Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing Among Older Persons: A Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies.

abstract：PURPOSE:Recent national guidelines encourage a trial of labor after cesarean (TOLAC) as a means of increasing vaginal births after cesarean (VBACs) and decreasing the high US cesarean birth rate and its consequences (2010 National Institute of Health Consensus Statement and American College of Obstetricians and Gynecol...

journal_title：Annals of family medicine

authors： Deline J,Varnes-Epstein L,Dresang LT,Gideonsen M,Lynch L,Frey JJ 3rd

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Although screening for unipolar depression is controversial, it is potentially an efficient way to find undetected cases and improve diagnostic acumen. Using a reference standard, we aimed to validate the 2- and 9-question Patient Health Questionnaires (PHQ-2 and PHQ-9) in primary care settings. The PHQ-2 compr...

journal_title：Annals of family medicine

authors： Arroll B,Goodyear-Smith F,Crengle S,Gunn J,Kerse N,Fishman T,Falloon K,Hatcher S

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of this study was to examine the association between the prevalence of both diabetes-concordant and diabetes-discordant conditions and the quality of diabetes care at the family practice level in England. We hypothesized that the prevalence of concordant (or discordant) conditions would be associate...

journal_title：Annals of family medicine

authors： Ricci-Cabello I,Stevens S,Kontopantelis E,Dalton AR,Griffiths RI,Campbell JL,Doran T,Valderas JM

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Despite growing calls for team-based care, the current staff composition of primary care practices is unknown. We describe staffing patterns for primary care practices in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Comprehensive Primary Care (CPC) initiative. METHODS:We undertook a descriptive analysi...

journal_title：Annals of family medicine

authors： Peikes DN,Reid RJ,Day TJ,Cornwell DD,Dale SB,Baron RJ,Brown RS,Shapiro RJ

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of this study was to characterize graduates of family medicine (FM) residencies from 1994 to 2017 and determine whether they continue to practice family medicine after residency. METHOD:We sampled physicians who completed FM residency training from 1994-2017 using 2017 American Medical Association ...

journal_title：Annals of family medicine

authors： Dai M,Peterson LE

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We wanted to identify differences between diabetic patients who smoke and those who do not smoke to design more effective strategies to improve their diabetes care and encourage smoking cessation. METHODS:A random sample of adult health plan members with diabetes were mailed a survey questionnaire, with tel...

journal_title：Annals of family medicine

authors： Solberg LI,Desai JR,O'Connor PJ,Bishop DB,Devlin HM

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patient-choice cesarean delivery is increasing in the United States. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists supports this option, citing ethical premises of autonomy and informed consent, despite a lack of evidence for its safety. This increase in patient-choice cesarean delivery occurs during a time ...

journal_title：Annals of family medicine

authors： Leeman LM,Plante LA

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Up to 50% of urinary tract infections (UTIs) in young children are missed in primary care. Urine culture is essential for diagnosis, but urine collection is often difficult. Our aim was to derive and internally validate a 2-step clinical rule using (1) symptoms and signs to select children for urine collection;...

journal_title：Annals of family medicine

authors： Hay AD,Sterne JA,Hood K,Little P,Delaney B,Hollingworth W,Wootton M,Howe R,MacGowan A,Lawton M,Busby J,Pickles T,Birnie K,O'Brien K,Waldron CA,Dudley J,Van Der Voort J,Downing H,Thomas-Jones E,Harman K,Lisles C,

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Primary care practices in the United Kingdom have received substantial financial rewards for achieving standards set out in the Quality and Outcomes Framework since April 2004. This article reviews the growing evidence for the impact of the framework on the quality of primary medical care. METHODS:Five hundred...

journal_title：Annals of family medicine

authors： Gillam SJ,Siriwardena AN,Steel N

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When I began experiencing chest pain that was different from my usual heartburn symptoms, I denied I could possibly be having a heart attack, but chewed 4 baby aspirin just in case. Despite years of community education about the need to call 911 and seek immediate emergency care when experiencing signs and symptoms of...

