The 5As team patient study: patient perspectives on the role of primary care in obesity management.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The family doctor system is a vital part of China's national medical and health system reform. Evidence of the degree of implementation of the family doctor system is required to assist managers and policy makers in Pudong with resource allocation planning. This study analyzed changes in indicators (family d...

journal_title：BMC family practice

authors： Liu S,Liu Y,Zhang T,Wang L,Huang J,Liang H,Chen G,Liu C,Zhang Y

更新日期：2021-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite evidence supporting the effectiveness of alcohol screening and brief advice to reduce heavy drinking, implementation in primary healthcare remains limited. The challenges that clinicians experience when delivering such interventions are well-known, but we have little understanding of the patient pers...

journal_title：BMC family practice

authors： O'Donnell A,Hanratty B,Schulte B,Kaner E

更新日期：2020-04-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is increasing focus on patient-centred communicative approaches in medical consultations, but few studies have shown the extent to which patients' positive coping strategies and psychological assets are addressed by general practitioners (GPs) on a regular day at the office. This study measures the fre...

journal_title：BMC family practice

authors： Mjaaland TA,Finset A

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The increasing number of available point-of-care (POC) tests challenges clinicians regarding decisions on which tests to use, how to efficiently use them, and how to interpret the results. Although POC tests may offer benefits in terms of low turn-around-time, improved patient's satisfaction, and health outc...

journal_title：BMC family practice

authors： Kip MMA,Hummel JM,Eppink EB,Koffijberg H,Hopstaken RM,IJzerman MJ,Kusters R

更新日期：2019-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Identification of perinatal mental health problems and effective care for women who experience them are important considering the potentially serious impact that they may have on the wellbeing of the woman, her baby, family and wider society. General practitioners (GPs) play a central role in identifying and...

journal_title：BMC family practice

authors： Noonan M,Doody O,O'Regan A,Jomeen J,Galvin R

更新日期：2018-12-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Even though addressing lifestyle problems is a major recommendation in most guidelines for the treatment of hypertension (HTN), alcohol problems are not routinely addressed in the management of hypertension in primary health care. METHODS:Internet based survey of 3081 primary care physicians, recruited via ...

journal_title：BMC family practice

authors： Rehm J,Prieto JA,Beier M,Duhot D,Rossi A,Schulte B,Zarco J,Aubin HJ,Bachmann M,Grimm C,Kraus L,Manthey J,Scafato E,Gual A

更新日期：2016-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is compelling evidence that there is substantial undetected vision loss amongst older people. Early recognition of undetected vision loss and timely referral for treatment might be possible within general practice, but methods of identifying those with unrecognised vision loss and persuading them to ta...

journal_title：BMC family practice

authors： Kharicha K,Iliffe S,Myerson S

更新日期：2013-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is underdiagnosed in the UK and the assessment and diagnosis pathway often involves a general practitioner (GP) referral to secondary care services. GPs' levels of knowledge and understanding about ADHD is often a significant barrier in patients accessing care....

journal_title：BMC family practice

authors： French B,Daley D,Perez Vallejos E,Sayal K,Hall CL

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is commonplace for lay caregivers to overlook their own health concerns when supporting someone with advanced cancer. During this time, caregivers' needs as patients are often marginalised by health professionals, including General Practitioners (GPs), who may miss the breadth of caregivers' needs by focu...

journal_title：BMC family practice

authors： Burridge LH,Mitchell GK,Jiwa M,Girgis A

更新日期：2011-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cooperatives delivering out of hours care in the Netherlands are hesitant about the use of expert systems during triage. Apart from the extra costs, cooperatives are not sure that quality of triage is sufficiently enhanced by these systems and believe that call duration will be prolonged drastically. No figu...

journal_title：BMC family practice

authors： Ong RS,Post J,van Rooij H,de Haan J

更新日期：2008-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Female urinary incontinence is underdiagnosed and undertreated in primary care. There is little evidence on factors that determine whether women with urinary incontinence are referred to specialist services. This study aimed to investigate characteristics associated with referrals from primary to specialist ...

