Skip to main content

Main menu

  • HOME
  • LATEST ARTICLES
  • ALL ISSUES
  • AUTHORS & REVIEWERS
  • RESOURCES
    • About BJGP Open
    • BJGP Open Accessibility Statement
    • Editorial Board
    • Editorial Fellowships
    • Audio Abstracts
    • eLetters
    • Alerts
    • BJGP Life
    • Research into Publication Science
    • Advertising
    • Contact
  • SPECIAL ISSUES
    • Social Care Integration with Primary Care: call for articles
    • Special issue: Telehealth
    • Special issue: Race and Racism in Primary Care
    • Special issue: COVID-19 and Primary Care
    • Past research calls
    • Top 10 Research Articles of the Year
  • BJGP CONFERENCE →
  • RCGP
    • British Journal of General Practice
    • BJGP for RCGP members
    • RCGP eLearning
    • InnovAIT Journal
    • Jobs and careers

User menu

  • Alerts

Search

  • Advanced search
Intended for Healthcare Professionals
BJGP Open
  • RCGP
    • British Journal of General Practice
    • BJGP for RCGP members
    • RCGP eLearning
    • InnovAIT Journal
    • Jobs and careers
  • Subscriptions
  • Alerts
  • Log in
  • Follow BJGP Open on Instagram
  • Visit bjgp open on Bluesky
  • Blog
Intended for Healthcare Professionals
BJGP Open

Advanced Search

  • HOME
  • LATEST ARTICLES
  • ALL ISSUES
  • AUTHORS & REVIEWERS
  • RESOURCES
    • About BJGP Open
    • BJGP Open Accessibility Statement
    • Editorial Board
    • Editorial Fellowships
    • Audio Abstracts
    • eLetters
    • Alerts
    • BJGP Life
    • Research into Publication Science
    • Advertising
    • Contact
  • SPECIAL ISSUES
    • Social Care Integration with Primary Care: call for articles
    • Special issue: Telehealth
    • Special issue: Race and Racism in Primary Care
    • Special issue: COVID-19 and Primary Care
    • Past research calls
    • Top 10 Research Articles of the Year
  • BJGP CONFERENCE →
Research

Patients’ and health professionals’ attitudes and perceptions towards the initiation of preventive drugs for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease: a systematic review of qualitative studies

Olla Qadi, Nakawala Lufumpa, Nicola Adderley, Danai Bem, Tom Marshall and Farina Kokab
BJGP Open 2020; 4 (5): bjgpopen20X101087. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgpopen20X101087
Olla Qadi
1PhD student, Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
Nakawala Lufumpa
1PhD student, Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
Nicola Adderley
2Lecturer in Health Informatics and Epidemiology, Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
  • ORCID record for Nicola Adderley
  • For correspondence: n.j.adderley{at}bham.ac.uk
Danai Bem
3Honorary Research Fellow, Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
Tom Marshall
4Professor of Public Health & Primary Care, Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
Farina Kokab
5Research Fellow, Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
  • Article
  • Figures & Data
  • Info
  • eLetters
  • PDF
Loading

Article Information

vol. 4 no. 5 bjgpopen20X101087
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgpopen20X101087
PubMed 
33082157

Published By 
Royal College of General Practitioners
History 
  • Received February 10, 2020
  • Accepted March 6, 2020
  • Published online December 15, 2020.

Article Versions

  • Previous version (October 20, 2020 - 16:30).
  • You are viewing the most recent version of this article.
Copyright & Usage 
Copyright © 2020, The Authors This article is Open Access: CC BY license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Author Information

  1. Olla Qadi1,
  2. Nakawala Lufumpa1,
  3. Nicola Adderley2,*,
  4. Danai Bem3,
  5. Tom Marshall4 and
  6. Farina Kokab5
  1. 1PhD student, Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
  2. 2Lecturer in Health Informatics and Epidemiology, Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
  3. 3Honorary Research Fellow, Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
  4. 4Professor of Public Health & Primary Care, Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
  5. 5Research Fellow, Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
  1. ↵*For correspondence:
    Nicola Adderley, n.j.adderley{at}bham.ac.uk
View Full Text

Article usage

Article usage: October 2020 to April 2026

AbstractFullPdf
Oct 20203317931
Nov 2020458927
Dec 2020217133
Jan 2021194225
Feb 2021154022
Mar 202182216
Apr 202153718
May 20214116
Jun 202132312
Jul 202113518
Aug 202124724
Sep 202133517
Oct 202133534
Nov 202127939
Dec 202138514
Jan 20222878
Feb 202231407
Mar 2022218421
Apr 2022323920
May 2022415416
Jun 202241959
Jul 202231594
Aug 202241501
Sep 2022522844
Oct 202211927
Nov 202246620
Dec 20223363
Jan 202337715
Feb 20232526
Mar 20231427
Apr 20232486
May 202305117
Jun 20231297
Jul 202322715
Aug 202303914
Sep 20231482
Oct 202325213
Nov 202339034
Dec 2023011938
Jan 2024270507
Feb 20240339
Mar 202435324
Apr 2024215636
May 2024416425
Jun 202425528
Jul 202486137
Aug 202448736
Sep 202468043
Oct 202455635
Nov 202426328
Dec 202407633
Jan 202514011
Feb 202517115
Mar 202516411
Apr 202525038
May 202515625
Jun 202525931
Jul 2025211650
Aug 202566744
Sep 2025618540
Oct 2025816848
Nov 2025924251
Dec 202589353
Jan 2026510444
Feb 2026910245
Mar 2026519493
Apr 202669168