journal_title：Annals of family medicine

authors： Stausmire JM,Greenbaum MG,Morelli-Greenbaum M

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Adolescent mothers are at risk for rapidly becoming pregnant again and for depression, school dropout, and poor parenting. We evaluated the impact of a community-based home-visiting program on these outcomes and on linking the adolescents with primary care. METHODS:Pregnant adolescents aged 12 to 18 years, pre...

journal_title：Annals of family medicine

authors： Barnet B,Liu J,DeVoe M,Alperovitz-Bichell K,Duggan AK

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:POEMs (patient-oriented evidence that matters) are studies that address a relevant clinical question, demonstrate improved patient-oriented outcomes, and have the potential to change practice. For 20 years the authors of this article have reviewed more than 100 English language clinical journals monthly to identify PO...

journal_title：Annals of family medicine

authors： Ebell MH,Barry HC,Shaughnessy AF,Slawson DC,Kulkarni N,Speer L

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Despite the benefits of well-child care visits, up to one-half of these visits are missed. Little is known about why children miss them, so we undertook a qualitative study to elucidate these factors. METHODS:We interviewed 17 caregivers whose children had missed well-child visits and 6 clinicians, focusing on...

journal_title：Annals of family medicine

authors： Wolf ER,O'Neil J,Pecsok J,Etz RS,Opel DJ,Wasserman R,Krist AH

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Postpartum depression is common but inadequately recognized and undertreated. Continuing depressive symptoms are associated with adverse outcomes for the woman, her infant, and family. We wanted to determine the effect of a practice-based training program for screening, diagnosis, and management of depression i...

journal_title：Annals of family medicine

authors： Yawn BP,Dietrich AJ,Wollan P,Bertram S,Graham D,Huff J,Kurland M,Madison S,Pace WD,TRIPPD practices.

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The exposure to unethical and unprofessional behavior is thought to play a major role in the declining empathy experienced by medical students during their training. We reflect on the reasons why medical schools are tolerant of unethical behavior of faculty. First, there are barriers to reporting unprofessional behavi...

journal_title：Annals of family medicine

authors： de Oliveira Vidal EI,Silva Vdos S,Santos MF,Jacinto AF,Boas PJ,Fukushima FB

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The 5As (ask, advise, assess, assist, arrange) are recommended as a strategy for brief physical activity counseling in primary care. There is no reference standard for measurement, however, and patient participation is not well understood. This study's objectives were to (1) develop a coding scheme to measur...

journal_title：Annals of family medicine

authors： Carroll JK,Antognoli E,Flocke SA

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Hot tea and coffee have been found to have antimicrobial properties. The purpose of this study was to determine whether the consumption of tea, coffee, or both is associated with less frequent nasal carriage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). METHODS:We performed a secondary analysis of dat...

journal_title：Annals of family medicine

authors： Matheson EM,Mainous AG 3rd,Everett CJ,King DE

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We propose a new set of priorities for quality management in primary care, acknowledging that payers and regulators likely will continue to insist on reporting numerical quality metrics. Primary care practices have been described as complex adaptive systems. Traditional quality improvement processes applied to linear ...

journal_title：Annals of family medicine

authors： Young RA,Roberts RG,Holden RJ

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This report describes outcomes of an ongoing quality-improvement project (VitalSign6) in a large US metropolitan area to improve recognition, treatment, and outcomes of depressed patients in 16 primary care clinics (6 charity clinics, 6 federally qualified health care centers, 2 private clinics serving low-inco...

journal_title：Annals of family medicine

authors： Jha MK,Grannemann BD,Trombello JM,Clark EW,Eidelman SL,Lawson T,Greer TL,Rush AJ,Trivedi MH

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although primary care, including family medicine, recognizes different types of clinician-patient interaction, I argue that only interactions characterized by coprovision define care. By coprovision I mean that clinicians and patients each provide the expertise in health care that they have the capacity to contribute ...

