Issue 1/2014
Content (212 Articles)
Primary health care staff’s opinions about changing routines in practice: a cross-sectional study
Siw Carlfjord, Karin Festin
Attitudes towards prescribing cognitive enhancers among primary care physicians in Germany
Andreas G Franke, Carolin Papenburg, Elena Schotten, Peter B Reiner, Klaus Lieb
Stepped care for depression is easy to recommend, but harder to implement: results of an explorative study within primary care in the Netherlands
Marleen LM Hermens, Anna Muntingh, Gerdien Franx, Peter T van Splunteren, Jasper Nuyen
Association between socio-economic status and hemoglobin A1c levels in a Canadian primary care adult population without diabetes
Babak Aliarzadeh, Michelle Greiver, Rahim Moineddin, Christopher Meaney, David White, Ambreen Moazzam, Kieran M Moore, Paul Belanger
Reducing drug related deaths: a pre-implementation assessment of knowledge,barriers and enablers for naloxone distribution through general practice
Catriona Matheson, Christiane Pflanz-Sinclair, Lorna Aucott, Philip Wilson, Richard Watson, Stephen Malloy, Elinor Dickie, Andrew McAuley
Measuring the ambiguity tolerance of medical students: a cross-sectional study from the first to sixth academic years
Anne Weissenstein, Sandra Ligges, Britta Brouwer, Bernhard Marschall, Hendrik Friederichs
Are lower urinary tract symptoms in men associated with cardiovascular diseases in a primary care population: a registry study
Inge I Bouwman, Boudewijn J Kollen, Klaas van der Meer, Rien JM Nijman, Wouter K van der Heide
Physical activity assessment in practice: a mixed methods study of GPPAQ use in primary care
Neil Heron, Mark A Tully, Michelle C McKinley, Margaret E Cupples
Practice nurse involvement in primary care depression management: an observational cost-effectiveness analysis
Jodi Gray, Hossein Haji Ali Afzali, Justin Beilby, Christine Holton, David Banham, Jonathan Karnon
Annual acknowledgement of manuscript reviewers
Magdalena Morawska
A qualitative comparison of primary care clinicians’ and their patients’ perspectives on achieving depression care: implications for improving outcomes
Robert D Keeley, David R West, Brandon Tutt, Paul A Nutting
PaTz groups for primary palliative care: reinventing cooperation between general practitioners and district nurses in palliative care: an evaluation study combining data from focus groups and a questionnaire
Annicka GM van der Plas, Martijn Hagens, H Roeline W Pasman, Bart Schweitzer, Marij Duijsters, Bregje D Onwuteaka-Philipsen
Roles and relationships between health professionals involved in insulin initiation for people with type 2 diabetes in the general practice setting: a qualitative study drawing on relational coordination theory
Jo-Anne Manski-Nankervis, John Furler, Irene Blackberry, Doris Young, David O’Neal, Elizabeth Patterson
Waiting to see the specialist: patient and provider characteristics of wait times from primary to specialty care
Liisa Jaakkimainen, Richard Glazier, Jan Barnsley, Erin Salkeld, Hong Lu, Karen Tu
To be or not to be empathic: the combined role of empathic concern and perspective taking in understanding burnout in general practice
Martin Lamothe, Emilie Boujut, Franck Zenasni, Serge Sultan
A qualitative study of CVD management and dietary changes: problems of ‘too much’ and ‘contradictory’ information
Samantha B Meyer, John Coveney, Paul R Ward
Development of the PRE-HIT instrument: patient readiness to engage in health information technology
Richelle J Koopman, Gregory F Petroski, Shannon M Canfield, Julie A Stuppy, David R Mehr
Nurse-led telecoaching of people with type 2 diabetes in primary care: rationale, design and baseline data of a randomized controlled trial
Irina Odnoletkova, Geert Goderis, Frank Nobels, Bert Aertgeerts, Lieven Annemans, Dirk Ramaekers
An education programme to increase general practitioners’ awareness of their patients’ employment: design of a cluster randomised controlled trial
Kees A de Kock, Romy Steenbeek, Peter C Buijs, Peter LBJ Lucassen, J André Knottnerus, Antoine LM Lagro-Janssen
Smoking cessation advice recorded during pregnancy in United Kingdom primary care
Bethany Hardy, Lisa Szatkowski, Laila J Tata, Tim Coleman, Nafeesa N Dhalwani
Skin lesions suspected of malignancy: an increasing burden on general practice
Cecile JL Koelink, Boudewijn J Kollen, Feikje Groenhof, Klaas van der Meer, Wouter K van der Heide
Understanding “revolving door” patients in general practice: a qualitative study
Andrea E Williamson, Kenneth Mullen, Philip Wilson
Primary care quality improvement from a practice facilitator’s perspective
Clare E Liddy, Valeriya Blazhko, Molly Dingwall, Jatinderpreet Singh, William E Hogg
What is the impact of primary care model type on specialist referral rates? A cross-sectional study
Clare Liddy, Jatinderpreet Singh, Ryan Kelly, Simone Dahrouge, Monica Taljaard, Jamie Younger
Cost-effectiveness of a programme of screening and brief interventions for alcohol in primary care in Italy
Colin Angus, Emanuele Scafato, Silvia Ghirini, Aleksandra Torbica, Francesca Ferre, Pierluigi Struzzo, Robin Purshouse, Alan Brennan
"Seeing a doctor is just like having a date": a qualitative study on doctor shopping among overactive bladder patients in Hong Kong
Judy Yuen-man Siu
Detection and management of depression in adult primary care patients in Hong Kong: a cross-sectional survey conducted by a primary care practice-based research network
Weng Yee Chin, Kit TY Chan, Cindy LK Lam, Samuel YS Wong, Daniel YT Fong, Yvonne YC Lo, Tai Pong Lam, Billy CF Chiu
Quality of family history collection with use of a patient facing family history assessment tool
R Ryanne Wu, Tiffany L Himmel, Adam H Buchanan, Karen P Powell, Elizabeth R Hauser, Geoffrey S Ginsburg, Vincent C Henrich, Lori A Orlando
Triggering change in diabetes care delivery in general practice: a qualitative evaluation approach using the clinical microsystem framework
Tina Janamian, Lisa J Crossland, Claire Jackson, Jenny Morcom
