How do patients evaluate cancer related symptoms and signs? A study from general practice.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the public knowledge of cardiovascular risk factors including hyperlipidaemia, and attitudes to changes in lifestyle and to the role of the primary health care in preventive work. DESIGN:Postal questionnaire. SETTING:A physically defined area in south-western Stockholm. SUBJECTS:1000 randoml...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of primary health care

authors： Danielsson B,Aberg H

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study factors of importance for infants' use of health and medical care. DESIGN:We studied the medical records of the mother during pregnancy (at the health centre, at the antenatal clinics, and at the department of obstetrics and gynaecology) and of her infant during the first 18 months of life (at the h...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of primary health care

authors： Håkansson A,Cars H,Petersson C,Carlsson B

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess physicians' current adherence to the Norwegian clinical guidelines for the treatment of hypertension. DESIGN:Descriptive, retrospective registration of information from patient records of one specified year. In addition, mailed questionnaire to examine the representativeness of the participating do...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of primary health care

authors： Hetlevik I,Holmen J,Krüger O,Holen A

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:The aim of the study was to investigate the relationship between morbidity in early childhood and gender, birth order, and social class. DESIGN:The study used data collected in the Nijmegen Continuous Morbidity Registration. All presented morbidity and a number of personal data were available. SETTING...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of primary health care

authors： van den Bosch WJ,Huygen FJ,van den Hoogen HJ,van Weel C

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper the thesis is advanced that the general practitioners can either be a powerful ally or a major roadblock in the development of primary health care in the spirit of the Alma-Ata Declaration. The role they will play depends on their interpretation of, and attitudes towards, the concept. In the first part o...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of primary health care

authors： Vuori H

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this report a review is given on research and development work in primary health care (PHC) in Sweden. PHC has by tradition been very weak in Sweden. As a result of the new Health Care Act of 1983, however, PHC has entered an era of rapid development. A brief historical description of primary health care research a...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of primary health care

authors： Haglund BJ

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare how newly initiated treatment with benzodiazepines, Z-hypnotics or both associates with the reception of disability pension among 40,661 individuals of a working age. DESIGN:Prescription register study. SETTING:Norwegian nationwide prescriptions socio-economic and disability status data. METHODS...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of primary health care

authors： Tvete IF,Bjørner T,Skomedal T

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The general practitioners dealing with cancer has other parameters than statistics of incidence and prevalence. In 400 consecutive interviews with patients in general practice when asked if the consultation was brought about because of fear or thoughts of cancer, eight % answered "yes" and 11% "partly". When asked if ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of primary health care

authors： Nylenna M

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Self-assessed well-being has been shown to be related to earlier medical events and to be a predictor of mortality. 50-year-old men and women (n = 314) in Kungsör were invited to an examination for traditional risk factors for cardiovascular diseases and different aspects of self-assessed well-being. The differences b...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of primary health care

authors： Thorell B,Svärdsudd K

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study factors of importance for participation in parental education within routine child health care. DESIGN:All parents of children born during 1 year were invited by the district nurse to participate in parental education; their participation during the infant year was registered. SETTING:Catchment are...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of primary health care

authors： Petersson C,Petersson K,Håkansson A

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective: The main objective of this study was to investigate the psychometric properties of the Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS) and evaluate screening parameters capability of the SDS with the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-21) among the elderly population. Design: A population-based study Setting: Community...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of primary health care

authors： Jokelainen J,Timonen M,Keinänen-Kiukaanniemi S,Härkönen P,Jurvelin H,Suija K

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an out-patient clinic for specialised medical care, 30 patients were questioned about their worries prior to the visit. The purpose of the study was to obtain basic knowledge about emotional experiences of patients visiting a doctor. The theoretical viewpoint was that of social interaction and social construction o...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of primary health care

authors： Andersson-Segesten K,Erichsen M,Westerlund A,Ojerskog I

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyse the outcome of exercise testing and myocardial perfusion scintigraphy (MPS) in primary care patients with chest pain of new onset. DESIGN:Prospective, observational. Patients aged 20-79 years, consulting due to chest pain of new onset, were enrolled consecutively. SETTING:Three primary care healt...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of primary health care

authors： Scheike M,Nilsson S,Nylander E

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the likelihood of being a frequent attender (FA) to general practice among native Norwegians and immigrants, and to study socioeconomic and morbidity factors associated with being a FA for natives and immigrants. DESIGN, SETTING AND SUBJECTS:Linked register data for all inhabitants in Norway with ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of primary health care

authors： Diaz E,Gimeno-Feliu LA,Calderón-Larrañaga A,Prados-Torres A

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine which treatment strategy offers the most cost-effective option in managing acute sinusitis. DESIGN:The modelling procedure included five clinical strategies, varying from "wait and see for a week", to "prescribing antibiotics selectively" to "prescribing antibiotics immediately" and to "performi...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of primary health care

