Table 2 Health topics most commonly addressed in waiting room documents, decreasing order of frequency in the waiting room
From: The waiting room: vector for health education? the general practitioner’s point of view
Topics on posters | Number of the waiting rooms | Topics in brochures | Number of waiting rooms |
|---|---|---|---|
1. vaccination | 17 | 1. nutrition | 19 |
2. nutrition | 16 | 2. cardiovascular disease | 17 |
3. emergency phone numbers | 11 | 3. vaccination | 16 |
4. drugs of abuse | 9 | 4. information on technical aids for patients at home | 15 |
5. cardiovascular disease | 9 | 5. a cancer information hotline | 15 |
6. information medical consultations at home | 8 | 6. asthma | 11 |
7. tobacco | 6 | 7. skin cancer | 11 |
8. asthma | 6 | 8. screening for cervical cancer | 10 |
9. abortion | 6 | 9. osteoporosis | 10 |
10. violence against women | 6 | 10. emergency phone number | 9 |
11. alcohol | 6 | 11. bronchiolitis | 9 |
12. hepatitis C | 5 | 12. herpes | 8 |
13. blood or organ donation | 5 | contraceptive | 8 |