Issue 1/2012
Content (129 Articles)
Coding of procedures documented by general practitioners in Swedish primary care-an explorative study using two procedure coding systems
Anna Vikström, Maria Hägglund, Mikael Nyström, Lars-Erik Strender, Sabine Koch, Per Hjerpe, Ulf Lindblad, Gunnar H Nilsson
General practitioners' and practice nurses' views and experience of managing depression in coronary heart disease: a qualitative interview study
Elizabeth A Barley, Paul Walters, André Tylee, Joanna Murray
Predictors of warfarin use in atrial fibrillation in the United States: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Victoria L Baczek, Wendy T Chen, Jeffrey Kluger, Craig I Coleman
The relationship of primary health care use with persistence of insomnia: a prospective cohort study
Richard A Hayward, Kelvin P Jordan, Peter Croft
Describing the content of primary care: limitations of Canadian billing data
Alan Katz, Gayle Halas, Michael Dillon, Jordan Sloshower
What differentiates primary care physicians who predominantly prescribe diuretics for treating mild to moderate hypertension from those who do not? A comparative qualitative study
Christian M Rochefort, Julia Morlec, Robyn M Tamblyn
Dying at home in Belgium: a descriptive GP interview study
Kathleen Leemans, Lieve Van den Block, Johan Bilsen, Joachim Cohen, Nicole Boffin, Luc Deliens
Development of a portfolio of learning for postgraduate family medicine training in South Africa: a Delphi study
Louis Jenkins, Bob Mash, Anselme Derese
General practitioners' experiences with sickness certification: a comparison of survey data from Sweden and Norway
Lee D Winde, Kristina Alexanderson, Benedicte Carlsen, Linnea Kjeldgård, Anna Löfgren Wilteus, Sturla Gjesdal
COPD exacerbations in general practice: variability in oral prednisolone courses
Marianne de Vries, Annette J Berendsen, Henk EP Bosveld, Huib AM Kerstjens, Thys van der Molen
Colorectal cancer risk assessment and screening recommendation: a community survey of healthcare providers' practice from a patient perspective
Ryan J Courtney, Christine L Paul, Robert W Sanson-Fisher, Finlay A Macrae, Mariko L Carey, John Attia, Mark McEvoy
Ageing in general practice (AGP) trial: a cluster randomised trial to examine the effectiveness of peer education on GP diagnostic assessment and management of dementia
Constance D Pond, Henry Brodaty, Nigel P Stocks, Jane Gunn, John Marley, Peter Disler, Parker Magin, Nerida Paterson, Graeme Horton, Susan Goode, Bronwen Paine, Karen E Mate
Standing orders for influenza and pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccination: Correlates identified in a national survey of U.S. Primary care physicians
Steven M Albert, Mary Patricia Nowalk, Michael A Yonas, Richard K Zimmerman, Faruque Ahmed
Patient enablement requires physician empathy: a cross-sectional study of general practice consultations in areas of high and low socioeconomic deprivation in Scotland
Stewart W Mercer, Bhautesh D Jani, Margaret Maxwell, Samuel YS Wong, Graham CM Watt
Incongruous consultation behaviour: results from a UK-wide population survey
Alison M Elliott, Anne McAteer, Philip C Hannaford
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs for the treatment of pain and immobility-associated osteoarthritis: consensus guidance for primary care
Ade Adebajo
Tracking family medicine graduates. Where do they go, what services do they provide and whom do they see?
