Ausgabe 1/2010
Inhalt (100 Artikel)
Adaptation and validation of the Charlson Index for Read/OXMIS coded databases
Nada F Khan, Rafael Perera, Stephen Harper, Peter W Rose
Dizziness reported by elderly patients in family practice: prevalence, incidence, and clinical characteristics
Otto R Maarsingh, Jacquelien Dros, François G Schellevis, Henk C van Weert, Patrick J Bindels, Henriette E van der Horst
The devil is in the detail - a multifactorial intervention to reduce blood pressure in co-existing diabetes and chronic kidney disease: a single blind, randomized controlled trial
Allison F Williams, Elizabeth Manias, Rowan G Walker
The attitudes, beliefs and behaviours of GPs regarding exercise for chronic knee pain: a systematic review
Elizabeth Cottrell, Edward Roddy, Nadine E Foster
Are GPs adequately equipped with the knowledge for educating and counseling of families with ADHD children?
Ahmad Ghanizadeh, Nabi Zarei
A survey of the management of urinary tract infection in children in primary care and comparison with the NICE guidelines
Kieran M Kennedy, Liam G Glynn, Brendan Dineen
Is chronic pelvic pain a comfortable diagnosis for primary care practitioners: a qualitative study
Linda McGowan, Diane Escott, Karen Luker, Francis Creed, Carolyn Chew-Graham
Patient recall of receiving lifestyle advice for overweight and hypertension from their General Practitioner
Alison O Booth, Caryl A Nowson
Validation of the "SmoCess-GP" instrument - a short patient questionnaire for assessing the smoking cessation activities of general practitioners: a cross-sectional study
Julia Jung, Melanie Neumann, Markus Wirtz, Nicole Ernstmann, Andrea Staratschek-Jox, Jürgen Wolf, Holger Pfaff
Does GPs' self-perception of their professional role correspond to their social self-image? - A qualitative study from Germany
Iris Natanzon, Dominik Ose, Joachim Szecsenyi, Stephen Campbell, Marco Roos, Stefanie Joos
The effects of patient characteristics on ADHD diagnosis and treatment: a factorial study of family physicians
Christopher P Morley
General practitioners and tutors' experiences with peer group academic detailing: a qualitative study
Jan C Frich, Sigurd Høye, Morten Lindbæk, Jørund Straand
Pretest expectations strongly influence interpretation of abnormal laboratory results and further management
Paul HH Houben, Trudy van der Weijden, Bjorn Winkens, Ron AG Winkens, Richard PTM Grol
Predictive ability of an early diagnostic guess in patients presenting with chest pain; a longitudinal descriptive study
François Verdon, Michel Junod, Lilli Herzig, Paul Vaucher, Bernard Burnand, Thomas Bischoff, Alain Pécoud, Bernard Favrat
The implementation evaluation of primary care groups of practice: a focus on organizational identity
Charo Rodríguez, Marlei Pozzebon
Making the diagnosis of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalitis in primary care: a qualitative study
Carolyn Chew-Graham, Christopher Dowrick, Alison Wearden, Victoria Richardson, Sarah Peters
Medically unexplained pain complaints are associated with underlying unrecognized mood disorders in primary care
Luis Agüera, Inmaculada Failde, Jorge A Cervilla, Paula Díaz-Fernández, Juan Antonio Mico
Impact of vital signs screening & clinician prompting on alcohol and tobacco screening and intervention rates: a pre-post intervention comparison
J Paul Seale, Sylvia Shellenberger, Mary M Velasquez, John M Boltri, Ike Okosun, Monique Guyinn, Dan Vinson, Monica Cornelius, J Aaron Johnson
Female partners of patients after surgical prostate cancer treatment: interactions with physicians and support needs
Jennifer M Evertsen, Alan S Wolkenstein
Colorectal cancer screening using the faecal occult blood test (FOBt): a survey of GP attitudes and practices in the UK
Sarah Damery, Sue Clifford, Sue Wilson
