The perceived meaning of a (w)holistic view among general practitioners and district nurses in Swedish primary care: a qualitative study.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The average delay in diagnosis for patients with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) is 7 to 10 years. Factors that contribute to this delay are multifactorial and include the lack of diagnostic criteria (although classification criteria exist) for axSpA and the difficulty in distinguishing inflammatory back pai...

journal_title：BMC family practice

authors： Lapane KL,Khan S,Shridharmurthy D,Beccia A,Dubé C,Yi E,Kay J,Liu SH

更新日期：2020-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A cluster randomised trial was conducted to determine the effectiveness of locally adapted practice guidelines and education about paediatric asthma management, delivered to general practitioners (GPs) in small group interactive workshops. METHODS:Twenty-nine practices were randomly allocated to one of thre...

journal_title：BMC family practice

authors： Liaw ST,Sulaiman ND,Barton CA,Chondros P,Harris CA,Sawyer S,Dharmage SC

更新日期：2008-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Comorbid chronic pain and depression is a challenging dyad of conditions to manage in primary care and reporting has shown to vary by ethnic group. Whether the relationship between depression and chronic pain varies by ethnicity is unclear. This study aims to explore chronic pain and depression reporting acr...

journal_title：BMC family practice

authors： Nicholl BI,Smith DJ,Cullen B,Mackay D,Evans J,Anderson J,Lyall DM,Fawns-Ritchie C,McIntosh AM,Deary IJ,Pell JP,Mair FS

更新日期：2015-10-06 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

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cooperatives delivering out of hours care in the Netherlands are hesitant about the use of expert systems during triage. Apart from the extra costs, cooperatives are not sure that quality of triage is sufficiently enhanced by these systems and believe that call duration will be prolonged drastically. No figu...

journal_title：BMC family practice

authors： Ong RS,Post J,van Rooij H,de Haan J

更新日期：2008-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The objective of this study is to perform an independent evaluation of the feasibility and effectiveness of an educational programme for the primary prevention of type 2 diabetes (DM2) in high risk populations in primary care settings, implanted within the Basque Health Service - Osakidetza. METHODS/DESIGN:...

journal_title：BMC family practice

authors： Sanchez A,Silvestre C,Sauto R,Martínez C,Grandes G,PreDE research group.

更新日期：2012-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Doctors and nurses are two natural partners in the healthcare team, but they usually differ in their perspectives on how to work for increased health. These professions may also have different beliefs about medicines, a factor important for adherence to medicines. The aim was to explore general beliefs about...

journal_title：BMC family practice

authors： Mårdby AC,Akerlind I,Hedenrud T

更新日期：2009-05-18 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:The protection and promotion of breastfeeding is considered a priority in Europe where only 22% of infants less than 6 months old are exclusively breastfed. In Spain this percentage reaches 24.8% but in our city it falls to 18.26%. Various studies emphasise that the improvement of these results should be bas...

journal_title：BMC family practice

authors： Martín-Iglesias S,del-Cura-González I,Sanz-Cuesta T,Arana-Cañedo Argüelles C,Rumayor-Zarzuelo M,Alvarez-de la Riva M,Lloret-Sáez Bravo AM,Férnandez-Arroyo RM,Aréjula-Torres JL,Aguado-Arroyo Ó,Góngora-Maldonado F,García-Corraliza M

更新日期：2011-12-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Multimorbidity is a growing issue and poses a major challenge to health care systems around the world. Multimorbidity is related to ageing but many studies have now shown that it is also socially patterned, being more common and occurring at an earlier age in areas of high socioeconomic deprivation. There is lack of r...

journal_title：BMC family practice

authors： Moffat K,Mercer SW

更新日期：2015-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Over 60% of people have overweight or obesity, but only a third report receiving counselling from primary care providers. We explored patients' perspectives on the role of primary care in obesity management and their experience with existing resources, with a view to develop an improved understanding of this...