Irrational prescribing of over-the-counter (OTC) medicines in general practice: testing the feasibility of an educational intervention among physicians in five European countries
Christos Lionis, Elena Petelos, Sue Shea, Georgia Bagiartaki, Ioanna G Tsiligianni, Apostolos Kamekis, Vasiliki Tsiantou, Maria Papadakaki, Athina Tatsioni, Joanna Moschandreas, Aristoula Saridaki, Antonios Bertsias, Tomas Faresjö, Åshild Faresjö, Luc Martinez, Dominic Agius, Yesim Uncu, George Samoutis, Jiri Vlcek, Abobakr Abasaeed, Bodossakis Merkouris
Health care professionals’ perceptions towards lifelong learning in palliative care for general practitioners: a focus group study
Peter Pype, Linda Symons, Johan Wens, Bart Van den Eynden, Ann Stes, Myriam Deveugele
Patients understanding of depression associated with chronic physical illness: a qualitative study
Sarah L Alderson, Robbie Foy, Liz Glidewell, Allan O House
Family medicine model in Turkey: a qualitative assessment from the perspectives of primary care workers
Zeliha Asli Öcek, Meltem Çiçeklioğlu, Ummahan Yücel, Raziye Özdemir
Care for post-stroke patients at Malaysian public health centres: self-reported practices of family medicine specialists
Aznida F Abdul Aziz, Nor Azlin Mohd Nordin, Noor Abd Aziz, Suhazeli Abdullah, Saperi Sulong, Syed M Aljunid
Agreement between self-reported and general practitioner-reported chronic conditions among multimorbid patients in primary care - results of the MultiCare Cohort Study
Heike Hansen, Ingmar Schäfer, Gerhard Schön, Steffi Riedel-Heller, Jochen Gensichen, Siegfried Weyerer, Juliana J Petersen, Hans-Helmut König, Horst Bickel, Angela Fuchs, Susanne Höfels, Birgitt Wiese, Karl Wegscheider, Hendrik van den Bussche, Martin Scherer
The value of prostate cancer support groups: a pilot study of primary physicians’ perspectives
Bernard M Garrett, John L Oliffe, Joan L Bottorff, Michael McKenzie, Christina S Han, John S Ogrodniczuk
Stories and metaphors in the sensemaking of multiple primary health care organizational identities
Charo Rodríguez, Emmanuelle Bélanger
Overcoming the barriers to the diagnosis and management of chronic fatigue syndrome/ME in primary care: a meta synthesis of qualitative studies
Kerin Bayliss, Mark Goodall, Anna Chisholm, Beth Fordham, Carolyn Chew-Graham, Lisa Riste, Louise Fisher, Karina Lovell, Sarah Peters, Alison Wearden
Prescriber variation in potentially inappropriate prescribing in older populations in Ireland
Caitriona Cahir, Tom Fahey, Conor Teljeur, Kathleen Bennett
Alignment of patient and primary care practice member perspectives of chronic illness care: a cross-sectional analysis
Polly H Noël, Michael L Parchman, Ray F Palmer, Raquel L Romero, Luci K Leykum, Holly J Lanham, John E Zeber, Krista W Bowers
Efficacy of Ambroxol lozenges for pharyngitis: a meta-analysis
Jean-François Chenot, Peter Weber, Tim Friede
General practitioner prescribing of single and combination nicotine replacement therapy in the UK: a retrospective database study
Michelle Johnson, Pippa Anderson, Ian Lockhart
The evolution of nursing in Australian general practice: a comparative analysis of workforce surveys ten years on
Elizabeth J Halcomb, Yenna Salamonson, Patricia M Davidson, Rajneesh Kaur, Samantha AM Young
Medication prescribing for asthma and COPD: a register-based cross-sectional study in Swedish primary care
Paolina Weidinger, J Lars G Nilsson, Ulf Lindblad
Finding a BETTER way: A qualitative study exploring the prevention practitioner intervention to improve chronic disease prevention and screening in family practice
Donna Patricia Manca, Michelle Greiver, June C Carroll, Ginetta Salvalaggio, Andrew Cave, Jess Rogers, James Pencharz, Carolina Aguilar, Rebekah Barrett, Shelley Bible, Eva Grunfeld
Health coaching in primary care: a feasibility model for diabetes care
Clare Liddy, Sharon Johnston, Kate Nash, Natalie Ward, Hannah Irving
Depressive mood mediates the influence of social support on health-related quality of life in elderly, multimorbid patients
Felix S Wicke, Corina Güthlin, Karola Mergenthal, Jochen Gensichen, Christin Löffler, Horst Bickel, Wolfgang Maier, Steffi G Riedel-Heller, Siegfried Weyerer, Birgitt Wiese, Hans-Helmut König, Gerhard Schön, Heike Hansen, Hendrik van den Bussche, Martin Scherer, Anne Dahlhaus
How communication affects prescription decisions in consultations for acute illness in children: a systematic review and meta-ethnography
Christie Cabral, Jeremy Horwood, Alastair D Hay, Patricia J Lucas
The safe implementation of a prison-based methadone maintenance programme: 7 year time-series analysis of primary care prescribing data
Nat MJ Wright, Charlotte French, Victoria Allgar
A Lacanian view on Balint group meetings: a qualitative analysis of two case presentations
Kaatje Van Roy, Stijn Vanheule, Virginie Debaere, Ruth Inslegers, Reitske Meganck, Julie Deganck
General practitioner teachers’ job satisfaction and their medical students' wish to join the field – a correlational study
Damian Notker Meli, Angie Ng, Sarah Singer, Peter Frey, Mireille Schaufelberger
Management of chest pain: a prospective study from Norwegian out-of-hours primary care
Robert Anders Burman, Erik Zakariassen, Steinar Hunskaar
Intervention to improve social and family support for caregivers of dependent patients: ICIAS study protocol
Magdalena Rosell-Murphy, Josep Mª Bonet-Simó, Esther Baena, Gemma Prieto, Eva Bellerino, Francesc Solé, Montserrat Rubio, Ilona Krier, Pascuala Torres, Sonia Mimoso
Unmet needs of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): a qualitative study on patients and doctors
Stalia SL Wong, Nurdiana Abdullah, Adina Abdullah, Su-May Liew, Siew-Mooi Ching, Ee-Ming Khoo, Moyez Jiwa, Yook-Chin Chia
Comparison of patient experiences of the osteoarthritis consultation with GP attitudes and beliefs to OA: a narrative review
Zoe Paskins, Tom Sanders, Andrew B Hassell
Awareness, agreement, adoption and adherence to type 2 diabetes mellitus guidelines: a survey of Indonesian primary care physicians
