Table 3 Characteristics of health-promotion and preventive services
Lifestyle | Screening for hypertension | Screening for dyslipidemia | Screening for diabetes | Sexual health | Infectious diseases and immunization | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Main person(s) providing health-promotion and preventive services, n (%)a | ||||||
Pharmacist | 432 (80.0) | 497 (88.0) | 202 (38.5) | 462 (82.2) | 522 (94.2) | 348 (65.7) |
Technical assistant | 32 (5.9) | 177 (31.3) | 17 (3.2) | 151 (26.9) | 13 (2.3) | 19 (3.6) |
Nurse | 143 (26.5) | 215 (38.1) | 197 (37.6) | 241 (42.9) | 58 (10.5) | 9 (1.7) |
Other | 23 (4.3)b | 21 (3.7)c | 9 (1.7)d | 11 (2.0)e | 3 (0.5)f | 2 (0.4)g |
None | 73 (13.5) | 5 (0.9) | 168 (32.1) | 11 (2.0) | 28 (5.1) | 80 (15.1) |
Frequency with which health-promotion and preventive services are provided, n (%) a | ||||||
Few times per week | 203 (38.2) | 465 (82.6) | 96 (18.4) | 301 (53.8) | 249 (45.4) | 116 (22.0) |
Few times per month | 166 (31.3) | 79 (14.0) | 133 (25.5) | 181 (32.4) | 198 (36.1) | 171 (32.4) |
Few times per year | 94 (17.7) | 21 (3.7) | 107 (20.5) | 77 (13.8) | 63 (11.5) | 155 (29.4) |
Never | 74 (13.9) | 6 (1.1) | 192 (36.8) | 9 (1.6) | 40 (7.3) | 89 (16.9) |
Duration of consultations related to health promotion and prevention, n (%) a | ||||||
Less than 5 minutes | 255 (48.5) | 157 (27.9) | 71 (13.8) | 97 (17.3) | 128 (23.4) | 149 (28.6) |
5-10 minutes | 153 (29.1) | 324 (57.7) | 151 (29.3) | 301 (53.8) | 279 (50.9) | 180 (34.5) |
11-15 minutes | 51 (9.7) | 80 (14.2) | 85 (16.5) | 139 (24.8) | 99 (18.1) | 85 (16.3) |
More than 15 minutes | 19 (3.6) | 10 (1.8) | 25 (4.9) | 39 (7.0) | 15 (2.7) | 29 (5.6) |
No consultation provided | 72 (13.7) | 7 (1.2) | 188 (36.5) | 12 (2.1) | 32 (5.8) | 87 (16.7) |
Type(s) of follow-up for cases detected during screening, n (%) a | ||||||
Report given to patient only | 0 (0) | 372 (67.4) | 178 (35.7) | 374 (67.9) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
Report given to primary-care physician | 0 (0) | 25 (4.5) | 12 (2.4) | 22 (4.0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
only | 0 (0) | 185 (33.5) | 93 (18.6) | 173 (31.4) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
Report given to patient and primary-care physician | 0 (0) | 4 (0.7) | 2 (0.4) | 6 (1.1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
Link with the Centre de santé et de services sociaux Not applicable | 0 (0) | 28 (5.1) | 232 (46.5) | 36 (6.5) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |