Aboriginal health: agreement between general practitioners and patients on their health risk status and screening history

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To examine agreement between patients' self-report and general practitioners' perception of their patients' health risk status and screening history. METHODS: Patients attending an Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Service self-reported via survey their health risk status and screening history, while waiting to see their general practitioner (GP). Following the consultation the GP completed a corresponding survey. Prevalence rates and rates of agreement using the kappa statistic were calculated for both self-reported and GP-reported risk status for smoking, at-risk alcohol consumption and physical inactivity; and screening history for blood pressure, cholesterol, diabetes and..