journal_title：BMC family practice

authors： Gurol-Urganci I,Geary RS,Mamza JB,Iwagami M,El-Hamamsy D,Duckett J,Wilson A,Tincello D,van der Meulen J

更新日期：2020-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In Malta, sickness certificates are needed from the first day of illness, and are issued by family physicians (FPs) either employed by the government primary health care system, self-employed in private practice, or employed by an employer for this purpose alone. The latter system, when applied by the employ...

journal_title：BMC family practice

authors： Soler JK

更新日期：2003-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Policy makers in Africa are ambivalent about the need for family physicians to strengthen district health services. Evidence on the impact of family physicians is therefore needed. The aim was to develop a tool to evaluate the impact of family physicians on district health services according to the six expec...

journal_title：BMC family practice

authors： Pasio KS,Mash R,Naledi T

更新日期：2014-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Medication review is often recommended to optimize medication use. In clinical practice it is mostly operationalized as an intervention without co-interventions during a short term intervention period. However, most systematic reviews also included co-interventions and prolonged medication optimization inter...

journal_title：BMC family practice

authors： Huiskes VJ,Burger DM,van den Ende CH,van den Bemt BJ

更新日期：2017-01-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Overweight, obesity and hypertension can be prevented through improvements in lifestyle including nutrition and physical activity. General practitioners (GPs) in Australia have access to over 90% of the population in the course of a year and therefore, the general practice setting may be ideal to assist pati...

journal_title：BMC family practice

authors： Booth AO,Nowson CA

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Unattached patients do not have a regular primary care provider. Initiatives are being developed to increase attachment rates across Canada. Most existing attention paid to patient unattachment has focused on quantifying the problem and health system costs. Our purpose is to qualitatively identify the implic...

journal_title：BMC family practice

authors： Crooks VA,Agarwal G,Harrison A

更新日期：2012-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A variety of psychological interventions to treat depressive disorders have been developed and are used in primary care. In a systematic review, we compared the effectiveness of psychological treatments grouped by theoretical background, intensity of contact with the health care professional, and delivery mo...

journal_title：BMC family practice

authors： Linde K,Rücker G,Sigterman K,Jamil S,Meissner K,Schneider A,Kriston L

更新日期：2015-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Except for the established risk factors, presence of target organ damage has an important role in the treatment of hypertensive subjects. The aim of the present study was to estimate the prevalence of target organ damage in primary care subjects. METHODS:This multi-centre, cross-sectional survey of 115 prim...

journal_title：BMC family practice

authors： Papazafiropoulou A,Skliros E,Sotiropoulos A,Papafragos C,Gikas A,Apostolou O,Kaliora H,Tountas C

更新日期：2011-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Doctors and nurses are two natural partners in the healthcare team, but they usually differ in their perspectives on how to work for increased health. These professions may also have different beliefs about medicines, a factor important for adherence to medicines. The aim was to explore general beliefs about...

journal_title：BMC family practice

authors： Mårdby AC,Akerlind I,Hedenrud T

更新日期：2009-05-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Comorbid chronic pain and depression is a challenging dyad of conditions to manage in primary care and reporting has shown to vary by ethnic group. Whether the relationship between depression and chronic pain varies by ethnicity is unclear. This study aims to explore chronic pain and depression reporting acr...

journal_title：BMC family practice

authors： Nicholl BI,Smith DJ,Cullen B,Mackay D,Evans J,Anderson J,Lyall DM,Fawns-Ritchie C,McIntosh AM,Deary IJ,Pell JP,Mair FS

更新日期：2015-10-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Urinary tract infections are one of the most common reasons for prescribing antibiotics in primary care. Current guidelines recommend fosfomycin, nitrofurantoin, or trimethoprim - sulfamethoxazol as empiric first line antimicrobial agents in uncomplicated infections. However, there is evidence that the use o...