R Liisa Jaakkimainen, Susan E Schultz, Richard H Glazier, Caroline Abrahams, Sarita Verma
Perceptions of hypertension treatment among patients with and without diabetes
Heymann Anthony, Liora Valinsky, Zucker Inbar, Chodick Gabriel, Shalev Varda
Design choices made by target users for a pay-for-performance program in primary care: an action research approach
Kirsten Kirschner, Jozé Braspenning, JE Annelies Jacobs, Richard Grol
The ideal of biopsychosocial chronic care: How to make it real? A qualitative study among Dutch stakeholders
Anneke van Dijk-de Vries, Albine Moser, Vera-Christina Mertens, Jikke van der Linden, Trudy van der Weijden, Jacques Th. M van Eijk
General practitioners' management of mental disorders: A rewarding practice with considerable obstacles
Marie-Josée Fleury, Armelle Imboua, Denise Aubé, Lambert Farand, Yves Lambert
Mapping the coverage of attributes in validated instruments that evaluate primary healthcare from the patient perspective
Jean-Frédéric Lévesque, Jeannie Haggerty, Gervais Beninguissé, Frederick Burge, David Gass, Marie-Dominique Beaulieu, Raynald Pineault, Darcy Santor, Christine Beaulieu
Monitoring physical functioning as the sixth vital sign: evaluating patient and practice engagement in chronic illness care in a primary care setting--a quasi-experimental design
Julie Richardson, Lori Letts, David Chan, Alexis Officer, Sarah Wojkowski, Doug Oliver, Ainsley Moore, Lisa McCarthy, David Price, Sarah Kinzie
Prophylactic treatment of migraine; the patient's view, a qualitative study
Frans Dekker, Arie Knuistingh Neven, Boukje Andriesse, David Kernick, Ria Reis, Michel D Ferrari, Willem JJ Assendelft
Evaluating a team-based approach to research capacity building using a matched-pairs study design
Libby Holden, Susan Pager, Xanthe Golenko, Robert S Ware, Robyn Weare
Does self monitoring of blood glucose as opposed to urinalysis provide additional benefit in patients newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes receiving structured education? The DESMOND SMBG randomised controlled trial protocol
Helen M Dallosso, Helen C Eborall, Heather Daly, Lorraine Martin-Stacey, Jane Speight, Kathryn Realf, Marian E Carey, Michael J Campbell, Simon Dixon, Kamlesh Khunti, Melanie J Davies, Simon Heller
Family medicine in post-communist Europe needs a boost. Exploring the position of family medicine in healthcare systems of Central and Eastern Europe and Russia
Marek Oleszczyk, Igor Švab, Bohumil Seifert, Anna Krztoń-Królewiecka, Adam Windak
Pharmacist provision of primary health care: a modified Delphi validation of pharmacists' competencies
Natalie Kennie-Kaulbach, Barbara Farrell, Natalie Ward, Sharon Johnston, Ashley Gubbels, Tewodros Eguale, Lisa Dolovich, Derek Jorgenson, Nancy Waite, Nancy Winslade
The relationship between literacy and multimorbidity in a primary care setting
Catherine Hudon, Martin Fortin, Marie-Eve Poitras, José Almirall
A qualitative study on healthcare professionals’ perceived barriers to insulin initiation in a multi-ethnic population
Yew Kong Lee, Ping Yein Lee, Chirk Jenn Ng
Persistent frequent attenders in primary care: costs, reasons for attendance, organisation of care and potential for cognitive behavioural therapeutic intervention
Richard Morriss, Joe Kai, Christopher Atha, Anthony Avery, Sara Bayes, Matthew Franklin, Tracey George, Marilyn James, Samuel Malins, Ruth McDonald, Shireen Patel, Michelle Stubley, Min Yang
Lack of adherence to hypertension treatment guidelines among GPs in southern Sweden-A case report-based survey
Rickard Ekesbo, Patrik Midlöv, Sofia Gerward, Kristin Persson, Christina Nerbrand, Lennart Johansson
Deprescribing medication in very elderly patients with multimorbidity: the view of Dutch GPs. A qualitative study
Jan Schuling, Henkjan Gebben, Leonardus Johannes Gerardus Veehof, Flora Marcia Haaijer-Ruskamp
Barriers to successful recruitment of parents of overweight children for an obesity prevention intervention: a qualitative study among youth health care professionals
Sanne MPL Gerards, Pieter C Dagnelie, Maria WJ Jansen, Nanne K De Vries, Stef PJ Kremers
Primary health services at district level in South Africa: a critique of the primary health care approach
Sunitha Dookie, Shenuka Singh
Diversity and ambivalence in general practitioners’ attitudes towards preventive health checks – a qualitative study
Anne Søndergaard, Bo Christensen, Helle Terkildsen Maindal
Coping with multimorbidity in old age – a qualitative study
Christin Löffler, Hanna Kaduszkiewicz, Carl-Otto Stolzenbach, Waldemar Streich, Angela Fuchs, Hendrik van den Bussche, Friederike Stolper, Attila Altiner
Supporting health behaviour change in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with telephone health-mentoring: insights from a qualitative study
Julia A E Walters, Helen Cameron-Tucker, Helen Courtney-Pratt, Mark Nelson, Andrew Robinson, Jenn Scott, Paul Turner, E Haydn Walters, Richard Wood-Baker
Chronically ill Canadians’ experiences of being unattached to a family doctor: a qualitative study of marginalized patients in British Columbia
Valorie A Crooks, Gina Agarwal, Angela Harrison
Quality of life among caregivers of patients with schizophrenia: a cross-cultural comparison of Chilean and French families
Laurent Boyer, Alejandra Caqueo-Urízar, Raphaelle Richieri, Christophe Lancon, José Gutiérrez-Maldonado, Pascal Auquier
A cross-sectional study assessing the self-reported weight loss strategies used by adult Australian general practice patients
Sze Lin Yoong, Mariko Leanne Carey, Robert William Sanson-Fisher, Catherine D’Este
Maximising harm reduction in early specialty training for general practice: validation of a safety checklist
Paul Bowie, John McKay, Moya Kelly
What challenges hamper Kenyan family physicians in pursuing their family medicine mandate? A qualitative study among family physicians and their colleagues
Chiel TM van der Voort, Geraldine van Kasteren, Patrick Chege, Geert-Jan Dinant
GPs´ decision-making - perceiving the patient as a person or a disease
Malin André, Annika Andén, Lars Borgquist, Carl Edvard Rudebeck
Swedish Child Health Care nurses conceptions of overweight in children: a qualitative study
Gabriella E Isma, Ann-Cathrine Bramhagen, Gerd Ahlstrom, Margareta Östman, Anna-Karin Dykes
Mediators between bereavement and somatic symptoms
Barna Konkolÿ Thege, János Pilling, Zoltán Cserháti, Maria S Koppˆ
Antibiotic prescribing in primary care, adherence to guidelines and unnecessary prescribing - an Irish perspective
Marion Murphy, Colin P Bradley, Stephen Byrne
The patient’s voice: an exploratory study of the impact of a group self-management support program
Sharon Johnston, Hannah Irving, Karina Mill, Margo S Rowan, Clare Liddy
Emerging organisational models of primary healthcare and unmet needs for care: insights from a population-based survey in Quebec province
Jean-Frédéric Levesque, Raynald Pineault, Marjolaine Hamel, Danièle Roberge, Costas Kapetanakis, Brigitte Simard, Alexandre Prud’homme
Medical student attitudes towards family medicine in Spain: a statewide analysis
Amando Martín Zurro, Josep Jiménez Villa, Antonio Monreal Hijar, Xavier Mundet Tuduri, Ángel Otero Puime, Pablo Alonso-Coello
Chronic care management in Danish general practice - a cross‒sectional study of workload and multimorbidity
Grete Moth, Mogens Vestergaard, Peter Vedsted
Experiences of care planning in England: interviews with patients with long term conditions
Jenny Newbould, Jenni Burt, Peter Bower, Tom Blakeman, Anne Kennedy, Anne Rogers, Martin Roland
Determinants of (sustained) overweight and complaints in children and adolescents in primary care: the DOERAK cohort study design
Winifred D Paulis, Marienke van Middelkoop, Herman Bueving, Pim A J Luijsterburg, Johannes C van der Wouden, Bart W Koes
An evolving perspective on physical activity counselling by medical professionals
Steven McPhail, Mandy Schippers
How patients understand depression associated with chronic physical disease – a systematic review
Sarah L Alderson, Robbie Foy, Liz Glidewell, Kate McLintock, Allan House
Improving attendance for cardiovascular risk assessment in Australian general practice: an RCT of a monetary incentive for patients
Nigel Stocks, James Allan, Oliver Frank, Sue Williams, Philip Ryan
"A powerful intervention: general practitioners'; use of sickness certification in depression"
Sara Macdonald, Margaret Maxwell, Philip Wilson, Michael Smith, Will Whittaker, Matt Sutton, Jill Morrison
Enhancing field GP engagement in hospital-based studies. Rationale, design, main results and participation in the diagest 3-GP motivation study
Christophe Berkhout, Marie Vandaele-Bétancourt, Stéphane Robert, Solène Lespinasse, Gamil Mitha, Quentin Bradier, Anne Vambergue, Pierre Fontaine
Walking away from type 2 diabetes: trial protocol of a cluster randomised controlled trial evaluating a structured education programme in those at high risk of developing type 2 diabetes
Thomas Yates, Melanie J Davies, Joe Henson, Jacqui Troughton, Charlotte Edwardson, Laura J Gray, Kamlesh Khunti
A systematic review of interventions in primary care to improve health literacy for chronic disease behavioral risk factors
Jane Taggart, Anna Williams, Sarah Dennis, Anthony Newall, Tim Shortus, Nicholas Zwar, Elizabeth Denney-Wilson, Mark F Harris
Development and validation of a clinical prediction rule for chest wall syndrome in primary care
Alexandre Ronga, Paul Vaucher, Jörg Haasenritter, Norbert Donner-Banzhoff, Stefan Bösner, François Verdon, Thomas Bischoff, Bernard Burnand, Bernard Favrat, Lilli Herzig
Implementation of a lifestyle intervention for type 2 diabetes prevention in Dutch primary care: opportunities for intervention delivery
Paulina WA Vermunt, Ivon EJ Milder, Frits Wielaard, Caroline A Baan, Jos DM Schelfhout, Gert P Westert, Hans AM van Oers
General practitioner provision of preventive child health care: analysis of routine consultation data
Rachael Wood, Philip Wilson
Diagnostic accuracy of the STRATIFY clinical prediction rule for falls: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Jennifer Billington, Tom Fahey, Rose Galvin
Patients’ views on changes in doctor-patient communication between 1982 and 2001: a mixed-methods study
Ligaya Butalid, Peter F M Verhaak, Hennie R Boeije, Jozien M Bensing
“Prescribing sunshine”: a national, cross-sectional survey of 1,089 New Zealand general practitioners regarding their sun exposure and vitamin D perceptions, and advice provided to patients
Anthony Ivor Reeder, Janet Ann Jopson, Andrew Robert Gray
Quality standards for child and adolescent mental health in primary care
Kapil Sayal, Myanthi Amarasinghe, Sarah Robotham, Caroline Coope, Mark Ashworth, Crispin Day, Andre Tylee, Emily Simonoff
Excess of health care use in general practice and of comorbid chronic conditions in cancer patients compared to controls
Lea Jabaaij, Marjan van den Akker, François G Schellevis
Comparative effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia: a systematic review
Matthew D Mitchell, Philip Gehrman, Michael Perlis, Craig A Umscheid
Stool submission by general practitioners in SW England - when, why and how? A qualitative study
Cliodna AM McNulty, Gemma Lasseter, Katie Newby, Puja Joshi, Harry Yoxall, Kalyanaraman Kumaran, Sarah J O’Brien, Mark Evans
Qualitative evaluation of a local coronary heart disease treatment pathway: practical implications and theoretical framework
Lena Kramer, Kathrin Schlößler, Susanne Träger, Norbert Donner-Banzhoff
The development of general practice as an academic discipline in Germany - an analysis of research output between 2000 and 2010
Antonius Schneider, Nadine Großmann, Klaus Linde
Feeling labeled, judged, lectured, and rejected by family and friends over depression: Cautionary results for primary care clinicians from a multi-centered, qualitative study
Erik Fernandez y Garcia, Paul Duberstein, Debora A Paterniti, Camille S Cipri, Richard L Kravitz, Ronald M Epstein
An explanatory randomised controlled trial of a nurse-led, consultation-based intervention to support patients with adherence to taking glucose lowering medication for type 2 diabetes
Andrew Farmer, Wendy Hardeman, Dyfrig Hughes, A Toby Prevost, Youngsuk Kim, Anthea Craven, Jason Oke, Sue Boase, Mary Selwood, Ian Kellar, Jonathan Graffy, Simon Griffin, Stephen Sutton, Ann-Louise Kinmonth