Documentation of preventive screening interventions by general practitioners: a retrospective chart audit
Emmanuel Ngwakongnwi, Brenda Hemmelgarn, Hude Quan
Impact of community-acquired paediatric rotavirus gastroenteritis on family life: data from the REVEAL study
Marie Van der Wielen, Carlo Giaquinto, Leif Gothefors, Christel Huelsse, Frédéric Huet, Martina Littmann, Melanie Maxwell, José MP Talayero, Peter Todd, Miguel T Vila, Luigi Cantarutti, Pierre Van Damme
Group motivational intervention in overweight/obese patients in primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in the primary healthcare area
Juan José Rodríguez Cristóbal, Josefa Ma Panisello Royo, Carlos Alonso-Villaverde Grote, José Ma Pérez Santos, Anna Muñoz Lloret, Francisca Rodríguez Cortés, Pere Travé Mercadé, Francisca Benavides Márquez, Pilar Martí de la Morena, Ma José González Burgillos, Marta Delclós Baulies, Domingo Bleda Fernández, Elida Quillama Torres
Computerized general practice based networks yield comparable performance with sentinel data in monitoring epidemiological time-course of influenza-like illness and acute respiratory illness
Carla Truyers, Emmanuel Lesaffre, Stefaan Bartholomeeusen, Bert Aertgeerts, René Snacken, Bernard Brochier, Fernande Yane, Frank Buntinx
Impact of rapid antigen detection testing on antibiotic prescription in acute pharyngitis in adults. FARINGOCAT STUDY: a multicentric randomized controlled trial
Jordi Madurell, Montse Balagué, Mónica Gómez, Josep M Cots, Carl Llor
Abuse and mental disorders among women at walk-in clinics in Trinidad: A cross-sectional study
Rohan G Maharaj, Colanne Alexander, Candace H Bridglal, Aysha Edwards, Hassina Mohammed, Teri-Ann Rampaul, Sharlene Sanchez, Gina P Tanwing, Kristy Thomas
Childhood abdominal pain in primary care: design and patient selection of the HONEUR abdominal pain cohort
Leo AA Spee, Arjan PJM van den Hurk, Yvonne van Leeuwen, Marc A Benninga, Sita MA Bierma-Zeinstra, Jan Passchier, Marjolein Y Berger
U.S. healthcare providers' knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, and perceptions concerning Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Dana J Brimmer, Frederick Fridinger, Jin-Mann S Lin, William C Reeves
Health Alliance for Prudent Prescribing, Yield and Use of Antimicrobial Drugs in the Treatment of Respiratory Tract Infections (HAPPY AUDIT)
Lars Bjerrum, Anders Munck, Bente Gahrn-Hansen, Malene Plejdrup Hansen, Dorte Jarboel, Carl Llor, Josep Maria Cots, Silvia Hernández, Beatriz González López-Valcárcel, Antoñia Pérez, Lidia Caballero, Walter von der Heyde, Ruta Radzeviviene, Arnoldas Jurgutis, Anatoliy Reutskiy, Elena Egorova, Eva Lena Strandberg, Ingvar Ovhed, Sigvard Molstad, Robert vander Stichele, Ria Benko, Vera Vlahovic-Palcevski, Christos Lionis, Marit Rønning
Recognizing and managing anxiety disorders in primary health care in Turkey
Mehtap Kartal, Ozlem Coskun, Nesrin Dilbaz
Physician counseling of young adults with rapid weight gain: a retrospective cohort study
Joyce W Tang, Robert F Kushner, Jason Thompson, David W Baker
Primary paediatric care models and non-urgent Emergency Department utilization: an area-based cohort study
Sara Farchi, Arianna Polo, Francesco Franco, Domenico Di Lallo, Gabriella Guasticchi
Epidemiology of Herpes Zoster Infection among Patients Treated in Primary Care Centres in the Valencian Community (Spain)
Ana M Cebrián-Cuenca, Javier Díez-Domingo, María San-Martín Rodríguez, Joan Puig-Barberá, Jorge Navarro-Pérez
Enhancing the quality of antibiotic prescribing in Primary Care: Qualitative evaluation of a blended learning intervention
Marie-Jet Bekkers, Sharon A Simpson, Frank Dunstan, Kerry Hood, Monika Hare, John Evans, Christopher C Butler