Statistics from Altmetric.com

Back to top
Previous ArticleNext Article

In this issue

BJGP Open
Vol. 4, Issue 5
December 2020
  • Table of Contents
  • Index by author
Download PDF
Download PowerPoint
Email Article

Thank you for recommending BJGP Open.

NOTE: We only request your email address so that the person to whom you are recommending the page knows that you wanted them to see it, and that it is not junk mail. We do not capture any email address.

Enter multiple addresses on separate lines or separate them with commas.
Patients’ and health professionals’ attitudes and perceptions towards the initiation of preventive drugs for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease: a systematic review of qualitative studies
(Your Name) has forwarded a page to you from BJGP Open
(Your Name) thought you would like to see this page from BJGP Open.
CAPTCHA
This question is for testing whether or not you are a human visitor and to prevent automated spam submissions.
Citation Tools
Patients’ and health professionals’ attitudes and perceptions towards the initiation of preventive drugs for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease: a systematic review of qualitative studies
Olla Qadi, Nakawala Lufumpa, Nicola Adderley, Danai Bem, Tom Marshall, Farina Kokab
BJGP Open 2020; 4 (5): bjgpopen20X101087. DOI: 10.3399/bjgpopen20X101087

Citation Manager Formats

  • BibTeX
  • Bookends
  • EasyBib
  • EndNote (tagged)
  • EndNote 8 (xml)
  • Medlars
  • Mendeley
  • Papers
  • RefWorks Tagged
  • Ref Manager
  • RIS
  • Zotero
Share
Patients’ and health professionals’ attitudes and perceptions towards the initiation of preventive drugs for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease: a systematic review of qualitative studies
Olla Qadi, Nakawala Lufumpa, Nicola Adderley, Danai Bem, Tom Marshall, Farina Kokab
BJGP Open 2020; 4 (5): bjgpopen20X101087. DOI: 10.3399/bjgpopen20X101087
del.icio.us logo Facebook logo Mendeley logo Bluesky logo
  • Tweet Widget
  • LinkedIn logo LinkedIn
  • Mendeley logo Mendeley
  • Bluesky logo Bluesky

Jump to section

  • Top
  • Article
    • Abstract
    • How this fits in
    • Introduction
    • Method
    • Results
    • Discussion
    • Notes
    • References
  • Figures & Data
  • Info
  • eLetters
  • PDF

Keywords

  • qualitative research
  • Cardiovascular disease
  • statins
  • antihypertensive drugs
  • primary prevention

More in this TOC Section

  • Exploring psychotropic medication use in Dutch primary care: trends, prevalence, and associations with polypsychopharmacy
  • Professionals’ views and experiences of the TrainDEEP (TRaining Assistance INitiative in DEep End Practices) pilot: transforming GP practices into training practices in disadvantaged areas in the North East of England
  • The work of the consultation in general practice: a comparison of affluent and deprived areas of Scotland using a novel consultation workload index
Show more Research

Related Articles

Cited By...

Intended for Healthcare Professionals

 
 

British Journal of General Practice

NAVIGATE

  • Home
  • Latest articles
  • Authors & reviewers
  • Accessibility statement

RCGP

  • British Journal of General Practice
  • BJGP for RCGP members
  • RCGP eLearning
  • InnovAiT Journal
  • Jobs and careers

MY ACCOUNT

  • RCGP members' login
  • Terms and conditions

NEWS AND UPDATES

  • About BJGP Open
  • Alerts
  • RSS feeds
  • Facebook
  • Twitter

AUTHORS & REVIEWERS

  • Submit an article
  • Writing for BJGP Open: research
  • Writing for BJGP Open: practice & policy
  • BJGP Open editorial process & policies
  • BJGP Open ethical guidelines
  • Peer review for BJGP Open

CUSTOMER SERVICES

  • Advertising
  • Open access licence

CONTRIBUTE

  • BJGP Life
  • eLetters
  • Feedback

CONTACT US

BJGP Open Journal Office
RCGP
30 Euston Square
London NW1 2FB
Tel: +44 (0)20 3188 7400
Email: bjgpopen@rcgp.org.uk

BJGP Open is an editorially-independent publication of the Royal College of General Practitioners

© 2026 BJGP Open

Online ISSN: 2398-3795