The cost of monitoring warfarin in patients with chronic atrial fibrillation in primary care in Sweden.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The consequences of lifestyle-related disease represent a major burden for the individual as well as for society at large. Individual preventive health checks to the general population have been suggested as a mean to reduce the burden of lifestyle-related diseases, though with mixed evidence on effectivenes...

journal_title：BMC family practice

authors： Larsen LB,Sonderlund AL,Sondergaard J,Thomsen JL,Halling A,Hvidt NC,Hvidt EA,Mønsted T,Pedersen LB,Roos EM,Pedersen PV,Thilsing T

更新日期：2018-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite increased investment in primary care research and development (R&D), the level of engagement of primary healthcare professionals with research remains poor. The aim of this study is to assess the level of research activity and capacity for research among primary healthcare professionals in a health a...

journal_title：BMC family practice

authors： Glynn LG,O'Riordan C,MacFarlane A,Newell J,Iglesias AA,Whitford D,Cantillon P,Murphy AW

更新日期：2009-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Unhealthy alcohol use involves a spectrum from hazardous use (exceeding guidelines but no harms) through to alcohol dependence. Evidence-based management of unhealthy alcohol use in primary health care has been recommended since 1979. However, sustained and systematic implementation has proven challenging. T...

journal_title：BMC family practice

authors： Dzidowska M,Lee KSK,Wylie C,Bailie J,Percival N,Conigrave JH,Hayman N,Conigrave KM

更新日期：2020-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Primary health care systems are designed to provide comprehensive patient care. However, the ICD 9 coding system used for billing purposes in Canada neither characterizes nor captures the scope of clinical practice or complexity of physician-patient interactions. This study aims to describe the content of pr...

journal_title：BMC family practice

authors： Katz A,Halas G,Dillon M,Sloshower J

更新日期：2012-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We undertook a systematic review of observational studies of depression in primary care to determine 1) the nature and scope of the published studies 2) the methodological quality of the studies; 3) the identified recovery and risk factors for persistent depression and 3) the treatment and health service use...

journal_title：BMC family practice

authors： Gilchrist G,Gunn J

更新日期：2007-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:General Practice Co-Operatives provide most out of hours care in communities in Ireland. Limited data exists on patient complaints. This study reports on complaints at Kildare and West Wicklow Doctors on Call ('K Doc'), a GP Co-Operative in Ireland, examining the impact of a formal risk reduction strategy im...

journal_title：BMC family practice

authors： Barragry RA,Varadkar LE,Hanlon DK,Bailey KF,O'Dowd TC,O'Shea BJ

更新日期：2016-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Since 2008 mental health practice nurses have been gradually introduced in general practices in the Netherlands as part of health policy aiming to improve early identification and treatment of mental health problems in primary care. This study aims to investigate the effect of the introduction of the practic...

journal_title：BMC family practice

authors： Abidi L,Oenema A,Verhaak P,Tan FES,van de Mheen D

更新日期：2019-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The general practitioner (GP) can play an important role in promoting a healthy lifestyle, which is especially relevant in people with an elevated risk of cardiovascular diseases due to hypertension. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine the frequency and content of lifestyle counseling about wei...

journal_title：BMC family practice

authors： Milder IE,Blokstra A,de Groot J,van Dulmen S,Bemelmans WJ

更新日期：2008-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Depression is prevalent in people with type 2 diabetes and affects both glycemic control and overall quality of life. The aim of this trial was to evaluate the effect of the antidepressant paroxetine on metabolic control, quality of life and mental well-being in mildly depressed women with type 2 diabetes. ...

journal_title：BMC family practice

authors： Paile-Hyvärinen M,Wahlbeck K,Eriksson JG

更新日期：2003-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Obesity is an important public health problem. However, the effects of alcohol use on the risk for obesity have not been thoroughly explored. This study focuses on how frequency of alcohol use is related to the risk of obesity in a community medicine clinic population. METHODS:This study used a cross-sectio...

