS and calcium use increased and iron use decreased with age, whereas in men only VMS and calcium intake increased with age. Multivariate analysis showed female gender, being born in Switzerland, increased age, higher education and increased physical activity to be positively related with VMS and DS. On bivariate analysis, VMS and DS users presented more frequently with arthritis, anxiety, depression and osteoporosis, but on multivariate analysis only positive relationships between DS use and anxiety/depression (odds ratio (OR) ¼ 1.40; 95% confidence interval (CI): [1.16-1.70]) and calcium and osteoporosis (OR ¼ 10.6;.4]) were found. Conclusion: VMS and DS use is common in the population of Lausanne and associated with a better health profile. Calcium supplements are taken to prevent osteoporosis, whereas the rationale for taking other VMS and DS is unclear.

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“…A wide variety of different exercise offers is desirable, the exercise specialist should make the patients feel safe and support them, and EoP should be easily accessible [32Á/34]. Motivation appears to be the key factor and it may be of importance to make EoP available as an open offer when the patient is motivated for lifestyle changes [39]. Further studies of successful EoP may add essential knowledge for the designing of future EoP schemes.…”

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Exercise on prescription in general practice: A systematic review

Sørensen

Skovgaard

Puggaard

2006

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care

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Non-participants in a preventive health examination for cardiovascular disease: characteristics, reasons for non-participation, and willingness to participate in the future

Abstract: More than half of the non-responders were willing to participate in a similar health examination in the future. If special measures to encourage participation in preventive health examinations were undertaken, it would not be unrealistic to aim for a participation rate of nearly 90%.

Cited by 32 publications

References 9 publications

Is Prevalence of Retinopathy Related to the Age of Onset of Diabetes? Sankara Nethralaya Diabetic Retinopathy Epidemiology and Molecular Genetic Report No. 5

Is Prevalence of Retinopathy Related to the Age of Onset of Diabetes? Sankara Nethralaya Diabetic Retinopathy Epidemiology and Molecular Genetic Report No. 5

Prevalence and characteristics of vitamin or dietary supplement users in Lausanne, Switzerland: the CoLaus study

Exercise on prescription in general practice: A systematic review

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