EPCCS (European Primary Care Cardiovascular Society) conference, March 30-31 2017, Dublin

The first results from the SPIMEU project about the attitude and current activities of GPs in selective prevention of cardiometabolic diseases were shown at the EPCCS conference in Dublin. Important findings, that were presented on a poster (awarded as best poster presentation at the EPCCS!), showed that on average 46% of GPs invite patients actively for selective prevention of cardiometabolic diseases (CMD) and that the majorities of GPs have a positive attitude towards it. During the meeting with general practitioners and other health care workers from 19 different countries, it became clear that insight into the activities in different countries in the field of cardiovascular prevention and care would be very helpful to improve patient care. The SPIMEU project already made a good start by comparing the activities in selective prevention of CMD in 5 different EU countries. More results will follow soon…