Patient perceptions of innovative longitudinal integrated clerkships based in regional, rural and remote primary care: a qualitative study
Judith N Hudson, Patricia J Knight, Kathryn M Weston
The effectiveness of Nurse Practitioners working at a GP cooperative: a study protocol
Nancy Wijers, Lisette Schoonhoven, Paul Giesen, Hubertus Vrijhoef, Regi van der Burgt, Joke Mintjes, Michel Wensing, Miranda Laurant
Randomized controlled trial on cardiovascular risk management by practice nurses supported by self-monitoring in primary care
Ans H Tiessen, Andries J Smit, Jan Broer, Klaas H Groenier, Klaas van der Meer
Study protocol: The registrar clinical encounters in training (ReCEnT) study
Simon Morgan, Parker J Magin, Kim M Henderson, Susan M Goode, John Scott, Steven J Bowe, Catherine M Regan, Kevin P Sweeney, Julian Jackel, Mieke L van Driel
Understanding rational non-adherence to medications. A discrete choice experiment in a community sample in Australia
Tracey-Lea Laba, Jo-anne Brien, Stephen Jan
Effectiveness of a cognitive behavioral intervention in patients with medically unexplained symptoms: cluster randomized trial
Alberto López-García-Franco, Mª Isabel del-Cura-González, Luis Caballero-Martinez, Teresa Sanz-Cuesta, Marta Isabel Díaz-García, Mª Teresa Rodriguez-Monje, Marcela Chahua, Inmaculada Muñoz-Sanchez, Dolores Serrano-González, Teresa Rollán-Llanderas, Esther Nieto-Blanco, Liliana Losada-Cucco, Fernando Caballero-Martínez, Nuria Sanz-García, Belén Pose-García, Montserrat Jurado-Sueiro, Manuela Luque Rey, Francisca García de Blas González, Mª Angeles Miguel Abanto, Teresa Sanz Bayona, Rafaela Ayllón-Camargo, Inmaculada Santamaría Lopez, María Luisa Santiago Hernando, Rosario Beltran-Alvarez, Ana Isabel Aguilar-Gutierrez, Jose Luis Mota-Rodriguez, Rafaél Cosculluela-Pueyo, Teresa López-Martín-Aragón, Rosa Bonilla-Sanchez, Mª Carmen Aritieda-González-Granda, Raquel Razola-Rincón, Mª Angeles Sanchez-de-la-Ventana, Concepción Martinez-Guinea, Luis Huerta-Galindo, Ana Belén Barrio-Ovalle, Susana Miguel-Martín, Paz Portero-Fraile, Higinio Pensado-Freire, Mª Luisa Herrera-Garcia, Amaya Azcoaga-Lorenzo, Inés Gómez-García, Nuria Llamas-Sandino, Isabel López-Borja, Hortensia Maldonado-Castro, Patricia Lumbreras-Villarán, Carlos Ascanio-Durán
Which providers can bridge the health literacy gap in lifestyle risk factor modification education: a systematic review and narrative synthesis
Sarah Dennis, Anna Williams, Jane Taggart, Anthony Newall, Elizabeth Denney-Wilson, Nicholas Zwar, Tim Shortus, Mark F Harris
Pressure during decision making of continuous sedation in end-of-life situations in Dutch general practice
Marco H Blanker, Marlies Koerhuis-Roessink, Siebe J Swart, Wouter WA Zuurmond, Agnes van der Heide, Roberto SGM Perez, Judith AC Rietjens
Medication documentation in a primary care network serving North Carolina medicaid patients: results of a cross-sectional chart review
Matthew D Olson, Gretchen L Tong, Beat D Steiner, Anthony J Viera, Evan Ashkin, Warren P Newton
Heart failure patients’ experiences with continuity of care and its relation to medication adherence: a cross-sectional study
Annemarie A Uijen, Marije Bosch, Wil JHM van den Bosch, Hans Bor, Michel Wensing, Henk J Schers
General practice training and virtual communities of practice - a review of the literature
Stephen Barnett, Sandra C Jones, Sue Bennett, Don Iverson, Andrew Bonney
End-of-life hospital referrals by out-of-hours general practitioners: a retrospective chart study
Maria C De Korte-Verhoef, H Roeline W Pasman, Bart PM Schweitzer, Anneke L Francke, Bregje D Onwuteaka-Philipsen, Luc Deliens
How to improve drug dosing for patients with renal impairment in primary care - a cluster-randomized controlled trial
Antje Erler, Martin Beyer, Juliana J Petersen, Kristina Saal, Thomas Rath, Justine Rochon, Walter E Haefeli, Ferdinand M Gerlach
General practitioners’ views on quality markers for children in UK primary care: a qualitative study
Peter J Gill, Jenny Hislop, David Mant, Anthony Harnden
What determines the income gap between French male and female GPs - the role of medical practices
Magali Dumontet, Marc Le Vaillant, Carine Franc
Cardiovascular risk management in patients with coronary heart disease in primary care: variation across countries and practices. An observational study based on quality indicators
Jan van Lieshout, Richard Grol, Stephen Campbell, Hector Falcoff, Eva Frigola Capell, Mathias Glehr, Margalit Goldfracht, Esko Kumpusalo, Beat Künzi, Sabine Ludt, Davorina Petek, Veerle Vanderstighelen, Michel Wensing
Cost-effectiveness of problem-solving treatment in comparison with usual care for primary care patients with mental health problems: a randomized trial
Judith E Bosmans, Bettine Schreuders, Harm WJ van Marwijk, Jan H Smit, Patricia van Oppen, Maurits W van Tulder
Staff perceptions of addressing lifestyle in primary health care: a qualitative evaluation 2 years after the introduction of a lifestyle intervention tool
Siw Carlfjord, Malou Lindberg, Agneta Andersson
Automated bolus advisor control and usability study (ABACUS): does use of an insulin bolus advisor improve glycaemic control in patients failing multiple daily insulin injection (MDI) therapy? [NCT01460446]
David A Cavan, Ralph Ziegler, Iain Cranston, Katharine Barnard, Jacqueline Ryder, Claudia Vogel, Christopher G Parkin, Walter Koehler, Iris Vesper, Bettina Petersen, Robin S Wagner
A cross-validation of the provisional diagnostic instrument (PDI-4)
Douglas E Faries, John P Houston, Ellen M Sulcs, Ralph W Swindle
Challenges in the care for consanguineous couples: an exploratory interview study among general practitioners and midwives
Marieke E Teeuw, Anouk Hagelaar, Leo P ten Kate, Martina C Cornel, Lidewij Henneman
The CareWell-primary care program: design of a cluster controlled trial and process evaluation of a complex intervention targeting community-dwelling frail elderly
Franca GH Ruikes, Antoinette RM Meys, Gijs van de Wetering, Reinier P Akkermans, Betsie GI van Gaal, Sytse U Zuidema, Henk J Schers, Theo van Achterberg, Raymond TCM Koopmans
Choosing to biopsy or refer suspicious melanocytic lesions in general practice
Sean Robison, Marjan Kljakovic, Peter Barry
The disappearance of the “revolving door” patient in Scottish general practice: successful policies
Andrea E Williamson, Paul CD Johnson, Kenneth Mullen, Philip Wilson
Prostate specific antigen testing policy worldwide varies greatly and seems not to be in accordance with guidelines: a systematic review
Saskia Van der Meer, Sabine AM Löwik, Willem H Hirdes, Rien M Nijman, Klaas Van der Meer, Josette EHM Hoekstra-Weebers, Marco H Blanker
The effect of problem-based learning in patient education after an event of CORONARY heart disease – a randomised study in PRIMARY health care: design and methodology of the COR-PRIM study
Anita Kärner, Staffan Nilsson, Tiny Jaarsma, Agneta Andersson, Ann-Britt Wiréhn, Peter Wodlin, Lisa Hjelmfors, Pia Tingström
Is the Scale for Measuring Motivational Interviewing Skills a valid and reliable instrument for measuring the primary care professionals motivational skills?: EVEM study protocol
Luis Á Pérula, Manuel Campiñez, Josep M Bosch, Nieves Barragán Brun, Juan C Arboniés, Julia Bóveda Fontán, Remedios Martín Alvarez, Jose A Prados, Enrique Martín-Rioboó, Josep Massons, Margarita Criado, José Á Fernández, Juan M Parras, Roger Ruiz-Moral, Jesús Manuel Novo
Setting priorities in primary health care - on whose conditions? A questionnaire study
Eva Arvidsson, Malin André, Lars Borgquist, David Andersson, Per Carlsson
General practitioners’ views on the acceptability and applicability of a web-based intervention to reduce antibiotic prescribing for acute cough in multiple European countries: a qualitative study prior to a randomised trial
Sibyl Anthierens, Sarah Tonkin-Crine, Elaine Douglas, Patricia Fernandez-Vandellos, Jaroslaw Krawczyk, Carl Llor, Jochen WL Cals, Nick A Francis, Lucy Yardley, Samuel Coenen, Theo Verheij, Herman Goossens, Paul Little
Cultures of risk and their influence on birth in rural British Columbia
Jude Kornelsen, Stefan Grzybowski
Discontinuation of reimbursement of benzodiazepines in the Netherlands: does it make a difference?