journal_title：BMC family practice

authors： Rohrer JE,Rohland BM,Denison A,Way A

更新日期：2005-04-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many tools exist to guide family physicians' impressions about frailty status of older adults, but no single tool, instrument, or set of criteria has emerged as most useful. The role of physicians' subjective impressions in frailty decisions has not been studied. This study explores how family physicians con...

journal_title：BMC family practice

authors： Korenvain C,Famiyeh IM,Dunn S,Whitehead CR,Rochon PA,McCarthy LM

更新日期：2018-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Due to the growing prevalence of elderly patients with multi-morbidity living at home, there is an increasing need for primary care professionals from different disciplinary backgrounds to collaborate as primary care teams. However, it is unclear how primary care professionals conceptualize teams and what un...

journal_title：BMC family practice

authors： Doekhie KD,Buljac-Samardzic M,Strating MMH,Paauwe J

更新日期：2017-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Assessing the cost effectiveness of training aimed at increasing general practitioners' (GP) work awareness and patients' work-related self-efficacy and quality of life. METHODS:A cluster randomized controlled trial in twenty-six GP practices in the southeast of the Netherlands with 32 participating GPs. GP...

journal_title：BMC family practice

authors： de Kock C,Noben C,Lagro-Janssen A,Lucassen P,Knottnerus A,de Rijk A,Nijhuis F,Steenbeek R,Evers S

更新日期：2019-03-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Medication review is often recommended to optimize medication use. In clinical practice it is mostly operationalized as an intervention without co-interventions during a short term intervention period. However, most systematic reviews also included co-interventions and prolonged medication optimization inter...

journal_title：BMC family practice

authors： Huiskes VJ,Burger DM,van den Ende CH,van den Bemt BJ

更新日期：2017-01-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Several studies have been performed to understand the way family physicians apply knowledge from medical research in practice. However, very little is known concerning family physicians in Switzerland. In an environment in which information constantly accumulates, it is crucial to identify the major sources ...

journal_title：BMC family practice

authors： Bengough T,Bovet E,Bécherraz C,Schlegel S,Burnand B,Pidoux V

更新日期：2015-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Identification of perinatal mental health problems and effective care for women who experience them are important considering the potentially serious impact that they may have on the wellbeing of the woman, her baby, family and wider society. General practitioners (GPs) play a central role in identifying and...

journal_title：BMC family practice

authors： Noonan M,Doody O,O'Regan A,Jomeen J,Galvin R

更新日期：2018-12-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Diuretics are recommended as initial treatment for hypertension. Several studies have suggested suboptimal persistence and adherence to thiazide diuretic monotherapy; this study compared patient persistence and adherence with hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ) monotherapy to fixed-dose combinations containing HCTZ. ...

journal_title：BMC family practice

authors： Patel BV,Remigio-Baker RA,Thiebaud P,Preblick R,Plauschinat C

更新日期：2008-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is argued that the ways in which women express emotional distress mean that they are more likely to be diagnosed with depression, while men's relative lack of articulacy means their depression is hidden. This may have consequences for communicating with health professionals. The purpose of this analysis w...

journal_title：BMC family practice

authors： Emslie C,Ridge D,Ziebland S,Hunt K

更新日期：2007-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Switzerland is facing a shortage of primary care physicians (PCPs); government organizations therefore suggested a broad variety of interventions to promote primary care. The aim of the study was to prioritize these interventions according to the acceptance and perceived barriers of most relevant groups of p...

journal_title：BMC family practice

authors： Tandjung R,Djalali S,Hasler S,Scherz N,Rosemann T,Markun S

更新日期：2015-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:While increasing attention is being paid to enabling terminal patients to remain at home until death, limited information is available on the circumstances in which people at home actually die. Therefore this study aims to describe patient characteristics, functional and cognitive status and physical and psy...

journal_title：BMC family practice

authors： Leemans K,Van den Block L,Bilsen J,Cohen J,Boffin N,Deliens L

更新日期：2012-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The prevalence and impact of long term conditions continues to rise. Care planning for people with long term conditions has been a policy priority in England for chronic disease management. However, it is not clear how care planning is currently understood, translated and implemented in primary care. This st...

