Mental impairment and driving licences for elderly people--a survey among Norwegian general practitioners.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Cluster headache (CH) may cause excruciating pain and not all patients get satisfactory help. Patient dissatisfaction with general practitioners (GPs) and neurologists, and use of complementary and alternative treatment (CAM) may reflect this. The authors studied patient satisfaction with doctors' treatment a...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of primary health care

authors： Bekkelund SI,Ofte HK,Alstadhaug KB

更新日期：2014-09-01 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: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：OBJECTIVE:To analyse which interventions are effective in influencing morbidity, quality of life, and healthcare utilization of frequently attending patients (FAs) in primary care. METHODS:A systematic literature search was performed for articles describing interventions on FAs in primary care (Medline, Embase, and Ps...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of primary health care

authors： Smits FT,Wittkampf KA,Schene AH,Bindels PJ,Van Weert HC

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

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：: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 examine whether a Current Health scale produces reliable and valid measures of self perceived health status. DESIGN:Examination of reliability, based on internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha coefficient). Examination of validity focusing on convergent and discriminant validity. SUBJECTS:2263 male and fe...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of primary health care

authors： Bentzen N,Christiansen T

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine whether vaginal application of Lactobacillus casei v. rhamnosus reduces the reinfection rate in cystitis-prone women. DESIGN:A controlled, randomized, double-blind clinical trial. SETTING:Division for General Practice, University of Bergen, Norway. INTERVENTION:Vaginal application of lactobacill...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of primary health care

authors： Baerheim A,Larsen E,Digranes A

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective: To examine health service (HS) utilization profiles among a non-depressive population and patients with depressive symptoms (DS) with and without clinical depression. Design, subjects and setting: The study population was based on primary care patients with DS scoring ≥10 in the 21-item Beck Depression Inve...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of primary health care

authors： Tusa N,Koponen H,Kautiainen H,Korniloff K,Raatikainen I,Elfving P,Vanhala M,Mäntyselkä P

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the effects on sick leave from an early multidisciplinary assessment at a primary health care centre. DESIGN:Randomized controlled trial. SETTING:Patients who saw GPs at a primary health care centre in mid-Sweden and asked for a sickness certificate for psychiatric or musculoskeletal diagnoses were...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of primary health care

authors： Carlsson L,Englund L,Hallqvist J,Wallman T

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify elements of clinical information beyond the area of knowledge presented in medical textbooks, but used by the general practitioner when confronted with the acutely and severely ill child. DESIGN:Focus group approach. SETTING:A course for teachers in General Practice at the Division for General P...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of primary health care

authors： Malterud K,Baerheim A,Hunskaar S,Meland E

更新日期：1997-03-01 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:To assess the importance of long-term doctor-patient relationship, and to assess the effect of long-term treatment with beta-blockers of hypertensive women. DESIGN:A 25-year follow-up study of hypertensive women, compared with participants in a prospective population study of women of the same age. SETTING:...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of primary health care

authors： Bengtsson C

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyse the patterns of antibiotic prescription in the treatment of acute pharyngitis among a group of general practitioners (GPs). DESIGN:From the records of their patients, 11 specialists in general practice have collected post hoc data on their patients and on acute pharyngitis in the period from Octob...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of primary health care

authors： Katić M,Katić V,Ivanković D,Culig J,Budak A

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the management of dyslipidaemia in patients with high risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and patients with a history of CVD identified by screening for diabetes in general practice in Denmark, concentrating on prescription of lipid-lowering drugs. Moreover, to analyse predicting factors for star...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of primary health care

authors： Graversen L,Christensen B,Borch-Johnsen K,Lauritzen T,Sandbaek A

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyse associations between symptoms and bacteriuria in uncomplicated lower urinary tract infection in women (LUTIW) and to evaluate outcome of therapy with three different regimens of pivmecillinam or placebo. DESIGN:Prospective, multicentre, randomized, double-blind, and placebo-controlled therapy stud...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of primary health care

authors： Ferry SA,Holm SE,Stenlund H,Lundholm R,Monsen TJ

更新日期：2007-03-01 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：:The aim of the study was to evaluate the efficiency of different strategies of intervention to reduce prescription of hypnotics/sedatives in general practice. All 356 general practitioners in the county of Aarhus, Denmark, were divided in three groups. One group received personal information at meetings, another recei...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of primary health care

authors： Holm M

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Hypertension is a major cause of cardiovascular disease. Nevertheless, blood pressure (BP) is often inadequately treated. We studied visit patterns at primary health care centres (PHCCs) and their relation to individual BP control. DESIGN AND SETTING:Cross-sectional register-based study on all patients with ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of primary health care

authors： Ödesjö H,Adamsson Eryd S,Franzén S,Hjerpe P,Manhem K,Rosengren A,Thorn J,Björck S