Indah S Widyahening, Yolanda van der Graaf, Pradana Soewondo, Paul Glasziou, Geert JMG van der Heijden
Current utility of the ankle-brachial index (ABI) in general practice: implications for its use in cardiovascular disease screening
Jane H Davies, Joyce Kenkre, E Mark Williams
GPs’ role security and therapeutic commitment in managing alcohol problems: a randomised controlled trial of a tailored improvement programme
Myrna Keurhorst, Ivonne van Beurden, Peter Anderson, Maud Heinen, Reinier Akkermans, Michel Wensing, Miranda Laurant
Aiming to improve the quality of primary mental health care: developing an intervention for underserved communities
Carolyn Chew-Graham, Heather Burroughs, Derek Hibbert, Linda Gask, Susan Beatty, Katja Gravenhorst, Waquas Waheed, Marija Kovandžić, Mark Gabbay, Chris Dowrick
Under the radar: a cross-sectional study of the challenge of identifying at-risk alcohol consumption in the general practice setting
Christine Paul, Sze Lin Yoong, Rob Sanson-Fisher, Mariko Carey, Grant Russell, Meredith Makeham
Primary care referrals of patients with potentially serious diseases to the emergency department or a quick diagnosis unit: a cross-sectional retrospective study
Xavier Bosch, Ona Escoda, David Nicolás, Emmanuel Coloma, Sara Fernández, Antonio Coca, Alfonso López-Soto
Comparison of perceived quality amongst migrant and local patients using primary health care delivered by community health centres in Shenzhen, China
Haitao Li, Roger Yat-Nork Chung, Xiaolin Wei, Jin Mou, Samuel Yeung-Shan Wong, Martin Chi-Sang Wong, Dan Zhang, Yingji Zhang, Sian Griffiths
Factors influencing the work passion of Chinese community health service workers: an investigation in five provinces
Zhenni Luo, Xue Bai, Rui Min, Changmin Tang, Pengqian Fang
Experiences of patients identifying with chronic Lyme disease in the healthcare system: a qualitative study
Ather Ali, Lawrence Vitulano, Robert Lee, Theresa R Weiss, Eve R Colson
Multimorbidity of chronic diseases and health care utilization in general practice
Sandra H van Oostrom, H Susan J Picavet, Simone R de Bruin, Irina Stirbu, Joke C Korevaar, Francois G Schellevis, Caroline A Baan
Diagnostic characteristics and prognoses of primary-care patients referred for clinical exercise testing: a prospective observational study
Gunnar Nilsson, Thomas Mooe, Hans Stenlund, Eva Samuelsson
“Doctor, please tell me it’s nothing serious”: an exploration of patients’ worrying and reassuring cognitions using stimulated recall interviews
Esther Giroldi, Wemke Veldhuijzen, Alexandra Mannaerts, Trudy van der Weijden, Frits Bareman, Cees van der Vleuten
Usefulness of C-reactive protein testing in acute cough/respiratory tract infection: an open cluster-randomized clinical trial with C-reactive protein testing in the intervention group
Elena Andreeva, Hasse Melbye
Implementing tobacco dependence treatment during clinical consultations: a qualitative study of clinicians’ experiences, perceptions and behaviours in a South African primary health care setting
Olufemi B Omole, Olalekan A Ayo-Yusuf, Kabilabe NW Ngobale
Gaining information about home visits in primary care: methodological issues from a feasibility study
Karen Voigt, Stephanie Taché, Andreas Klement, Thomas Fankhaenel, Stefan Bojanowski, Antje Bergmann
General practice and ethnicity: an experimental study of doctoring
Brice Lepièce, Christine Reynaert, Philippe van Meerbeeck, Vincent Lorant
The importance of dietary change for men diagnosed with and at risk of prostate cancer: a multi-centre interview study with men, their partners and health professionals
Kerry NL Avery, Jenny L Donovan, Jeremy Horwood, David E Neal, Freddie C Hamdy, Chris Parker, Julia Wade, Athene Lane
Quality of life and health care consumption in primary care patients with elevated serum calcium concentrations in - a prospective, case control, study
Sofia Dalemo, Robert Eggertsen, Per Hjerpe, Svante Jansson, Kristina Bengtsson Boström
Design of the INTEGRATE study: effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a cardiometabolic risk assessment and treatment program integrated in primary care
Ilse F Badenbroek, Daphne M Stol, Marcus MJ Nielen, Monika Hollander, Roderik A Kraaijenhagen, G Ardine de Wit, François G Schellevis, Niek J de Wit
Counseling on lifestyle habits in the United States and Sweden: a report comparing primary care health professionals’ perspectives on lifestyle counseling in terms of scope, importance and competence
Lars Weinehall, Helene Johansson, Julie Sorensen, Lars Jerdén, John May, Paul Jenkins
Identification of factors associated with diagnostic error in primary care
Sergio Minué, Clara Bermúdez-Tamayo, Alberto Fernández, José Jesús Martín-Martín, Vivian Benítez, Miguel Melguizo, Araceli Caro, María José Orgaz, Miguel Angel Prados, José Enrique Díaz, Rafael Montoro
Type 2 diabetes patients’ perspectives on lifestyle counselling and weight management in general practice: a qualitative study
Matthias Wermeling, Ulrike Thiele-Manjali, Janka Koschack, Gabriele Lucius-Hoene, Wolfgang Himmel
Facilitating professional liaison in collaborative care for depression in UK primary care; a qualitative study utilising normalisation process theory
Nia Coupe, Emma Anderson, Linda Gask, Paul Sykes, David A Richards, Carolyn Chew-Graham
Patient reported outcome measures (PROMs) in primary care: an observational pilot study of seven generic instruments
Jan-Willem Weenink, Jozé Braspenning, Michel Wensing
A monitoring and feedback tool embedded in a counselling protocol to increase physical activity of patients with COPD or type 2 diabetes in primary care: study protocol of a three-arm cluster randomised controlled trial
Renée Verwey, Sanne van der Weegen, Marieke Spreeuwenberg, Huibert Tange, Trudy van der Weijden, Luc de Witte
Patient presentation and physician management of upper respiratory tract infections: a retrospective review of over 5 million primary clinic consultations in Hong Kong