Towards a more efficient diabetes control in primary care: six-monthly monitoring compared with three-monthly monitoring in type 2 diabetes - The EFFIMODI trial. Design of a randomised controlled patient-preference equivalence trial in primary care
Paulien R Wermeling, Maureen van den Donk, Kees J Gorter, G Ardine de Wit, Yolanda van der Graaf, Guy EHM Rutten
Protocol for the MoleMate™ UK Trial: a randomised controlled trial of the MoleMate system in the management of pigmented skin lesions in primary care [ISRCTN 79932379]
Fiona M Walter, Helen C Morris, Elka Humphrys, Per N Hall, Ann Louise Kinmonth, A Toby Prevost, Edward CF Wilson, Nigel Burrows, Paul Norris, Margaret Johnson, Jon Emery
The value of episodic, intensive blood glucose monitoring in non-insulin treated persons with type 2 diabetes: Design of the Structured Testing Program (STeP) Study, a cluster-randomised, clinical trial [NCT00674986]
William Polonsky, Lawrence Fisher, Charles Schikman, Deborah Hinnen, Christopher Parkin, Zhihong Jelsovsky, Linda Amstutz, Matthias Schweitzer, Robin Wagner
Factors associated with patients self-reported adherence to prescribed physical activity in routine primary health care
Matti E Leijon, Preben Bendtsen, Agneta Ståhle, Kerstin Ekberg, Karin Festin, Per Nilsen
Trends in sexually transmitted infections in the Netherlands, combining surveillance data from general practices and sexually transmitted infection centers
Ingrid VF van den Broek, Robert A Verheij, Christel E van Dijk, Femke DH Koedijk, Marianne AB van der Sande, Jan EAM van Bergen
General practitioner views about discussing sexual issues with patients with coronary heart disease: a national survey in Ireland
Molly Byrne, Sally Doherty, Hannah M McGee, Andrew W Murphy
Primary care nurses struggle with lifestyle counseling in diabetes care: a qualitative analysis
Renate Jansink, Jozé Braspenning, Trudy van der Weijden, Glyn Elwyn, Richard Grol
Urinary tract infections in healthy women: a revolution in management?
Chris Del Mar
Variation in plasma calcium analysis in primary care in Sweden - a multilevel analysis
Sofia Dalemo, Per Hjerpe, Henrik Ohlsson, Robert Eggertsen, Juan Merlo, Kristina Bengtsson Boström
Views on primary prevention of cardiovascular disease - an interview study with Swedish GPs
Louise Silwer, Rolf Wahlström, Cecilia Stålsby Lundborg
Primary care physicians' use of family history for cancer risk assessment
Brian S Flynn, Marie E Wood, Takamaru Ashikaga, Alan Stockdale, Greg S Dana, Shelly Naud
A qualitative study of the views of patients with long-term conditions on family doctors in Hong Kong
Stewart W Mercer, Judy Y Siu, Sheila M Hillier, Cindy LK Lam, Yvonne YC Lo, Tai Pong Lam, Sian M Griffiths
Knowledge of stroke risk factors among primary care patients with previous stroke or TIA: a questionnaire study
Andrzej Sloma, Lars G Backlund, Lars-Erik Strender, Ylva Skånér
Physical activity of Estonian family doctors and their counselling for a healthy lifestyle: a cross-sectional study
Kadri Suija, Ülle Pechter, Jaak Maaroos, Ruth Kalda, Anneli Rätsep, Marje Oona, Heidi-Ingrid Maaroos
Predicting the risk of Chronic Kidney Disease in Men and Women in England and Wales: prospective derivation and external validation of the QKidney®Scores
Julia Hippisley-Cox, Carol Coupland
Readiness of the Belgian network of sentinel general practitioners to deliver electronic health record data for surveillance purposes: results of survey study
Nicole Boffin, Nathalie Bossuyt, Katrien Vanthomme, Viviane Van Casteren
Guidelines on uncomplicated urinary tract infections are difficult to follow: perceived barriers and suggested interventions
Marjolein Lugtenberg, Jako S Burgers, Judith M Zegers-van Schaick, Gert P Westert
Rapid appraisal of barriers to the diagnosis and management of patients with dementia in primary care: a systematic review
Tamar Koch, Steve Iliffe
