Patient-physician agreement about medical diagnoses and cardiovascular risk factors in the ambulatory general medical examination

Mayo Clinic Proceedings
S M ScheitelM D Silverstein

Abstract

To describe the spectrum of medical diagnoses and cardiovascular risk factors identified by physicians during the comprehensive medical examination in ambulatory patients, to assess how accurately patients report the health problems identified by their physicians, and to determine the characteristics associated with patient and physician agreement. We conducted a prospective study of ambulatory patients at Mayo Clinic Rochester. All 64 internists in the general internal medicine divisions who perform comprehensive medical examinations were invited to enroll 10 adult patients each; 57 physicians and 566 eligible patients participated. Complete physician and patient information on diagnosed health problems was available for 458 patient visits (81%). Diagnosed health problems were collected from both the patients and the physicians by questionnaire after the examination and classified into medical diagnoses and cardiovascular risk factors. Of the diagnosed health problems, 63% involved four organ system categories: (1) nutritional, endocrine, or metabolic (20%); (2) cardiovascular (18%); (3) musculoskeletal (13%); and (4) digestive (12%). Patients failed to report 68% of all health problems and 54% of the most important health pro...Continue Reading

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