Kenny Kung, Carmen Ka Man Wong, Samuel Yeung Shan Wong, Augustine Lam, Christy Ka Yan Chan, Sian Griffiths, Chris Butler
Decreasing trends in patient satisfaction, accessibility and continuity of care in Finnish primary health care – a 14-year follow-up questionnaire study
Risto Raivio, Juhani Jääskeläinen, Doris Holmberg-Marttila, Kari J Mattila
Receptionist rECognition and rEferral of PaTients with Stroke (RECEPTS) study - protocol of a mixed methods study
James P Sheppard, Satinder Singh, Janet Jones, Elizabeth Bates, John Skelton, Connie Wiskin, Richard J McManus, Ruth M Mellor
The patient perspective on overactive bladder: a mixed-methods needs assessment
Frank A Filipetto, Kimberly G Fulda, Amy E Holthusen, Thomas M McKeithen, Pam McFadden
Extending the authority for sickness certification beyond the medical profession: the importance of ‘boundary work’
Victoria K Welsh, Tom Sanders, Jane C Richardson, Gwenllian Wynne-Jones, Clare Jinks, Christian D Mallen
Health care needs of cancer survivors in general practice: a systematic review
Renske A Hoekstra, Marianne J Heins, Joke C Korevaar
An exploratory trial of insulin initiation and titration among patients with type 2 diabetes in the primary care setting with retrospective continuous glucose monitoring as an adjunct: INITIATION study protocol
Irene D Blackberry, John S Furler, Louise E Ginnivan, Hanan Derraz, Alicia Jenkins, Neale Cohen, James D Best, Doris Young, Danny Liew, Glenn Ward, Jo-Anne Manski-Nankervis, David N O’Neal
Exploration of population and practice characteristics explaining differences between practices in the proportion of hospital admissions that are emergencies
Chantelle Elizabeth Wiseman, Richard Baker
Developing a good practice model to evaluate the effectiveness of comprehensive primary health care in local communities
Angela Lawless, Toby Freeman, Michael Bentley, Fran Baum, Gwyn Jolley
Influenza vaccination during pregnancy: a qualitative study of the knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, and practices of general practitioners in Central and South-Western Sydney
Louise Maher, Angela Dawson, Kerrie Wiley, Kirsty Hope, Siranda Torvaldsen, Glenda Lawrence, Stephen Conaty
Patients with persistent medically unexplained physical symptoms: a descriptive study from Norwegian general practice
Aase Aamland, Kirsti Malterud, Erik L Werner
Safety relevant knowledge of orally anticoagulated patients without self-monitoring: a baseline survey in primary care
Jean-François Chenot, Thanh Duc Hua, Manar Abu Abed, Hannelore Schneider-Rudt, Tim Friede, Simon Schneider, Stefan Viktor Vormfelde
Communicating cardiovascular disease risk: an interview study of General Practitioners’ use of absolute risk within tailored communication strategies
Carissa Bonner, Jesse Jansen, Shannon McKinn, Les Irwig, Jenny Doust, Paul Glasziou, Kirsten McCaffery
Primary prevention in general practice – views of German general practitioners: a mixed-methods study
Christine Holmberg, Giselle Sarganas, Nadine Mittring, Vittoria Braun, Lorena Dini, Christoph Heintze, Nina Rieckmann, Rebecca Muckelbauer, Jacqueline Müller-Nordhorn
Complex consultations in primary care: a tool for assessing the range of health problems and issues addressed in general practice consultations
Sunita Procter, Kate Stewart, David Reeves, Leah Bowen, Sarah Purdy, Matthew Ridd, Chris Salisbury
The predictors of glucose screening: the contribution of risk perception
Pilar Lavielle, Niels Wacher
Identifying patients with medically unexplained physical symptoms in electronic medical records in primary care: a validation study
Madelon den Boeft, Johannes C van der Wouden, Trudie R Rydell-Lexmond, Niek J de Wit, Henriëtte E van der Horst, Mattijs E Numans
The National Cancer Institute’s Health Information National Trends Survey [HINTS]: a national cross-sectional analysis of talking to your doctor and other healthcare providers for health information
Julie E Volkman, Tana M Luger, Kimberly LL Harvey, Timothy P Hogan, Stephanie L Shimada, Daniel Amante, D Keith McInnes, Hua Feng, Thomas K Houston
Ultrasound-diagnosed disorders in shoulder patients in daily general practice: a retrospective observational study
Ramon PG Ottenheijm, Inge GM van’t Klooster, Laurens MM Starmans, Kurt Vanderdood, Rob A de Bie, Geert-Jan Dinant, Jochen WL Cals
Tools for measuring patient safety in primary care settings using the RAND/UCLA appropriateness method
Brian G Bell, Rachel Spencer, Anthony J Avery, Stephen M Campbell
Patterns of physical co-/multi-morbidity among patients with serious mental illness: a London borough-based cross-sectional study
Charlotte Woodhead, Mark Ashworth, Peter Schofield, Max Henderson
Use of home remedies: a cross-sectional survey of patients in Germany
Lisa Maria Parisius, Beate Stock-Schröer, Sarah Berger, Katja Hermann, Stefanie Joos
Chronic-disease patients and their use of out-of-hours primary health care: a cross-sectional study
Lone Flarup, Grete Moth, Morten Bondo Christensen, Mogens Vestergaard, Frede Olesen, Peter Vedsted
What factors determine Belgian general practitioners’ approaches to detecting and managing substance abuse? A qualitative study based on the I-Change Model
Frederic Ketterer, Linda Symons, Marie-Claire Lambrechts, Philippe Mairiaux, Lode Godderis, Lieve Peremans, Roy Remmen, Marc Vanmeerbeek
Prostate specific antigen testing is associated with men’s psychological and physical health and their healthcare utilisation in a nationally representative sample: a cross-sectional study
Evelyn M Flahavan, Frances J Drummond, Kathleen Bennett, Thomas I Barron, Linda Sharp
The use of tetanus post-exposure prophylaxis guidelines by general practitioners and emergency departments in the Netherlands: a cross-sectional questionnaire study
Robine Donken, Nicoline van der Maas, Corien Swaan, Tjerk Wiersma, Margreet te Wierik, Susan Hahné, Hester de Melker
The diagnostic accuracy of the MyDiagnostick to detect atrial fibrillation in primary care