Predictors of stable return-to-work in non-acute, non-specific spinal pain: low total prior sick-listing, high self prediction and young age. A two-year prospective cohort study
Odd Lindell, Sven-Erik Johansson, Lars-Erik Strender
Randomised controlled trial of local corticosteroid injections for carpal tunnel syndrome in general practice
Cyriac Peters-Veluthamaningal, Jan C Winters, Klaas H Groenier, Betty Meyboom-de Jong
Effect of a primary health-care-based controlled trial for cardiorespiratory fitness in refugee women
Jan Sundquist, Maria Hagströmer, Sven-Erik Johansson, Kristina Sundquist
Hypertensive patients' perceptions of their physicians' knowledge about them: a cross-sectional study in Japan
Machiko Inoue, Kazuo Inoue, Shinji Matsumura
Health improvement and prevention study (HIPS) - evaluation of an intervention to prevent vascular disease in general practice
Mahnaz Fanaian, Rachel A Laws, Megan Passey, Suzanne McKenzie, Qing Wan, Gawaine Powell Davies, David Lyle, Mark F Harris
Self-medication with antibiotics in rural population in Greece: a cross-sectional multicenter study
Eystathios Skliros, Panagiotis Merkouris, Athanasia Papazafiropoulou, Aristofanis Gikas, George Matzouranis, Christos Papafragos, Ioannis Tsakanikas, Irene Zarbala, Alexios Vasibosis, Petroula Stamataki, Alexios Sotiropoulos
Quit in General Practice: a cluster randomised trial of enhanced in-practice support for smoking cessation
Nicholas Zwar, Robyn Richmond, Elizabeth Halcomb, John Furler, Julie Smith, Oshana Hermiz, Irene Blackberry, Ron Borland
Key factors influencing adoption of an innovation in primary health care: a qualitative study based on implementation theory
Siw Carlfjord, Malou Lindberg, Preben Bendtsen, Per Nilsen, Agneta Andersson
Patient experience of access to primary care: identification of predictors in a national patient survey
Evangelos Kontopantelis, Martin Roland, David Reeves
Patient understanding of moles and skin cancer, and factors influencing presentation in primary care: a qualitative study
Fiona M Walter, Elka Humphrys, Simon Tso, Margaret Johnson, Simon Cohn
A study of the diagnostic accuracy of the PHQ-9 in primary care elderly
Elizabeth Phelan, Barbara Williams, Kathryn Meeker, Katie Bonn, John Frederick, James LoGerfo, Mark Snowden
Excluding pulmonary embolism in primary care using the Wells-rule in combination with a point-of care D-dimer test: a scenario analysis
Wim AM Lucassen, Renée A Douma, Diane B Toll, Harry R Büller, Henk CPM van Weert
Qualitative insights into general practitioners views on polypharmacy
Sibyl Anthierens, Anneleen Tansens, Mirko Petrovic, Thierry Christiaens
Palliative care in urgent need of recognition and development in general practice: the example of Germany
Nils Schneider, Geoffrey K Mitchell, Scott A Murray
Patients presenting with somatic complaints in general practice: depression, anxiety and somatoform disorders are frequent and associated with psychosocial stressors
Nader Haftgoli, Bernard Favrat, François Verdon, Paul Vaucher, Thomas Bischoff, Bernard Burnand, Lilli Herzig
Putting prevention into practice: qualitative study of factors that inhibit and promote preventive care by general practitioners, with a focus on elderly patients
Ulla Walter, Uwe Flick, Anke Neuber, Claudia Fischer, Rugzan J Hussein, Friedrich W Schwartz
Preventing disease through opportunistic, rapid engagement by primary care teams using behaviour change counselling (PRE-EMPT): protocol for a general practice-based cluster randomised trial
Clio Spanou, Sharon A Simpson, Kerry Hood, Adrian Edwards, David Cohen, Stephen Rollnick, Ben Carter, Jim McCambridge, Laurence Moore, Elizabeth Randell, Timothy Pickles, Christine Smith, Claire Lane, Fiona Wood, Hazel Thornton, Chris C Butler
The RISAP-study: a complex intervention in risk communication and shared decision-making in general practice