authors： de Bock GH,van Erkel AR,Springer MP,Kievit J

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Physical work load was assessed by doctors and patients to have contributed to the health problems leading to sickness certification in 48.4% of 1413 patients certified sick by 118 general practitioners in Buskerud county, Norway (1986). Correspondingly, psychological factors were considered contributory in 32.1%. The...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of primary health care

authors： Tellnes G,Bruusgaard D,Sandvik L

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:General practitioner (GP) involvement may be instrumental in obtaining successful palliative cancer trajectories. The aim of the study was to examine associations between bereaved relatives' evaluation of palliative cancer trajectories, place of death, and GP involvement. DESIGN:Population-based, cross-secti...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of primary health care

authors： Neergaard MA,Vedsted P,Olesen F,Sokolowski I,Jensen AB,Sondergaard J

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the trend in premature mortality (before 75 years of age) from ischaemic heart disease (IHD) in a Swedish primary health care district compared to communities of similar demographic situation and all Sweden. DESIGN:Mortality from IHD in men and women was compared between the community of Habo and ot...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of primary health care

authors： Lingfors H,Persson LG,Lindström K,Ljungquist B,Bengtsson C

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate associations between patients' family, leisure time, and work-related factors and physicians' measure as to whether or not to sickness certify the patient in connection with the consultation. DESIGN:Questionnaire survey to physicians in general practice and their patients. Setting. General pra...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of primary health care

authors： Norrmén G,Svārdsudd K,Andersson DK

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To find out whether family or working conditions is most important for mood in different ages in women. DESIGN:Prospective study. SETTING:Göteborg, Sweden, population about 430,000. SUBJECTS:Representative samples of a general population of women, born in 1930 (n = 276), 1942 (n = 93) and 1954 (n = 61), ex...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of primary health care

authors： Lundh C,Bengtsson C,Björkelund C

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective was to study primary healthcare patients' understanding of their diagnosis of heart failure (HF), using patients treated for diabetes mellitus (DM) as a comparative group. DESIGN:A cross-sectional community based study. SETTING:Karlskrona community situated on the Swedish south-east coast with...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of primary health care

authors： Halling A,Berglund J

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe adherence to international guidelines for chronic heart failure (CHF) management concerning diagnostics, pharmacological treatment and self-care behaviour in primary health care. DESIGN:A cross-sectional descriptive study of patients with CHF, using data obtained from medical records and a postal...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of primary health care

authors： Giezeman M,Arne M,Theander K

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective: To compare information in sickness certificates and rehabilitation activities for patients with symptom diagnoses vs patients with disease specific diagnoses. Design: Retrospective case control study 2013-2014. Setting: Primary health care, Sweden. Subjects. Patients with new onset sickness certificates wit...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of primary health care

authors： Starzmann K,Hjerpe P,Boström KB

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A clinical communicative method designed to promote the doctor's understanding of women's "undefined" disorders is presented and discussed. The method is composed of key questions, which are problem-oriented speech acts, inviting the patient to share with the doctor her conception of illness. The questions a...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of primary health care

authors： Malterud K

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare prospectively the effect of manual treatment such as manipulation, specific mobilization, muscle stretching, auto-traction, and cortisone injections with standardized conventional but optimized activating treatment by primary health care teams. DESIGN:Prospective controlled multicentre trial with ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of primary health care

authors： Blomberg S,Svärdsudd K,Tibblin G

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Sputum colour plays an important role in the disease concepts for acute cough, both in the patients' and the doctors' view. However, it is unclear whether the sputum colour can be used for diagnosis of a bacterial infection. DESIGN:Cross-sectional study. SETTING:A total of 42 GP practices in Dusseldorf, Ger...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of primary health care

authors： Altiner A,Wilm S,Däubener W,Bormann C,Pentzek M,Abholz HH,Scherer M

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Patient-provider relationships with primary care and need for hospitalisations are related within the complex networks comprising healthcare. Our objective was to analyse mean days hospitalised, using registration status (active or passive listing) with a provider and number of consultations as proxies of pat...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of primary health care

authors： Ranstad K,Midlöv P,Halling A

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the occurrence of "health realists", "health pessimists" and "health optimists" in a non-patient population by identifying cases of concordance and discordance between doctor-evaluated health and self-evaluated health and to describe the distribution of selected life-style-related physiological ri...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of primary health care

authors： Geest TA,Engberg M,Lauritzen T

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This paper investigated patients' experiences of disease and self-care as well as perceptions of the general practitioner's role in supporting patients with impaired self-care ability. DESIGN:Qualitative interviews with 13 patients with type 2 diabetes, concurrent chronic diseases, and impaired self-care abi...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of primary health care

authors： Kristensen MAT,Guassora AD,Arreskov AB,Waldorff FB,Hølge-Hazelton B

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To explore depression from a gender perspective, by capturing depressed women's and men's formulations of their experiences and understanding of their situation. DESIGN:Qualitative interview study. SETTING:A healthcare centre in northern Sweden. SUBJECTS:Eighteen patients who had been diagnosed with depres...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of primary health care

authors： Danielsson U,Johansson EE

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00