Identifying strategies to increase influenza vaccination in GP practices: a positive deviance approach.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Qualitative research methods are recognized increasingly as valuable tools for primary care research, and add an extra dimension to quantitative work. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to illustrate the benefits and problems attending the dual role of clinician/qualitative researcher. METHODS:As part of ...

journal_title：Family practice

authors： Chew-Graham CA,May CR,Perry MS

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We aimed to assess criteria when diagnosing acute otitis media and related performance in general practice in Denmark. Furthermore, we aimed to identify the scale of and the reasons for diagnostic uncertainty. METHODS:We conducted: (i) a survey among GPs assessing criteria; and (ii) prospective registration ...

journal_title：Family practice

authors： Jensen PM,Lous J

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Elderly patients' interaction with the GP may be improved through patient involvement techniques, and there is a variety of such techniques which improve patients' involvement in their own care, although little is known about their acceptability. OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to identify barriers and...

journal_title：Family practice

authors： Geest TA,Wetzels R,Raposo V,Lopes Ferreira P,Baker R,Wensing M,Olesen F,Improve Research Group.

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An important pitfall of nutritional guidance in medical practice is how to deal with the prevention paradox: a nutritional advice that is good for the population as a whole is not necessarily proven effective for the individual patient. Evidence-based guidelines are needed to support GPs to translate these advices to ...

journal_title：Family practice

authors： Drenthen AJ,Van Binsbergen JJ

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We aimed to describe the clinical and psycho-socio-familial features of patients with widespread chronic musculoskeletal pain (WCMP)/fibromyalgia (FM) in primary care settings. To detect differences and similarities between both 'entities'. METHODS:An observational study was carried out with a newcoming cli...

journal_title：Family practice

authors： Ruiz Moral R,Muñoz Alamo M,Pérula de Torres L,Aguayo Galeote M

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The functional status of patients was determined during an acute attack of asthma requiring medical intervention. Patients were recruited during two months from general practice: all 28 patients consulting for an acute asthma attack were invited to take part: four refused or were withdrawn from follow up. Matched cont...

journal_title：Family practice

authors： Wong-Chung D,Mateijsen N,West R,Ravell L,van Weel C

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with chronic medical diseases may have depression that is not recognized by their primary care physicians. OBJECTIVES:We aimed to examine the application of Zung's Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS) in the screening of depression in primary care patients with chronic medical diseases in a Chinese p...

journal_title：Family practice

authors： Leung KK,Lue BH,Lee MB,Tang LY

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite its public health significance, data about depression in general practice are often unavailable. OBJECTIVE:To study (i) the incidence of GP-diagnosed depression during 2008, (ii) associations between patient characteristics, appraised severity and initiated treatment, (iii) GPs' usual care compared ...

journal_title：Family practice

authors： Boffin N,Bossuyt N,Declercq T,Vanthomme K,Van Casteren V

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although both hospitalization and mortality due to heart failure (HF) have been widely studied, less is known about the impact of HF on disability and quality of life. AIM:To assess the degree of disability and quality of life in HF patients attended at family medicine centres. DESIGN AND SETTING:Cross-sec...

journal_title：Family practice

authors： García-Olmos L,Batlle M,Aguilar R,Porro C,Carmona M,Alberquilla A,Sánchez-Gómez LM,Monge E,López-Rodríguez AB,Benito L,Baños N,Simón A,Martínez-Álvarez MA,Luque EM,García-Benito C

更新日期：2019-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The measurement of blood pressure (BP) at home by patients with hypertension is increasingly used to assess and monitor BP. Evidence for its effectiveness in improving BP control is mixed. METHODS:To determine if home BP monitoring improves BP a pragmatic cluster randomized contolled trial was carried out i...

journal_title：Family practice

authors： Godwin M,Lam M,Birtwhistle R,Delva D,Seguin R,Casson I,MacDonald S

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:in the western medical world, computers form part of the standard equipment in the consulting rooms of most GPs. As the use of a computer requires time and attention from GPs, this may well interfere with the communication process. Yet, the information accessed on the computer may also enhance communication....

journal_title：Family practice

authors： Noordman J,Verhaak P,van Beljouw I,van Dulmen S

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:General practice is person-focused. Contextual information influences the clinical decision-making process in primary care. Currently, person-related information (PeRI) is neither recorded in a systematic way nor coded in the electronic medical record (EMR), and therefore not usable for scientific use. AIM:...

journal_title：Family practice

authors： Schrans D,Avonts D,Christiaens T,Willems S,de Smet K,van Boven K,Boeckxstaens P,Kühlein T

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Audiotapes were made of 140 visits to the offices of family physicians by patients with acute or chronic problems. The tapes were analysed using Bales Interaction Process Analysis to identify interviews which were patient-centred: interviews in which the physician was supportive and encouraged the patient to express h...

journal_title：Family practice

authors： Stewart M

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Palpitations are a common presentation in primary care. Guidelines have been developed to identify patients with palpitations who require further assessment by a cardiologist in secondary care. However, patients that do not meet guideline thresholds for referrals are still referred to secondary care...

journal_title：Family practice

authors： Pallikadavath S,Patel R,Sarania R,Ahmad T,Vali Z,Kandala NI,Sandilands A

更新日期：2020-09-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The existing scales to measure patient experience of primary care for adults tend to be with many items and difficult to use outside of the research setting. OBJECTIVE:To develop a Japanese version of Primary Care Assessment Tool Short Form as a concise scale for assessing patient experience of primary care...

