Assessment of the operation of a pilot program of preventive medicine for adults in three primary care centers of Athens and Piraeus: a cross-sectional study.
Objective
To evaluate the operation of the pilot Program of Preventive Medicine for Adults (PPMA) from the provision of healthcare services in three primary health care centers of Athens and Piraeus (Greece).


Design
An observational, cross-sectional study was undertaken. A structured questionnaire was used to collect data.


Setting
Three public primary health centers of Athens, Greece.


Participants
142 participants, 40-55 years of age, with no previously identified/diagnosed health issues (overall healthy) that should not have undergone any type of screening in the past 12 months.


Measures and results
The majority of participants were female (75.4%), aged 40-45 years (43.7%), Greek nationals (88%), employed (62.7%) and high school graduates (52.8%). 68.3% of participants scheduled an appointment in the first two days and 58.9% waited up to 5 minutes in the waiting room. The paramedical personnel scored higher evaluation (4.94) than the doctor (4.61), but all health care centers received a very high general evaluation (4.87). Multiple linear regression showed significant association between the evaluation of the pilot PPMA, the evaluation of health visitor/nurse (B = .240) and the communication of results to participants (B = .245).


Conclusions
Findings show an extremely positive evaluation of the pilot PPMA, a result that can be used by healthcare managers for the expansion of the screening program to the general population.
['Moumtzi|Theofano|T|', 'Athanasopoulos|Alexandros|A|']
D000328:Adult D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies D003695:Delivery of Health Care D005260:Female D006115:Greece D006801:Humans D008297:Male D008875:Middle Aged D010865:Pilot Projects D011315:Preventive Medicine D011320:Primary Health Care D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
Program of Preventive Medicine for Adults Health visitor/nurse Screening program Greek Healthcare System Patient satisfaction