Boudewijn J Kollen, Willem Jan van der Veen, Feikje Groenhof, Gé A Donker, Klaas van der Meer
Self-reported rather than registered cancer is associated with psychosocial strain
Sonja Korpimäki, Markku Sumanen, Sakari Suominen, Kari Mattila
The impact of a disease management program (COACH) on the attainment of better cardiovascular risk control in dyslipidaemic patients at primary care centres (The DISSEMINATE Study): a randomised controlled trial
Francis Jude Selvaraj, Mafauzy Mohamed, Khairani Omar, Sudha Nanthan, Zainab Kusiar, Selvaraj Y Subramaniam, Norsiah Ali, Kamalakaran Karanakaran, Fauziah Ahmad, Wilson H Low
Feasibility and effectiveness of the implementation of a primary prevention programme for type 2 diabetes in routine primary care practice: a phase IV cluster randomised clinical trial
Alvaro Sanchez, Carmen Silvestre, Regina Sauto, Catalina Martínez, Gonzalo Grandes
The UPBEAT depression and coronary heart disease programme: using the UK medical research council framework to design a nurse-led complex intervention for use in primary care
Elizabeth A Barley, Mark Haddad, Rosemary Simmonds, Zoe Fortune, Paul Walters, Joanna Murray, Diana Rose, André Tylee
Innovation in patient-centered care: lessons from a qualitative study of innovative health care organizations in Washington State
Peter Reed, Douglas A Conrad, Susan E Hernandez, Carolyn Watts, Miriam Marcus-Smith
Self-management experiences among men and women with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a qualitative analysis
Rebecca Mathew, Enza Gucciardi, Margaret De Melo, Paula Barata
Can GPs working in secure environments in England re-license using the Royal College of General Practitioners revalidation proposals?
Jane Coomber, Rodger Charlton, Jill E Thistlethwaite, Liz England
Coronary heart disease in primary care: accuracy of medical history and physical findings in patients with chest pain – a study protocol for a systematic review with individual patient data
Jörg Haasenritter, Marc Aerts, Stefan Bösner, Frank Buntinx, Bernard Burnand, Lilli Herzig, J André Knottnerus, Girma Minalu, Staffan Nilsson, Walter Renier, Carol Sox, Harold Sox, Norbert Donner-Banzhoff
Converting habits of antibiotic prescribing for respiratory tract infections in German primary care – the cluster-randomized controlled CHANGE-2 trial
Attila Altiner, Reinhard Berner, Annette Diener, Gregor Feldmeier, Anna Köchling, Christin Löffler, Helmut Schröder, Achim Siegel, Anja Wollny, Winfried V Kern
In search of attachment: a qualitative study of chronically ill women transitioning between family physicians in rural Ontario, Canada
Ellen Randall, Valorie A Crooks, Laurie J Goldsmith
Where have all the GPs gone – where will they go? Study of Finnish GPs
Markku Sumanen, Tiina Aine, Hannu Halila, Teppo Heikkilä, Harri Hyppölä, Santero Kujala, Jukka Vänskä, Irma Virjo, Kari Mattila
Primary health care contribution to improve health outcomes in Bogota-Colombia: a longitudinal ecological analysis
Paola A Mosquera, Jinneth Hernández, Román Vega, Jorge Martínez, Ronald Labonte, David Sanders, Miguel San Sebastián
Age- and gender-related prevalence of multimorbidity in primary care: the swiss fire project
