Table 4

Percentage of patients in conformity with screening and management recommendations, for each comorbidity

Screening or prevention measurePercentage of patients in agreement with screening/management recommendation at baseline assessmentPercentage of patients in agreement with screening/management recommendation at 3-year follow-upP value between baseline and follow-up
CV risk assessment
Blood pressure measurement64.096.2<0.0001
Fasting blood glucose measurement53.667.4<0.0001
Lipid measurement49.865.2<0.0001
Creatinine measurement77.894.5<0.0001
Cancer screening
Colon/rectum50.349.70.19
Skin57.979.7<0.0001
Prostate78.774.80.34
Breast68.872.20.29
Cervix63.863.40.94
Vaccination
Influenza44.154.7<0.0001
Pneumococcus59.965.3<0.01
Osteoporosis screening
Bone densitometry74.488.0<0.0001
  • The percentages are all percentage of patients in conformity with the screening/prevention guidelines (as presented in table 1), among patients at risk (eg, in the age and gender group at risk and without previous presence of the comorbidity).

  • CV, cardiovascular.