journal_title：BMC family practice

authors： Plate A,Kronenberg A,Risch M,Mueller Y,Di Gangi S,Rosemann T,Senn O

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Warfarin is used for the prevention of stroke in chronic atrial fibrillation. The product has a narrow therapeutic index and to obtain treatment success, patients must be maintained within a given therapeutic range (International Normalised Ratio;INR). To ensure a wise allocation of health care resources, sc...

journal_title：BMC family practice

authors： Björholt I,Andersson S,Nilsson GH,Krakau I

更新日期：2007-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:During an influenza epidemic prompt diagnosis of influenza is important. This diagnosis however is still essentially based on the interpretation of symptoms and signs by general practitioners. No single symptom is specific enough to be useful in differentiating influenza from other respiratory infections. Ou...

journal_title：BMC family practice

authors： Michiels B,Thomas I,Van Royen P,Coenen S

更新日期：2011-02-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Families of children with rare diseases (i.e., not more than 5 out of 10,000 people are affected) are often highly burdened with fears, insecurities and concerns regarding the affected child and its siblings. Although families caring for children with rare diseases are known to be at risk for mental disorder...

journal_title：BMC family practice

authors： Boettcher J,Filter B,Denecke J,Hot A,Daubmann A,Zapf A,Wegscheider K,Zeidler J,von der Schulenburg JG,Bullinger M,Rassenhofer M,Schulte-Markwort M,Wiegand-Grefe S

更新日期：2020-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Primary health care systems are designed to provide comprehensive patient care. However, the ICD 9 coding system used for billing purposes in Canada neither characterizes nor captures the scope of clinical practice or complexity of physician-patient interactions. This study aims to describe the content of pr...

journal_title：BMC family practice

authors： Katz A,Halas G,Dillon M,Sloshower J

更新日期：2012-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Multimorbidity is a growing issue and poses a major challenge to health care systems around the world. Multimorbidity is related to ageing but many studies have now shown that it is also socially patterned, being more common and occurring at an earlier age in areas of high socioeconomic deprivation. There is lack of r...

journal_title：BMC family practice

authors： Moffat K,Mercer SW

更新日期：2015-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Switzerland is facing a shortage of primary care physicians (PCPs); government organizations therefore suggested a broad variety of interventions to promote primary care. The aim of the study was to prioritize these interventions according to the acceptance and perceived barriers of most relevant groups of p...

journal_title：BMC family practice

authors： Tandjung R,Djalali S,Hasler S,Scherz N,Rosemann T,Markun S

更新日期：2015-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The QUALICOPC (Quality and Costs of Primary Care in Europe) study aims to evaluate the performance of primary care systems in Europe in terms of quality, equity and costs. The study will provide an answer to the question what strong primary care systems entail and which effects primary care systems have on t...

journal_title：BMC family practice

authors： Schäfer WL,Boerma WG,Kringos DS,De Maeseneer J,Gress S,Heinemann S,Rotar-Pavlic D,Seghieri C,Svab I,Van den Berg MJ,Vainieri M,Westert GP,Willems S,Groenewegen PP

更新日期：2011-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is a high prevalence of potentially inappropriate prescriptions in primary care. This is associated with more frequent adverse events, lower quality of life and more frequent visits to hospital accident & emergency departments. The aim of the present study is to summarise available evidence on the effe...

journal_title：BMC family practice

authors： Olry de Labry Lima A,Marcos Marcos J,Marquina Marquez A,González Vera MLÁ,Matas Hoces A,Bermúdez Tamayo C

更新日期：2020-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Throat pain is a common complaint in the ambulatory setting. Diagnosis of group A Streptococcus is made with a culture, molecular test or a rapid antigen detection test from the tonsils or the posterior pharyngeal wall, while other areas of the oral cavity are considered unacceptable. The purpose of the stud...

journal_title：BMC family practice

authors： Adler L,Parizade M,Koren G,Yehoshua I

更新日期：2020-03-26 00:00:00