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A group of 235 persons (180 adults and 55 children 0-15 years old) recorded symptoms of upper respiratory tract infection daily during two three-month periods (autumn 1986 and spring 1987). Samples for culture were taken from the nasopharynx and throat once during each period. Fifteen per cent of asymptomatic subjects...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of primary health care

authors： Schwan A,Eriksson M,Eriksson BM,Carlson U,Petterson E,Sandblom M,Tibblin G

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:For general practitioners (GPs) dizziness is a challenging condition to deal with. Data on the management of dizziness in older patients are mostly lacking. Furthermore, it is unknown whether GPs attempt to decrease Fall Risk Increasing Drugs (FRIDs) use in the management of dizziness in older patients. The a...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of primary health care

authors： Stam H,Harting T,Sluijs Mv,van Marum R,Horst Hv,Wouden JC,Maarsingh OR

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To explore patients' views about what they would or would not like to read on the computer screen, and how this might be managed. DESIGN:A qualitative study using semi-structured interviews with patients who had recently consulted, and who were representative of the age-sex structure of our practice populati...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of primary health care

authors： Ridsdale L,Hudd S

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective: The objective of this study was to investigate the psychosocial consequences of receiving false-positive colorectal cancer (CRC) screening results, following a positive immunochemical faecal occult blood test. Design, setting, and subjects: We conducted a qualitative study with four semi-structured focus gr...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of primary health care

authors： Toft EL,Kaae SE,Malmqvist J,Brodersen J

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper first explores what Health for All (HFA) means as a policy goal. It calls for major changes in health care. In the European Region of WHO, 38 targets show how approaches to health problems, lifestyles, environment, health care and support measures (e.g., planning, management and training) should be changed ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of primary health care

authors： Vuori H

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study explores the diagnostic process of general practitioners confronted with ill-defined and ambiguous complaints, which eventually appeared to be caused by a malignancy. Three aspects were rated: (a) the adequacy of the initial problem definition; (b) the carefulness of further diagnostic methods; and (c) how ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of primary health care

authors： Kuyvenhoven MM,Spreeuwenberg C,Touw-Otten FW

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyse the relation of ethnicity, social deprivation (Underprivileged area, UPA-score), social class V, unemployment and overcrowding on age- and sex-standardized mortality ratio (SMR). DESIGN:This ecological study used the SMR for people under the age of 65 years as dependent variable. Mortality data fo...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of primary health care

authors： Sundquist J,Bajekal M,Jarman B,Johansson SE

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed at describing patterns of abuse of elderly persons living in their homes as experienced by district nurses in a county of Sweden. 12% of the district nurses (n = 153) reported 30 cases. Those abused were 78.7 years old (mean) and half of them had disturbed memory and mental state and were mostly isola...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of primary health care

authors： Saveman BI,Hallberg IR,Norberg A,Eriksson S

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To explore experiences and consequences of the process of being diagnosed with fibromyalgia. DESIGN:Qualitative focus-group study. SETTING:Two local self-help groups. SUBJECTS:Eleven women diagnosed with fibromyalgia. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES:Descriptions of experiences and consequences of the process of bei...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of primary health care

authors： Undeland M,Malterud K

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Screening for a major depressive episode (MDE) in high-risk groups of patients within the primary care setting has been suggested by several Central Health Organizations. The objective of this study was to investigate whether patients rated as "psychiatric cases" by their general practitioner (GP) were likely...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of primary health care

authors： Ostergaard SD,Foldager L,Allgulander C,Dahl AA,Huuhtanen MT,Rasmussen I,Munk-Jørgensen P

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Descriptions of twenty different clinical situations, most of which included cancer related symptoms and signs, were assessed by 329 patients. The patients showed a satisfactory level of alertness in response to the clinical situations. Lumps and bumps and visible bleeding gave the quickest response. An inverse relati...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of primary health care

authors： Nylenna M,Hjortdahl P

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00