journal_title：BMC family practice

authors： Newbould J,Burt J,Bower P,Blakeman T,Kennedy A,Rogers A,Roland M

更新日期：2012-07-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Gout is estimated to affect 1.4% of adults in the UK. Appropriate and timely management is essential to reduce the risk of further flares, complications, and to reduce cardiovascular disease risk. The British Society for Rheumatology and British Health Professionals in Rheumatology (BSR/BHPR) and the Europea...

journal_title：BMC family practice

authors： Cottrell E,Crabtree V,Edwards JJ,Roddy E

更新日期：2013-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Families of children with rare diseases (i.e., not more than 5 out of 10,000 people are affected) are often highly burdened with fears, insecurities and concerns regarding the affected child and its siblings. Although families caring for children with rare diseases are known to be at risk for mental disorder...

journal_title：BMC family practice

authors： Boettcher J,Filter B,Denecke J,Hot A,Daubmann A,Zapf A,Wegscheider K,Zeidler J,von der Schulenburg JG,Bullinger M,Rassenhofer M,Schulte-Markwort M,Wiegand-Grefe S

更新日期：2020-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Multiple diagnostic algorithms for heart failure exist. However, it is unclear whether these algorithms are incorporated in the 'scripts' clinicians use in every day practice. Scripts are networks of organised knowledge that are acquired and accumulated during clinical training and are refined with each clin...

journal_title：BMC family practice

authors： Decaluwe K,Degryse J,Vaes B

更新日期：2016-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:General practitioners' (GPs') feelings of burnout or dissatisfaction may affect their patient care negatively, but it is unknown if these negative feelings also affect their mental health care. GPs' available time, together with specific communication tools, are important conditions for providing mental heal...

journal_title：BMC family practice

authors： Zantinge EM,Verhaak PF,de Bakker DH,van der Meer K,Bensing JM

更新日期：2009-08-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Frequent attenders (FAs) use a disproportionately large share of the resources of general practitioners (GPs) working in primary healthcare centres. The aim of this study was to estimate the proportion of FAs among all patients in the primary health care centres of a medium-sized city in Finland, and to exam...

journal_title：BMC family practice

authors： Santalahti AK,Vahlberg TJ,Luutonen SH,Rautava PT

更新日期：2018-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A well-functioning general practice sector that has a strong research component is recognised as a key foundation of any modern health system. General practitioners (GPs) are more likely to collaborate in research if they are part of an established research network. The primary aims of this study are to desc...

journal_title：BMC family practice

authors： O'Regan A,Hayes P,O'Connor R,Casey M,O'Dwyer P,Culhane A,O'Donnell P,Stack G,Cuddihy J,O'Connell B,O'Flynn J,Cullen W,O'Doherty J,O'Connell M,Glynn L

更新日期：2020-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It has for years been discussed whether practice staff should be involved in patient care in general practice to a higher extent. The research concerning task delegation within general practice is generally increasing, but the literature focusing on its influence on general practitioners' and their staff's j...

journal_title：BMC family practice

authors： Riisgaard H,Nexøe J,Le JV,Søndergaard J,Ledderer L

更新日期：2016-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In a society where ageing of the population and the increasing prevalence of long-term conditions are major issues, collaboration between primary and secondary care is essential to provide continuous, patient-centred care. Doctors play an essential role at the primary-secondary care interface in realising 's...

journal_title：BMC family practice

authors： Janssen M,Sagasser MH,Fluit CRMG,Assendelft WJJ,de Graaf J,Scherpbier ND

更新日期：2020-09-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Excessive antibiotics use increases the risk of resistance. Previous studies have shown that the Centor score combined with Rapid Antigen Detection Test (RADT) for Group A Streptococci can reduce unnecessary antibiotic prescribing in patients with sore throat. According to the former Swedish guidelines RADT ...

journal_title：BMC family practice

authors： Gröndal H,Hedin K,Strandberg EL,André M,Brorsson A

更新日期：2015-07-04 00:00:00