Effects of a health activist course on knowledge and awareness of antibiotic use.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Heart failure due to left ventricular systolic dysfunction (LVSD) has a high prevalence in the adult population but is difficult to diagnose accurately on clinical grounds in the community. Early diagnosis is important as effective treatments are available to reduce morbidity and mortality. Echocardiography ...

journal_title：Family practice

authors： Sim V,Hampton D,Phillips C,Lo SN,Vasishta S,Davies J,Penney M

更新日期：2003-10-01 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:Chronic diseases continue to be a significant cause of morbidity and mortality despite modifiable risk factors. This suggests that current primary healthcare provision needs to delve beyond patient education, to understand the motivators that drive patients to undertake chronic disease self-management. Under...

journal_title：Family practice

authors： Hadi MD,Lin YP,Chan EY

更新日期：2020-11-28 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:Given the impact of obesity on mortality and morbidity in women, we evaluated correlates of weight gain in women ages 35-47 years. METHODS:Three hundred and thirty-six African American and Caucasian American women, randomly selected from among urban residents aged 35-47 years and pre-menopausal at baseline,...

journal_title：Family practice

authors： Sammel MD,Grisso JA,Freeman EW,Hollander L,Liu L,Liu S,Nelson DB,Battistini M

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Primary health care (PHC) renewal processes are currently ongoing in South America (SA), but their characteristics have not been systematically described. OBJECTIVE:The study aimed to describe and contrast the PHC approaches being implemented in SA to provide knowledge of current conceptions, models and cha...

journal_title：Family practice

authors： Acosta Ramírez N,Giovanella L,Vega Romero R,Tejerina Silva H,de Almeida PF,Ríos G,Goede H,Oliveira S

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study is to determine the diagnostic value of (combinations of) signs, symptoms and simple laboratory test results for colorectal cancer in patients with rectal bleeding presenting in general practice. Initial complaints and findings were compared with the final diagnoses based on clinical follow-up aft...

journal_title：Family practice

authors： Fijten GH,Starmans R,Muris JW,Schouten HJ,Blijham GH,Knottnerus JA

更新日期：1995-09-01 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：BACKGROUND:Patients sometimes have differences of > or =20/10 mmHg in their blood pressure depending on which arm is measured. The prevalence and prognostic value of this finding in general practice are unknown. If these differences are due to peripheral vascular disease, these patients may be at increased risk of card...

journal_title：Family practice

authors： Clark CE,Powell RJ

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to evaluate the role of tympanometry for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of otitis media in general practice. METHODS:The results from otoscopy performed by 40 physicians in general practice in Vejle County, Denmark were combined with the clinical condition and this was recorded ...

journal_title：Family practice

authors： Johansen EC,Lildholdt T,Damsbo N,Eriksen EW

更新日期：2000-08-01 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：BACKGROUND:To improve earlier presentation with potential symptoms of cancer, accurate data are needed on how people respond to these symptoms. It is currently unclear how self-reported medical help-seeking for symptoms associated with cancer by people from the community correspond to what is recorded in their general ...

journal_title：Family practice

authors： Smith SM,Whitaker KL,Cardy AH,Elliott AM,Hannaford PC,Murchie P

更新日期：2020-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Principals and trainees in general practice attending training events were asked to give information about their prescribing of drugs, with a focus on the prescribing of benzodiazepines for psychological problems. High prescribers of benzodiazepines believed that a prescription saved consultation time, tended to be in...

journal_title：Family practice

authors： Cormack MA,Howells E

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The time between experiencing symptoms and treatment in cancer diseases is a time of insecurity and despair. Brain tumour disease is a severe disease with dramatic manifestations and it is important that this time be kept as short as possible. METHODS:A consecutive sample of 28 patients with malignant gliom...

journal_title：Family practice

authors： Salander P,Bergenheim AT,Hamberg K,Henriksson R

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Bell's palsy (BP), which causes facial paralysis, affects 11-40 people per 100 000 per annum in the UK. Its cause is unknown but as many as 30% of patients have continuing facial disfigurement, psychological difficulties and occasionally facial pain. We present an randomised controlled trial (RCT)-based econ...

journal_title：Family practice

authors： Hernández RA,Sullivan F,Donnan P,Swan I,Vale L,BELLS Trial Group.