journal_title：BMC family practice

authors： Torti J,Luig T,Borowitz M,Johnson JA,Sharma AM,Campbell-Scherer DL

更新日期：2017-02-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There are caregivers who see their quality of life (QoL) impaired due to the demands of their caregiving tasks, while others manage to adapt and overcome the crises successfully. The influence of the family function in the main caregiver's situation has not been the subject of much evaluation. The aim of thi...

journal_title：BMC family practice

authors： Rodríguez-Sánchez E,Pérez-Peñaranda A,Losada-Baltar A,Pérez-Arechaederra D,Gómez-Marcos MÁ,Patino-Alonso MC,García-Ortiz L

更新日期：2011-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Care for overweight children in general practice involves collaboration with parents. Acknowledging the parents' frames of references is a prerequisite for successful management. We therefore aimed to analyse parental beliefs about the presumed causes and consequences of overweight in children and expectatio...

journal_title：BMC family practice

authors： Andersen MK,Christensen B,Søndergaard J

更新日期：2013-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Māori men in New Zealand have higher mortality from prostate cancer, despite having lower incidence rates. The objective of this study was to examine patterns of screening for prostate cancer in primary care and follow-up investigations after an elevated prostate-specific antigen (PSA) result in Māori and no...

journal_title：BMC family practice

authors： Obertová Z,Scott N,Brown C,Hodgson F,Stewart A,Holmes M,Lawrenson R

更新日期：2014-08-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The successful implementation of cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention guidelines relies heavily on primary care physicians (PCPs) providing risk factor evaluation, intervention and patient education. The aim of this study was to ascertain the degree of awareness and implementation of the Spanish adaptatio...

journal_title：BMC family practice

authors： Brotons C,Lobos JM,Royo-Bordonada MÁ,Maiques A,de Santiago A,Castellanos Á,Diaz S,Obaya JC,Pedro-Botet J,Moral I,Lizarbe V,Moreno R,Pérez A,Cordero A,Fornés-Ubeda F,Serrano-Saiz B,Camafort-Babkowski M,Elosua R,Sans S

更新日期：2013-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Registered Sick Children's Nurses and District Nurses employed at Child Health Care centres are in a position to help prevent childhood overweight and obesity. Prevention of this challenging public health threat could be improved through having a better understanding of how this group of nurses perceives chi...

journal_title：BMC family practice

authors： Isma GE,Bramhagen AC,Ahlstrom G,Ostman M,Dykes AK

更新日期：2012-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Standardised generic patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) which measure health status are often unresponsive to change in primary care. Alternative formats, which have been used to increase responsiveness, include individualised PROMs (in which respondents specify the outcomes of interest in their own w...

journal_title：BMC family practice

authors： Murphy M,Hollinghurst S,Salisbury C

更新日期：2018-09-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In medical malpractice litigations in recent years in Japan, it is notable that the growing number of medical litigation cases includes the issue of a doctor's explanation to the patient as a pivotal point. The objective of this study was to identify factors of physicians' communication skills with patients,...

journal_title：BMC family practice

authors： Hamasaki T,Takehara T,Hagihara A

更新日期：2008-07-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:General practitioners (GPs) often manage individuals with work-related common mental disorders (CMD: depressive disorders, anxiety and alcohol abuse). However, little is known about the ways in which they proceed. The aim of this study is to analyze GPs' management and patterns of referral to other health pr...

journal_title：BMC family practice

authors： Rivière M,Toullic Y,Lerouge P,Blanchon T,Leroyer A,Plancke L,Prazuck T,Melchior M,Younès N

更新日期：2020-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The German clinical guideline on tobacco addiction recommends that general practitioners (GPs) provide brief stop-smoking advice to their patients according to the "5A" or the much briefer "ABC" method, but its implementation is insufficient. A lack of training is one barrier for GPs to provide such advice. ...

journal_title：BMC family practice

authors： Kastaun S,Leve V,Hildebrandt J,Funke C,Becker S,Lubisch D,Viechtbauer W,Reddemann O,Hempel L,McRobbie H,Raupach T,West R,Kotz D