Bert Vaes, Silke Stalpaert, Karen Tavernier, Britt Thaels, Daphne Lapeire, Wilfried Mullens, Jan Degryse
Quality of cardiovascular disease care in Ontario’s primary care practices: a cross sectional study examining differences in guideline adherence by patient sex
Kiyuri Naicker, Clare Liddy, Jatinderpreet Singh, Monica Taljaard, William Hogg
Development of a survey instrument to investigate the primary care factors related to differences in cancer diagnosis between international jurisdictions
Peter W Rose, Willie Hamilton, Kate Aldersey, Andriana Barisic, Martin Dawes, Catherine Foot, Eva Grunfeld, Nigel Hart, Richard D Neal, Marie Pirotta, Jeffrey Sisler, Hans Thulesius, Peter Vedsted, Jane Young, Greg Rubin
Depression diagnosis and treatment amongst multimorbid patients: a thematic analysis
Melinda N Stanners, Christopher A Barton, Sepehr Shakib, Helen R Winefield
Towards a clinically useful diagnosis for mild-to-moderate conditions of medically unexplained symptoms in general practice: a mixed methods study
Mette T Rask, Rikke S Andersen, Flemming Bro, Per Fink, Marianne Rosendal
Interventions aimed at increasing the level of physical activity by including organised follow-up: a systematic review of effect
Eva Denison, Gunn E Vist, Vigdis Underland, Rigmor C Berg
The views of key leaders in South Africa on implementation of family medicine: critical role in the district health system
Shabir Moosa, Bob Mash, Anselme Derese, Wim Peersman
People with multiple unhealthy lifestyles are less likely to consult primary healthcare
Xiaoqi Feng, Federico Girosi, Ian S McRae
Perceptions of quality in primary health care: perspectives of patients and professionals based on focus group discussions
Renata Papp, Ilona Borbas, Eva Dobos, Maren Bredehorst, Lina Jaruseviciene, Tuulikki Vehko, Sandor Balogh
The concept and definition of therapeutic inertia in hypertension in primary care: a qualitative systematic review
Jean-Pierre Lebeau, Jean-Sébastien Cadwallader, Isabelle Aubin-Auger, Alain Mercier, Thomas Pasquet, Emmanuel Rusch, Kristin Hendrickx, Etienne Vermeire
Prevalence and predictors of resistant hypertension in a primary care setting: a cross-sectional study
Yook Chin Chia, Siew Mooi Ching
The views of general practitioners and practice nurses towards the barriers and facilitators of proactive, internet-based chlamydia screening for reaching young heterosexual men
Karen Lorimer, Susan Martin, Lisa M McDaid
Implementing cardiometabolic health checks in general practice: a qualitative process evaluation
Merijn Godefrooij, Mark Spigt, Wim van der Minne, Georgette Jurrissen, Geert-Jan Dinant, André Knottnerus
Developing a scale to measure family dynamics related to long-term care, and testing that scale in a multicenter cross-sectional study
Tesshu Kusaba, Kotaro Sato, Yoshinori Matsui, Satoshi Matsuda, Takashi Ando, Ken Sakushima, Takafumi Wakita, Shingo Fukuma, Shunichi Fukuhara
A qualitative study on primary health care professionals’ perceptions of mental health, suicidal problems and help-seeking among young people in Nicaragua
Claudia Obando Medina, Gunnar Kullgren, Kjerstin Dahlblom
Effectiveness of an intervention designed to optimize statins use: a primary prevention randomized clinical trial
Mireia Fàbregas, Irene Berges, Francesc Fina, Eduardo Hermosilla, Ermengol Coma, Leonardo Méndez, Manuel Medina, Sebastià Calero, Elena Serrano, Rosa Morros, Mònica Monteagudo, Bonaventura Bolíbar
‘No need to worry’: an exploration of general practitioners’ reassuring strategies
Esther Giroldi, Wemke Veldhuijzen, Carolien Leijten, Dionne Welter, Trudy van der Weijden, Jean Muris, Cees van der Vleuten
Patient and professional attitudes towards research in general practice: the RepR qualitative study
Jean-Sébastien Cadwallader, Jean-Pierre Lebeau, Evelyne Lasserre, Laurent Letrilliart
The association of metabolic syndrome and its factors with gallstone disease
I-Ching Lin, Yu-Wen Yang, Mei-Feng Wu, Yi-Hui Yeh, Jenn-Chang Liou, Ying-Li Lin, Chih-Hsiang Chiang
Feasibility of a GP delivered skin cancer prevention intervention in Australia
Kylie Vuong, Lyndal Trevena, Billie Bonevski, Bruce K Armstrong
Identifying competencies required for medication prescribing for general practice residents: a nominal group technique study
Jean-Pascal Fournier, Brigitte Escourrou, Julie Dupouy, Michel Bismuth, Jordan Birebent, Rachel Simmons, Jean-Christophe Poutrain, Stéphane Oustric
Perceived quality of life in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients: a cross-sectional study in primary care on the role of illness perceptions
Saskia WM Weldam, Jan-Willem J Lammers, Monique JWM Heijmans, Marieke J Schuurmans
Practice guidelines in the context of primary care, learning and usability in the physicians’ decision-making process – a qualitative study
Maria Ingemansson, Pia Bastholm-Rahmner, Anna Kiessling
Drug prescription by telephone consultation in Danish out-of-hours primary care: a population-based study of frequency and associations with clinical severity and diagnosis
Grete Moth, Linda Huibers, Morten Bondo Christensen, Peter Vedsted
Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening and follow-up investigations in Māori and non-Māori men in New Zealand
Zuzana Obertová, Nina Scott, Charis Brown, Fraser Hodgson, Alistair Stewart, Michael Holmes, Ross Lawrenson
Engaging GPs in insulin therapy initiation: a qualitative study evaluating a support program in the Belgian context
Patricia Sunaert, Sara Willems, Luc Feyen, Hilde Bastiaens, Jan De Maeseneer, Lut Jenkins, Frank Nobels, Emmanuel Samyn, Marie Vandekerckhove, Johan Wens, An De Sutter
The safety and efficacy of the tetanus vaccine intramuscularly versus subcutaneously in anticoagulated patients: a randomized clinical trial
Fernando I Lago-Deibe, Maria-Victoria Martín-Miguel, Carmen Velicia-Peñas, Isabel Rey Gómez-Serranillos, Manuela Fontanillo-Fontanillo
What core primary health care services should be available to Australians living in rural and remote communities?