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In recent years, the Chinese government has introduced a new system called the integrated health care system to deepen health care reform and enhance the capacity of the primary health care services. OBJECTIVE:We aimed to investigate the perceptions and opinions of general practitioners (GPs) on the integra...

journal_title：Family practice

authors： Chen F,Jiang Q,Lu Z,Cao S

更新日期：2020-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of the study was to validate a new case-finding instrument for common mental disorders (CMDQ). METHODS:A cross-sectional, stratified, two-phase study was carried out in 28 general practices in Aarhus County, Denmark. 1785 consecutive patients, 18-65 years old, consulting 38 GPs with a new health pro...

journal_title：Family practice

authors： Christensen KS,Fink P,Toft T,Frostholm L,Ornbøl E,Olesen F

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper investigates sources of job satisfaction and dissatisfaction in general practice and identifies pressures and difficulties experienced by general practitioners in their work. The study revealed widespread job satisfaction based on three separate (but independent) aspects of general practice: clinical, psych...

journal_title：Family practice

authors： Branthwaite A,Ross A

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although research in primary care has a higher profile than ever before, its impact on professional practice and on government planning often seems less than it should be. In the first part of the paper, the different research agendas of governments, health departments, professional associations and colleges, and of u...

journal_title：Family practice

authors： Howie JG

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Emotional problems are an important component of general morbidity in primary care settings. Research on the sensitivity of primary care physicians to such problems is, however, scanty. This study examines the prevalence of emotional problems among 776 patients in primary care clinics in Israel using the GHQ-28 and as...

journal_title：Family practice

authors： Shiber A,Maoz B,Antonovsky A,Antonovsky H

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The articles reviewed for this issue of 'Selections' concern potential therapies to prevent osteoporosis and cardiovascular disease in postmenopausal women. Each therapy is controversial and provokes more questions than answers. The most benign intervention is the administration of calcium to postmenopausal women whos...

journal_title：Family practice

authors： Froom J

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In general practice, acute sinusitis is frequently diagnosed and treated with antibiotics. OBJECTIVE:This study aimed to determine the evidence for the effectiveness of antibiotic treatment in acute maxillary sinusitis in adults by assessing the methodological quality of placebo-controlled double-blind rand...

journal_title：Family practice

authors： Stalman W,van Essen GA,van der Graaf Y,de Melker RA

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Local adaptation is often reported in the literature to be an important strategy in achieving local ownership and relevance of guidelines in order to increase the likelihood of their uptake and implementation. However, the process is also potentially time-consuming and costly. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this stud...

journal_title：Family practice

authors： Silagy CA,Weller DP,Lapsley H,Middleton P,Shelby-James T,Fazekas B

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate referral rates for cardiac interventions by clinical specialty, to document doctors' reasons for referrals and to explore doctors' perceptions of the factors that influenced their clinical decisions. STUDY DESIGN:Doctors completed a clinical decision-making exercise involving, in total, 6093 ...

journal_title：Family practice

authors： Bowling A,Harries C,Forrest D,Harvey N

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study is to understand in depth the experience of the family physician faced with the patient that he perceives as 'difficult'. This was done by means of the 'long interview' as a method of qualitative research. METHOD:We interviewed 15 randomly selected Board-certified family physicians, wi...

journal_title：Family practice

authors： Steinmetz D,Tabenkin H

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The patient complaining of fatigue presents the physician with the dilemma of distinguishing a psychological disorder from a physical illness in its early stage. Information relating this nonspecific complaint to specific diagnoses is scarce. Consequently, laboratory investigation of fatigue has been empirical. Five s...

journal_title：Family practice

authors： Valdini AF

更新日期：1985-03-01 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：:There is a growing concern about rational prescribing of antibiotics. That is why a secondary analysis of prescribing antibiotics in upper respiratory tract infections has been conducted by means of a nationwide study of morbidity and interventions in The Netherlands. The mean percentage of antibiotic prescriptions va...

journal_title：Family practice

authors： Kuyvenhoven M,de Melker R,van der Velden K

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluated the influence of a desk-top analyser, used in general practice, on the mean number of blood tests per contact, prescribed or analysed by general practitioners. A randomized controlled trial was used. The mean number of blood tests per contact requested by two groups of GPs, before and after the in...

journal_title：Family practice

authors： Gilio C,Buntinx F,De Kezel O,Scheys I

更新日期：1993-06-01 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