journal_title：Annals of family medicine

authors： Buetow SA

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:William Osler is quoted as saying, "Nothing will sustain you more potently than the power to recognize in your humdrum routine, as perhaps it may be thought, the true poetry of life-the poetry of the commonplace, of the plain, toil-worn woman, with their loves and their joys, their sorrows and their griefs."(1) A fami...

journal_title：Annals of family medicine

authors： Colgan R

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Notions about the most common errors in medicine currently rest on conjecture and weak epidemiologic evidence. We sought to determine whether cascade analysis is of value in clarifying the epidemiology and causes of errors and whether physician reports are sensitive to the impact of errors on patients. METH...

journal_title：Annals of family medicine

authors： Woolf SH,Kuzel AJ,Dovey SM,Phillips RL Jr

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tobacco use, lack of physical activity and poor diet, and alcohol consumption are leading causes of death in the United States. We estimated screening and counseling rates by using a nationally representative sample of adults aged 35 years and older with a preventive care supplement to the 2014 Medical Expenditure Pan...

journal_title：Annals of family medicine

authors： Shafer PR,Borsky A,Ngo-Metzger Q,Miller T,Meyers D

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:A randomized controlled trial found that patients with diabetes had lower HbA1c levels after 6 months of peer health coaching than patients who did not receive coaching. This paper explores whether the peer coaches in that trial, all low-income patients with diabetes, mastered and utilized an evidence-based hea...

journal_title：Annals of family medicine

authors： Goldman ML,Ghorob A,Hessler D,Yamamoto R,Thom DH,Bodenheimer T

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Previous studies suggest that the highest-risk patients value accessible, coordinated primary care that they perceive to be of high technical quality. We have limited understanding, however, of how low-income, chronically ill patients and the staff who care for them experience each individual step in the primar...

journal_title：Annals of family medicine

authors： Brown EJ,Kangovi S,Sha C,Johnson S,Chanton C,Carter T,Grande DT

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:In screening for type 2 diabetes, guidelines recommend targeting high-risk individuals. Our objectives were to assess the yield of opportunistic targeted screening for type 2 diabetes in primary care and to assess the diagnostic value of various risk factors. METHODS:In 11 family practices (total practice popu...

journal_title：Annals of family medicine

authors： Klein Woolthuis EP,de Grauw WJ,van Gerwen WH,van den Hoogen HJ,van de Lisdonk EH,Metsemakers JF,van Weel C

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Unexplained gastrointestinal symptoms are more common in adults who recall abuse as a child; however, data available on children are limited. The aim of this study was to investigate the association of childhood maltreatment and early development of gastrointestinal symptoms and whether this relation was mediat...

journal_title：Annals of family medicine

authors： van Tilburg MA,Runyan DK,Zolotor AJ,Graham JC,Dubowitz H,Litrownik AJ,Flaherty E,Chitkara DK,Whitehead WE

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PURPOSE We examined how the closure of a large safety-net hospital in Los Angeles County, California, affected local primary care physicians. METHODS We conducted semistructured interviews with 42 primary care physicians who practiced in both underserved and nonunderserved settings in Los Angeles County. Two investiga...

journal_title：Annals of family medicine

authors： Walker KO,Clarke R,Ryan G,Brown AF

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Although screening with fecal occult blood testing (FOBT) reduces colorectal cancer (CRC) mortality, its effectiveness may diminish if patients do not adhere with repeated screenings. Among patients who had previously engaged in FOBT screening, we assessed subsequent adherence with FOBT screening. METHODS:We a...

journal_title：Annals of family medicine

authors： Fenton JJ,Elmore JG,Buist DS,Reid RJ,Tancredi DJ,Baldwin LM

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Postpartum depression (PPD) screening at 4 to 12 weeks' postpartum can improve outcomes for women when linked to in-practice management programs. The benefit of repeated PPD screening during the first year postpartum remains unclear. METHODS:We report a substudy of a large pragmatic trial of early PPD screenin...

journal_title：Annals of family medicine

authors： Yawn BP,Bertram S,Kurland M,Wollan PC

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00