Susan L Thomas, John Wakerman, John S Humphreys
Do primary care physicians coordinate ambulatory care for chronic disease patients in Canada?
Alan Katz, Patricia Martens, Dan Chateau, Bodgan Bogdanovic, Ina Koseva
Comparative performance information plays no role in the referral behaviour of GPs
Nicole ABM Ketelaar, Marjan J Faber, Glyn Elwyn, Gert P Westert, Jozé C Braspenning
A qualitative study on clinicians’ perceptions about the implementation of a population risk stratification tool in primary care practice of the Basque Health Service
Regina Sauto Arce, Amaia Saenz De Ormijana, Juan F Orueta, Marie-Pierre Gagnon, Roberto Nuño-Solinís
Under the same roof: co-location of practitioners within primary care is associated with specialized chronic care management
Juliet Rumball-Smith, Walter P Wodchis, Anna Koné, Tim Kenealy, Jan Barnsley, Toni Ashton
Study protocol of EMPOWER Participatory Action Research (EMPOWER-PAR): a pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial of multifaceted chronic disease management strategies to improve diabetes and hypertension outcomes in primary care
Anis S Ramli, Sharmila Lakshmanan, Jamaiyah Haniff, Sharmini Selvarajah, Seng F Tong, Mohamad-Adam Bujang, Suraya Abdul-Razak, Asrul A Shafie, Verna KM Lee, Thuhairah H Abdul-Rahman, Maryam H Daud, Kien K Ng, Farnaza Ariffin, Hasidah Abdul-Hamid, Md-Yasin Mazapuspavina, Nafiza Mat-Nasir, Maizatullifah Miskan, Jaya P Stanley-Ponniah, Mastura Ismail, Chun W Chan, Yong R Abdul-Rahman, Boon-How Chew, Wilson HH Low
Rating general practitioner consultation performance in cancer care: does the specialty of assessors matter? A simulated patient study
Moyez Jiwa, Georgia Halkett, Xingqiong Meng, Melissa Berg
A qualitative exploration of the use of calendar landmarking instruments in cancer symptom research
Katie Mills, Jon Emery, Camilla Cheung, Nicola Hall, Linda Birt, Fiona M Walter
Primary care treatment guidelines for skin infections in Europe: congruence with antimicrobial resistance found in commensal Staphylococcus aureusin the community
Evelien ME van Bijnen, W John Paget, Casper DJ den Heijer, Ellen E Stobberingh, Cathrien A Bruggeman, François G Schellevis
Nurse-led home visitation programme to improve health-related quality of life and reduce disability among potentially frail community-dwelling older people in general practice: a theory-based process evaluation
Mandy M N Stijnen, Maria W J Jansen, Inge G P Duimel-Peeters, Hubertus J M Vrijhoef
Anticoagulant treatment in German family practices – screening results from a cluster randomized controlled trial
Lisa-R Ulrich, Karola Mergenthal, Juliana J Petersen, Ina Roehl, Sandra Rauck, Birgit Kemperdick, Sylvia Schulz-Rothe, Andrea Berghold, Andrea Siebenhofer
`Just another incentive scheme’: a qualitative interview study of a local pay-for-performance scheme for primary care
Julia Hackett, Liz Glidewell, Robert West, Paul Carder, Tim Doran, Robbie Foy
Does health literacy affect patients’ receipt of preventative primary care? A multilevel analysis
Chandni Joshi, Upali W Jayasinghe, Sharon Parker, Chris Del Mar, Grant Russell, Jane Lloyd, Danielle Mazza, Elizabeth Denney-Wilson, Mieke van Driel, Richard Taylor, Mark F Harris
Transient ischaemic attack: a qualitative study of the long term consequences for patients
Elizabeth J Croot, Tony W Ryan, Jennifer Read, Fiona Campbell, Alicia O’Cathain, Graham Venables
Do practice characteristics explain differences in morbidity estimates between electronic health record based general practice registration networks?
C van den Dungen, N Hoeymans, M van den Akker, MCJ Biermans, K van Boven, JHK Joosten, RA Verheij, MWM de Waal, FG Schellevis, JAM van Oers
Perceptions of primary care in Korea: a comparison of patient and physician focus group discussions
Minsu Ock, Jung-Eun Kim, Min-Woo Jo, Hyeon-Jeong Lee, Hyun Joo Kim, Jin Yong Lee
Effect of accreditation on the quality of chronic disease management: a comparative observational study
Arna L van Doorn - Klomberg, Jozé CC Braspenning, René J Wolters, Margriet Bouma, Michel Wensing
Does use of pooled cohort risk score overestimate the use of statin?: a retrospective cohort study in a primary care setting
Yook Chin Chia, Hooi Min Lim, Siew Mooi Ching
Relationships between actual and desired workplace characteristics and job satisfaction for community health workers in China: a cross-sectional study
Li Li, Zhong Zhang, Zhinan Sun, Hao Zhou, Xinyan Liu, Heng Li, Lihua Fan, Peter C Coyte
Drugs prescribed by general practitioners according to age, gender and socioeconomic status after adjustment for multimorbidity level
Jessica Skoog, Patrik Midlöv, Anders Beckman, Jan Sundquist, Anders Halling
Cost-effectiveness of chronic fatigue self-management versus usual care: a pilot randomized controlled trial
Hongdao Meng, Fred Friedberg, Melissa Castora-Binkley
Association of self-rated health with multimorbidity, chronic disease and psychosocial factors in a large middle-aged and older cohort from general practice: a cross-sectional study
Nahal Mavaddat, Jose M Valderas, Rianne van der Linde, Kay Tee Khaw, Ann Louise Kinmonth
Feasibility of implementing routine nutritional screening for older adults in Australian general practices: a mixed-methods study
Aliza Haslinda Hamirudin, Karen Charlton, Karen Walton, Andrew Bonney, Jan Potter, Marianna Milosavljevic, Adam Hodgkins, George Albert, Abhijeet Ghosh, Andrew Dalley
Point of care testing for urinary tract infection in primary care (POETIC): protocol for a randomised controlled trial of the clinical and cost effectiveness of FLEXICULT™ informed management of uncomplicated UTI in primary care
Janine Bates, Emma Thomas-Jones, Timothy Pickles, Nigel Kirby, Micaela Gal, Emily Bongard, Kerenza Hood, Nicolas Francis, Paul Little, Michael Moore, Kate Rumsby, Carlos Llor, Curt Burgman, Theo Verheij, David Cohen, Mandy Wootton, Robin Howe, Christopher C Butler
Why primary care practices should become digital health information hubs for their patients
Aaron Baird, Samantha Nowak
Concerns voiced by patients and GPs’ responses during psychosocial visits in primary care: a historical cross-sectional study
Ligaya Butalid, Peter FM Verhaak, Sandra van Dulmen, Jozien M Bensing
Defining dimensions of research readiness: a conceptual model for primary care research networks