journal_title：Family practice

authors： Aoki T,Fukuhara S,Yamamoto Y

更新日期：2020-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The 'Dartmouth COOP Functional Health Assessment Charts/WONCA' constitute a relatively new derived instrument for assessing health status that is specifically intended for use in primary care on a world-wide basis. It needs further validation in its special area of use. OBJECTIVES:Over a range of countries,...

journal_title：Family practice

authors： Westbury RC,Rogers TB,Briggs TE,Allison DJ,Gérvas J,Shigemoto H,Elford W

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our objective was to determine what family physicians need in their doctor's bag for urgent and non-urgent house calls. In a prospective survey, family physicians completed a structured report form after consecutive house calls, recording what equipment they needed for each. Thirteen doctors from two urban practices, ...

journal_title：Family practice

authors： Nakar S,Vinker S,Weingarten MA

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Doctors in different countries completed a questionnaire relating to the importance they attributed to eight possible sources of information about a new drug, their estimation of patients' expectations of the doctor prescribing drugs under specific circumstances and their therapeutic response to common clinical genera...

journal_title：Family practice

authors： Hull FM,Marshall T

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A group of 317 overweight men and 565 overweight women was compared with an age-matched normal control group of 444 men and 627 women in order to establish whether hypertension was more often recorded in the obese group. This was done by analysing the continuous morbidity registration of four general practices with a ...

journal_title：Family practice

authors： Bakx JC,Seidell JC,Deurenberg P,van den Hoogen HJ

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Heroin addiction is a major public health problem affecting both the addicted individuals and their children, who have been shown to have poor social, educational and health status and to be at higher risk of abuse than their peers. Whilst the antenatal effects of parental drug use and the overall poor outco...

journal_title：Family practice

authors： Keen J,Oliver P,Rowse G,Mathers N

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Our objective was to evaluate the effect of training in a patient-centred intervention for GPs and practice nurses on outcomes for patients with Type II diabetes. METHODS:We carried out a randomized controlled trial within general practices as the basis for randomization and a before-and-after design for measures ...

journal_title：Family practice

authors： Pill R,Stott NC,Rollnick SR,Rees M

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:General practitioners' perceptions of low back pain (LBP) patients were investigated through a series of in-depth semi-structured interviews, as part of a wider study which also investigated patient perceptions. An exhaustive analysis of the interview transcripts revealed six principal ways in which GPs distinguished ...

journal_title：Family practice

authors： Skelton AM,Murphy EA,Murphy RJ,O'Dowd TC

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:This is a study of the process of diagnosis in family medicine (FM) in four practice populations from the Netherlands, Malta, Serbia and Japan. Diagnostic odds ratios (ORs) for common reasons for encounter (RfEs) and episode titles are used to study the process of diagnosis in international FM and to test ...

journal_title：Family practice

authors： Soler JK,Okkes I,Oskam S,van Boven K,Zivotic P,Jevtic M,Dobbs F,Lamberts H,Transition Project.

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:The Highlands and the Western Isles are the two most remote and rural areas of Scotland, with many medical practices in areas where pharmacies would not be viable. Recent regulations state that that dispensing medical practices in these areas must receive pharmacist support for patients who would benefit. O...

journal_title：Family practice

authors： Stewart D,Anthony B,Morrison C,MacRae Y,Dixon L,Friel E,Yoong E,Cunningham S,MacLure K

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes the results of a study of the handling of confidentiality by general practitioners. A sample of 272 general practitioners in the eastern part of the Netherlands was interviewed. The general practitioners were presented with 10 cases involving confidentiality and were asked what course of action th...

journal_title：Family practice

authors： Lako CJ,Huygen FJ,Lindenthal JJ,Persoon JM

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The construction and development of a questionnaire which measures the attitudes of general practitioners towards their role in the medical care system is described. Factor analytic procedures identified seven reliable factor-based subscales. The subscales measured attitudes towards: a psychological orientation to pat...

journal_title：Family practice

authors： Cockburn J,Killer D,Campbell E,Sanson-Fisher RW

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Self-efficacy is an important factor influencing diabetes self-management behaviours. Previous studies have examined self-efficacy as a general measure in diabetes care for all self-care treatment recommendations together. This current study was designed to examine if low self-efficacy in each of the measure...

journal_title：Family practice

authors： Mishali M,Omer H,Heymann AD

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:New information and communication technologies such as email and text messaging have been shown to be useful in some aspects of primary care service delivery. Little is known about Scottish GPs' attitudes towards the adoption of these technologies as routine consultation tools. OBJECTIVES:To explore GPs' pe...

journal_title：Family practice

authors： Hanna L,May C,Fairhurst K

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Client or consumer expectation is considered to influence their satisfaction with the service provided, but its importance has not been quantified in health care. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to determine the effect of "patient expectations of care" on satisfaction with care provided by out-of-hours ...

journal_title：Family practice

authors： McKinley RK,Stevenson K,Adams S,Manku-Scott TK

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to estimate the frequency of albuminuria in patients with and without diabetes mellitus, answering the question: 'How relevant for general practice are epidemiological findings that albuminuria is a significant risk indicator for the development of cardiovascular syndromes?'. METHO...

journal_title：Family practice

authors： Mlacak B,Jaksić Z,Vuletić S

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00