• Associations between patients’ risk attitude and their adherence to statin treatment – a population based questionnaire and register study 

      Barfoed, Benedicte Lind; Paulsen, Maja Skov; Christensen, Palle Mark; Halvorsen, Peder Andreas; Kjær, Trine; Larsen, Mogens Lytken; Larsen, Pia Veldt; Nielsen, Jesper Bo; Søndergaard, Jens; Jarbøl, Dorte Ejg (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel, 2016-09-03)
      <b>Background:</b> Poor adherence to medical treatment may have considerable consequences for the patients’ health and for healthcare costs to society. The need to understand the determinants for poor adherence has motivated several studies on socio-demographics and comorbidity. Few studies focus on the association between risk attitude and adherence. The aim of the present study was to estimate ...
    • GPs' Perceptions of Cardiovascular Risk and Views on Patient Compliance: A Qualitative Interview Study. 

      Barfoed, Benedicte Lind; Jarbøl, Dorte Ejg; Paulsen, Maja Skov; Christensen, Palle Mark; Halvorsen, Peder Andreas; Nielsen, Jesper Bo; Søndergaard, Jens (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2015-10-08)
      Objective. General practitioners’ (GPs’) perception of risk is a cornerstone of preventive care. The aims of this interview study were to explore GPs’ professional and personal attitudes and experiences regarding treatment with lipid-lowering drugs and their views on patient compliance. Methods. The material was drawn from semistructured qualitative interviews. We sampled GPs purposively from ten ...
    • Variation in suspected cancer referral pathways in primary care: comparative analysis across the International Benchmarking Cancer Partnership 

      Lynch, Charlotte; Harrison, Samantha; Emery, Jon; Clelland, Cathy; Dorman, Laurence; Collins, Claire; Johansen, May-Lill; Lawrenson, Ross; Surgey, Alun; Weller, David; Jarbøl, Dorte Ejg; Balasubramaniam, Kirubakaran; Nicholson, Brian (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-09-21)
      Background International variations in cancer outcomes persist and may be influenced by differences in the accessibility and organisation of cancer patient pathways. More evidence is needed to understand to what extent variations in the structure of primary care referral pathways for cancer investigation contribute to differences in the timeliness of diagnoses and cancer outcomes in different ...