Helen Carr, Simon de Lusignan, Harshana Liyanage, Siaw-Teng Liaw, Amanda Terry, Imran Rafi
Effective teamwork in primary healthcare through a structured patient-sorting system - a qualitative study on staff members’ conceptions
Andy Maun, Miriam Engström, Anna Frantz, Elisabeth Björk Brämberg, Jörgen Thorn
Use of exercise tests in primary care: importance for referral decisions and possible bias in the decision process; a prospective observational study
Gunnar Nilsson, Thomas Mooe, Lars Söderström, Eva Samuelsson
General practitioners uses and perceptions of voluntary electronic feedback on treatment outcomes – a qualitative study
Maria Laura Lippert, Marius Brostrøm Kousgaard, Lars Bjerrum
Predictors of patient self-report of chronic kidney disease: baseline analysis of a randomised controlled trial
Hannah Gaffney, Thomas Blakeman, Christian Blickem, Anne Kennedy, David Reeves, Shoba Dawson, Rahena Mossabir, Peter Bower, Caroline Gardner, Victoria Lee, Anne Rogers
Measuring patient-perceived continuity of care for patients with long-term conditions in primary care
Kate M Hill, Maureen Twiddy, Jenny Hewison, Allan O House
Managing the consultation with patients with medically unexplained symptoms: a grounded theory study of supervisors and registrars in general practice
Louise Stone
Repeated primary care consultations for non-specific physical symptoms in children in UK: a cohort study
Mujahed Shraim, Milisa Blagojevic-Bucknall, Christian D Mallen, Kate M Dunn
To what extent do primary care practice nurses act as case managers lifestyle counselling regarding weight management? A systematic review
Sonja ME van Dillen, Gerrit J Hiddink
Acute admissions to a community hospital - health consequences: a randomized controlled trial in Hallingdal, Norway
Øystein Lappegard, Per Hjortdahl
Development of the Health Literacy of Caregivers Scale - Cancer (HLCS-C): item generation and content validity testing
Eva YN Yuen, Tess Knight, Sarity Dodson, Lina Ricciardelli, Susan Burney, Patricia M Livingston
The effect and acceptability of tympanometry and pneumatic otoscopy in general practitioner diagnosis and management of childhood ear disease
Penelope Abbott, Sara Rosenkranz, Wendy Hu, Hasantha Gunasekera, Jennifer Reath
Primary care clinicians’ perceptions about antibiotic prescribing for acute bronchitis: a qualitative study
Patrick P Dempsey, Alexandra C Businger, Lauren E Whaley, Joshua J Gagne, Jeffrey A Linder
Estimating the workload associated with symptoms-based ovarian cancer screening in primary care: an audit of electronic medical records
Anita WeyWey Lim, David Mesher, Peter Sasieni
The value of signs, symptoms and plasma heart-type fatty acid-binding protein (H-FABP) in evaluating patients presenting with symptoms possibly matching acute coronary syndrome: background and methods of a diagnostic study in primary care
Robert TA Willemsen, Frank Buntinx, Bjorn Winkens, Jan F Glatz, Geert Jan Dinant
Development of a family physician impact assessment tool in the district health system of the Western Cape Province, South Africa
Kevin S Pasio, Robert Mash, Tracey Naledi
Investigating the sustainability of careers in academic primary care: a UK survey
Raff Calitri, Ann Adams, Helen Atherton, Joanne Reeve, Nathan R Hill
Swedish general practitioners’ attitudes towards treatment guidelines – a qualitative study
Veronica Milos, Tommy Westerlund, Patrik Midlöv, Eva Lena Strandberg
Long-term impact of a real-world coordinated lifestyle promotion initiative in primary care: a quasi-experimental cross-sectional study
Kristin Thomas, Barbro Krevers, Preben Bendtsen
Does receipt of 5As services have implications for patients’ satisfaction in India?
Divya Persai, Rajmohan Panda, Sudhir Venkatesan, Monika Arora, Jasjit S Ahluwalia
Patient safety skills in primary care: a national survey of GP educators
Maria Ahmed, Sonal Arora, John McKay, Susannah Long, Charles Vincent, Moya Kelly, Nick Sevdalis, Paul Bowie
Chest pain out-of-hours – an interview study of primary care physicians’ diagnostic approach, tolerance of risk and attitudes to hospital admission
Robert Anders Burman, Erik Zakariassen, Steinar Hunskaar
Focus groups to explore healthcare professionals’ experiences of care coordination: towards a theoretical framework for the study of care coordination
Sabine Van Houdt, Walter Sermeus, Kris Vanhaecht, Jan De Lepeleire
Patient education in chronic heart failure in primary care (ETIC) and its impact on patient quality of life: design of a cluster randomised trial
Hélène Vaillant-Roussel, Catherine Laporte, Bruno Pereira, Gilles Tanguy, Jean Cassagnes, Marc Ruivard, Gilles Clément, Jean-Yves Le Reste, Jean-Pierre Lebeau, Jean-François Chenot, Denis Pouchain, Claude Dubray, Philippe Vorilhon
Patient factors associated with SSRI dose for depression treatment in general practice: a primary care cross sectional study
Chris F Johnson, Nadine J Dougall, Brian Williams, Stephen A MacGillivray, Alasdair I Buchanan, Richard D Hassett
Efficacy of GP referral of insufficiently active patients for expert physical activity counseling: protocol for a pragmatic randomized trial (The NewCOACH trial)
Erica L James, Ben Ewald, Natalie Johnson, Wendy Brown, Fiona G Stacey, Patrick Mcelduff, Angela Booth, Fan Yang, Charlotte Hespe, Ronald C Plotnikoff
Efficacy and safety of autologous platelet rich plasma for the treatment of vascular ulcers in primary care: Phase III study
Kepa M San Sebastian, Igone Lobato, Igone Hernández, Natalia Burgos-Alonso, Maria Cruz Gomez-Fernandez, Jose Luis López, Begoña Rodríguez, Anna Giné March, Gonzalo Grandes, Isabel Andia
Weight related health status of patients treated by dietitians in primary care practice: first results of a cohort study
Elisabeth Govers, Jacob C Seidell, Marjolein Visser, Ingeborg A Brouwer
A practice-based analysis of combinations of diseases in patients aged 65 or older in primary care
Pauline Boeckxstaens, Wim Peersman, Gwendolyn Goubin, Souhila Ghali, Jan De Maeseneer, Guy Brusselle, An De Sutter
A qualitative study of a primary-care based intervention to improve the management of patients with heart failure: the dynamic relationship between facilitation and context
Stephanie Tierney, Roman Kislov, Christi Deaton
Are “part-time” general practitioners workforce idlers or committed professionals?