更新日期：2019-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:No studies that have measured the role of nursing care plans in patients with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes mellitus. Our objectives were firstly, to evaluate the effectiveness of implementing Standardized languages in Nursing Care Plans (SNCP) for improving A1C, blood pressure and low density lipoprotei...

journal_title：BMC family practice

authors： Cárdenas-Valladolid J,López-de Andrés A,Jiménez-García R,de Dios-Duarte MJ,Gómez-Campelo P,de Burgos-Lunar C,San Andrés-Rebollo FJ,Abánades-Herranz JC,Salinero-Fort MA

更新日期：2018-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study describes the influence of educational level on bone mineral density (BMD) and investigating the relationship between educational level and bone mineral density in postmenopausal women. METHODS:A total of 569 postmenopausal women, from 45 to 86 years of age (mean age of 60.43 +/- 7.19 years) were...

journal_title：BMC family practice

authors： Gur A,Sarac AJ,Nas K,Cevik R

更新日期：2004-09-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a patient education program developed to facilitate statin adherence. METHODS:A controlled trial was designed to test the effectiveness of a multifaceted patient education program to facilitate statin adherence. The program included a brief, in-...

journal_title：BMC family practice

authors： Casebeer L,Huber C,Bennett N,Shillman R,Abdolrasulnia M,Salinas GD,Zhang S

更新日期：2009-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study evaluated the impact of multifaceted NPS MedicineWise programs that targeted all general practitioners (GPs) in Australia in 2009 and 2015 with the aim of reducing unnecessary prescribing of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) and encouraged stepping down to a lower strength PPI or to discontinue treatm...

journal_title：BMC family practice

authors： Wu J,Dickinson S,Elgebaly Z,Blogg S,Heaney A,Soo Y,Daniels B,Weekes L

更新日期：2020-05-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Electronic Health Record (EHR) is now widely used in clinical encounters. Because its use can negatively impact the physician-patient relationship, several recommendations on the "patient-centered" use of the EHR have been published. However, the impact of training to improve EHR use during clinical enco...

journal_title：BMC family practice

authors： Lanier C,Dominicé Dao M,Hudelson P,Cerutti B,Junod Perron N

更新日期：2017-05-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Multimorbidity is a major issue for primary care. We aimed to explore primary care professionals' accounts of managing multimorbidity and its impact on clinical decision making and regional health care delivery. METHODS:Qualitative interviews with 12 General Practitioners and 4 Primary Care Nurses in New Ze...

journal_title：BMC family practice

authors： Stokes T,Tumilty E,Doolan-Noble F,Gauld R

更新日期：2017-04-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Personal continuity is a core value for family practice, but policy and performance targets emphasise other aspects of care, particularly waiting times for consultation. This study examined patient and general practitioner (GP) perceptions of the value of personal continuity and rapid access, and the relatio...

journal_title：BMC family practice

authors： Guthrie B,Wyke S

更新日期：2006-02-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prognosis has been described as an important but neglected branch of clinical science. While patients' views have been sought in the context of life-threatening illness, similar research is lacking for patients presenting with common, non-life-threatening musculoskeletal complaints. The aim of this study was...

journal_title：BMC family practice

authors： Mallen CD,Peat G

更新日期：2009-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The QUALICOPC (Quality and Costs of Primary Care in Europe) study aims to evaluate the performance of primary care systems in Europe in terms of quality, equity and costs. The study will provide an answer to the question what strong primary care systems entail and which effects primary care systems have on t...

journal_title：BMC family practice

authors： Schäfer WL,Boerma WG,Kringos DS,De Maeseneer J,Gress S,Heinemann S,Rotar-Pavlic D,Seghieri C,Svab I,Van den Berg MJ,Vainieri M,Westert GP,Willems S,Groenewegen PP

更新日期：2011-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) results vary by analytical method. Use of same-visit HbA1c testing methodology holds the promise of more efficient patient care, and improved diabetes management. Our objective was to test the feasibility of introducing a same-visit HbA1c methodology into busy family practice cent...

journal_title：BMC family practice

authors： Schwartz KL,Monsur JC,Bartoces MG,West PA,Neale AV

更新日期：2005-07-13 00:00:00