Table 2 Preventive health care delivered and actions to control high blood pressure among Italian adults

From: The quality of preventive health care delivered to adults: results from a cross-sectional study in Southern Italy

Preventive Indicators	Eligible
	Subjects	N˚^†	Percent*
Screening and counseling on health habits
Having received screening for drinking problems	all subjects	1467	16
Having been asked about drug abuse history	all subjects ^§	1467	6.6
Having received smoking cessation counseling visit within 3 months	all smokers identified as attempting to quit	68	19.1
Having received smoking cessation pharmacoterapy	all smokers attempting to quit who smoke more than 10 cigarettes a day	68	11.8
Having been asked about sexual activity history	all subjects ^#	1467	9.7
Physical examination
Having received blood pressure control at least once each year	all non hypertensive subjects	972	64.4
Having received evaluation of hearing difficulties at least every 2 years	subjects aged 65 and over	428	31.3
Cancer screening services
Having received cervical cancer screening through PAP smear within the past 3 years	all sexually active women having an intact uterus	733	52.4
Having received PAP smear or colposcopy in low grade lesion within 6 months of the initial PAP smear	women having a PAP smear that shows a low grade lesion	2	50
Having received breast cancer screening through mammography in the past 2 years	women aged 50 to 70	297	51.5
Having been offered colorectal cancer screening tests (fecal occult blood test once each year or double contrast barium enema every 5 years or sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy every 10 years)	subjects aged 50 to 80	740	21.3
Having received colorectal cancer screening with sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy within in the past 10 years	subjects aged 50 to 80	740	14.2
Adult immunization
Having been offered influenza vaccination annually	subjects aged 65 and over	428	90.2
	patients with specific conditions at risk	166	64.5
Having ever been offered pneumococcal vaccination	subjects aged 65 and over	428	26.2
	patients with specific conditions at risk	166	19.3
The advice of doctor or other health professional to help lower or control high blood pressure
Having received advice to Change eating habits	hypertensive subjects	495	84
Having received advice to Reduce salt use	hypertensive subjects	495	89.5
Having received advice to Increase physical activity	hypertensive subjects	495	83.4
Having received advice to Reduce alcohol use	hypertensive subjects	495	73.9
Having received advice to Medication	hypertensive subjects	495	97

^† Subjects in the study who were eligible for the indicator; * Percent of eligible subjects who have received the recommended preventive services; ^§1079 subjects have answered to the question; ^# 1073 subjects have answered to the question

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