Alessandro Rizza, Vladimir Kaplan, Oliver Senn, Thomas Rosemann, Heinz Bhend, Ryan Tandjung
A pilot study evaluating alternative approaches of academic detailing in rural family practice clinics
Daniel M Hartung, Ann Hamer, Luke Middleton, Dean Haxby, Lyle J Fagnan
Activating GENeral practitioners dialogue with patients on their Agenda (MultiCare AGENDA) study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial
Attila Altiner, Ingmar Schäfer, Christine Mellert, Christin Löffler, Achim Mortsiefer, Annette Ernst, Carl-Otto Stolzenbach, Birgitt Wiese, Martin Scherer, Hendrik van den Bussche, Hanna Kaduszkiewicz
Effectiveness of a group diabetes education programme in underserved communities in South Africa: pragmatic cluster randomized control trial
Bob Mash, Naomi Levitt, Krisela Steyn, Merrick Zwarenstein, Stephen Rollnick
Knowledge assessment of trainees and trainers in general practice in a neighboring country. Making a case for international collaboration
Roy Remmen, Johan Wens, Annelies Damen, Herman Duesman, Veronique Verhoeven
Access to primary health care for immigrants: results of a patient survey conducted in 137 primary care practices in Ontario, Canada
Elizabeth Muggah, Simone Dahrouge, William Hogg
Cardiovascular screening in general practice in a low SES area
Ans H Tiessen, Andries J Smit, Sebes Zevenhuizen, Edwin M Spithoven, Klaas Van der Meer
Medical errors in primary care clinics – a cross sectional study
Ee Ming Khoo, Wai Khew Lee, Sondi Sararaks, Azah Abdul Samad, Su May Liew, Ai Theng Cheong, Mohd Yusof Ibrahim, Sebrina HC Su, Ainul Nadziha Mohd Hanafiah, Kalsom Maskon, Rohana Ismail, Maimunah A Hamid
Developing resources to support the diagnosis and management of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalitis (CFS/ME) in primary care: a qualitative study
Kerin Hannon, Sarah Peters, Louise Fisher, Lisa Riste, Alison Wearden, Karina Lovell, Pam Turner, Yvonne Leech, Carolyn Chew-Graham
Evaluation of the quality of care of a multi-disciplinary risk factor assessment and management programme (RAMP) for diabetic patients
Colman SC Fung, Weng Yee Chin, Daisy SK Dai, Ruby LP Kwok, Eva LH Tsui, Yuk Fai Wan, Wendy Wong, Carlos KH Wong, Daniel YT Fong, Cindy LK Lam
Opportunistic detection of atrial fibrillation in subjects aged 65 years or older in primare care: a randomised clinical trial of efficacy. DOFA-AP study protocol
LuisÁ Pérula-de-Torres, MiguelÁ Martínez-Adell, Virginia González-Blanco, José M Baena-Díez, Enrique Martín-Rioboó, Juan M Parras-Rejano, Jesús González-Lama, Remedios Martín-Alvarez, Roger Ruiz-Moral, JoséÁ Fernández-García, Modesto Pérez-Díaz, Joaquin Ruiz-de-Castroviejo, Carlos Pérula-de-Torres, Antonio Valero-Martín, Ana Roldán-Villalobos, Margarita Criado-Larumbe, Emili Burdoy-Joaquín, Montserrat Coma-Solé, Mercè Cervera-León, Lluís Cuixart-Costa
Improvement of primary health care of patients with poorly regulated diabetes mellitus type 2 using shared decision-making – the DEBATE trial
Eva Drewelow, Anja Wollny, Michael Pentzek, Janine Immecke, Sarah Lambrecht, Stefan Wilm, Iris Schluckebier, Susanne Löscher, Karl Wegscheider, Attila Altiner