Kathryn M Dwan, Kirsty A Douglas, Laura E Forrest
Daytime use of general practice and use of the Out-of-Hours Primary Care Service for patients with chronic disease: a cohort study
Lone Flarup, Grete Moth, Morten Bondo Christensen, Mogens Vestergaard, Frede Olesen, Peter Vedsted
Functional and self-rated health mediate the association between physical indicators of diabetes and depressive symptoms
Sylvia Boehme, Christian Geiser, Babette Renneberg
Organisation of services for people with cardiovascular disorders in primary care: transfer to primary care or to specialist-generalist multidisciplinary teams?
Egle Price, Richard Baker, Jane Krause, Christine Keen
How women manage recurrent urinary tract infections: an analysis of postings on a popular web forum
Andrew Flower, Felicity L Bishop, George Lewith
A prospective clinical trial of specialist renal nursing in the primary care setting to prevent progression of chronic kidney: a quality improvement report
Rachael C Walker, Mark R Marshall, Nick R Polaschek
Quality of primary care for resettled refugees in the Netherlands with chronic mental and physical health problems: a cross-sectional analysis of medical records and interview data
Marije A van Melle, Majda Lamkaddem, Martijn M Stuiver, Annette AM Gerritsen, Walter LJM Devillé, Marie-Louise Essink-Bot
Patient information leaflets: informing or frightening? A focus group study exploring patients’ emotional reactions and subsequent behavior towards package leaflets of commonly prescribed medications in family practices
Oliver Rudolf Herber, Verena Gies, David Schwappach, Petra Thürmann, Stefan Wilm
A motivational intervention for patients with COPD in primary care: qualitative evaluation of a new practitioner role
Susanne Langer, Carolyn A Chew-Graham, Jessica Drinkwater, Cara Afzal, Kim Keane, Cheryl Hunter, Else Guthrie, Peter Salmon
Disease diagnosis in primary care in Uganda
Martin Kayitale Mbonye, Sarah M Burnett, Robert Colebunders, Sarah Naikoba, Jean-Pierre Van Geertruyden, Marcia R Weaver, Allan Ronald
Tools for primary care patient safety: a narrative review
Rachel Spencer, Stephen M Campbell
Self-rated health in multimorbid older general practice patients: a cross-sectional study in Germany
Anna Nützel, Anne Dahlhaus, Angela Fuchs, Jochen Gensichen, Hans-Helmut König, Steffi Riedel-Heller, Wolfgang Maier, Ingmar Schäfer, Gerhard Schön, Siegfried Weyerer, Birgitt Wiese, Martin Scherer, Hendrik van den Bussche, Horst Bickel
Integrating a tailored e-health self-management application for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients into primary care: a pilot study
Viola Voncken-Brewster, Huibert Tange, Albine Moser, Zsolt Nagykaldi, Hein de Vries, Trudy van der Weijden
Prevalence of complications among Chinese diabetic patients in urban primary care clinics: a cross-sectional study
Kenny Kung, Kai Ming Chow, Eric Ming-Tung Hui, Maria Leung, Shuk Yun Leung, Cheuk Chun Szeto, Augustine Lam, Philip Kam-Tao Li
The development of a guideline implementability tool (GUIDE-IT): a qualitative study of family physician perspectives
Monika Kastner, Elizabeth Estey, Leigh Hayden, Ananda Chatterjee, Agnes Grudniewicz, Ian D Graham, Onil Bhattacharyya
Implementing guidelines for depression on antidepressant prescribing in general practice: a quasi-experimental evaluation
Gerdien Franx, Jochanan Huyser, Jan Koetsenruijter, Christina M van der Feltz-Cornelis, Peter FM Verhaak, Richard PTM Grol, Michel Wensing
Predictors of ICS/LABA prescribing in COPD patients: a study from general practice
Elin Drivenes, Anders Østrem, Hasse Melbye
Telemonitoring can assist in managing cardiovascular disease in primary care: a systematic review of systematic reviews
Renee Purcell, Susan McInnes, Elizabeth J Halcomb
Understanding the barriers to identifying carers of people with advanced illness in primary care: triangulating three data sources
Emma Carduff, Anne Finucane, Marilyn Kendall, Alison Jarvis, Nadine Harrison, Jane Greenacre, Scott A Murray
Impact of multimorbidity: acute morbidity, area of residency and use of health services across the life span in a region of south Europe
Quintí Foguet-Boreu, Concepció Violan, Albert Roso-Llorach, Teresa Rodriguez-Blanco, Mariona Pons-Vigués, Miguel A Muñoz-Pérez, Enriqueta Pujol-Ribera, Jose M Valderas
Cardiovascular polypharmacy is not associated with unplanned hospitalisation: evidence from a retrospective cohort study
Sarah C Appleton, Gary A Abel, Rupert A Payne
The effectiveness of a semi-tailored facilitator-based intervention to optimise chronic care management in general practice: a stepped-wedge randomised controlled trial
Tina Drud Due, Thorkil Thorsen, Marius Brostrøm Kousgaard, Volkert Dirk Siersma, Frans Boch Waldorff
Utility of a primary care based transient ischaemic attack electronic decision support tool: a prospective sequential comparison
Annemarei Ranta, Chwan-Fen Yang, Michael Funnell, Pietro Cariga, Catherine Murphy-Rahal, Naomi Cogger