Pia Kirkegaard, Adrian GK Edwards, Bo Hansen, Mette D Hansen, Morten SA Jensen, Torsten Lauritzen, Mette B Risoer, Janus L Thomsen
Priority setting in primary health care - dilemmas and opportunities: a focus group study
Eva Arvidsson, Malin André, Lars Borgquist, Per Carlsson
The association between intimate partner violence, alcohol and depression in family practice
Gail Gilchrist, Kelsey Hegarty, Patty Chondros, Helen Herrman, Jane Gunn
The association between demographic factors, user reported experiences and user satisfaction: results from three casualty clinics in Norway
Kirsten Danielsen, Oyvind A Bjertnaes, Andrew Garratt, Oddvar Forland, Hilde Hestad Iversen, Steinar Hunskaar
WestREN: a description of an Irish academic general practice research network
Kim E Kavanagh, Niamh O'Brien, Liam G Glynn, Akke Vellinga, Andrew W Murphy
From pharmaco-therapy to pharmaco-prevention: trends in prescribing to older adults in Ontario, Canada, 1997-2006
Jana M Bajcar, Li Wang, Rahim Moineddin, Jason X Nie, C Shawn Tracy, Ross EG Upshur
Low hospital admission rates for respiratory diseases in children
Johannes HJM Uijen, François G Schellevis, Patrick JE Bindels, Sten P Willemsen, Johannes C van der Wouden
How do people respond to self-test results? A cross-sectional survey
Martine HP Ickenroth, Gaby Ronda, Janaica EJ Grispen, Geert-Jan Dinant, Nanne K de Vries, Trudy van der Weijden
Predicting acute uncomplicated urinary tract infection in women: a systematic review of the diagnostic accuracy of symptoms and signs
Leonie GM Giesen, Gráinne Cousins, Borislav D Dimitrov, Floris A van de Laar, Tom Fahey
Reduction of missed appointments at an urban primary care clinic: a randomised controlled study
Noelle Junod Perron, Melissa Dominicé Dao, Michel P Kossovsky, Valerie Miserez, Carmen Chuard, Alexandra Calmy, Jean-Michel Gaspoz
The prevalence and correlates of depression and anxiety in a sample of diabetic patients in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Nabil Sulaiman, Aisha Hamdan, Hani Tamim, Dhafir A Mahmood, Doris Young
The european primary care monitor: structure, process and outcome indicators
Dionne S Kringos, Wienke GW Boerma, Yann Bourgueil, Thomas Cartier, Toralf Hasvold, Allen Hutchinson, Margus Lember, Marek Oleszczyk, Danica Rotar Pavlic, Igor Svab, Paolo Tedeschi, Andrew Wilson, Adam Windak, Toni Dedeu, Stefan Wilm
Family physicians' experiences when collaborating with district nurses in home care-based medical treatment. A grounded theory study
Sonja Modin, Lena Törnkvist, Anna-Karin Furhoff, Ingrid Hylander
Fitness consultations in routine care of patients with type 2 diabetes in general practice: an 18-month non-randomised intervention study
Henning Lohmann, Volkert Siersma, Niels F Olivarius
Nurses joining family doctors in primary care practices: perceptions of patients with multimorbidity
Martin Fortin, Catherine Hudon, Frances Gallagher, Antoine L Ntetu, Danielle Maltais, Hassan Soubhi
Evaluation of the safety and efficacy of pregabalin in older patients with neuropathic pain: results from a pooled analysis of 11 clinical studies
David Semel, T Kevin Murphy, Gergana Zlateva, Raymond Cheung, Birol Emir
The effectiveness of the Austrian disease management programme for type 2 diabetes: a cluster-randomised controlled trial
Andreas C Sönnichsen, Henrike Winkler, Maria Flamm, Sigrid Panisch, Peter Kowatsch, Gert Klima, Bernhard Fürthauer, Raimund Weitgasser
Discussing patient's lifestyle choices in the consulting room: analysis of GP-patient consultations between 1975 and 2008
Janneke Noordman, Peter Verhaak, Sandra van Dulmen
Out of hours care: a profile analysis of patients attending the emergency department and the general practitioner on call
Hilde Philips, Roy Remmen, Peter De Paepe, Walter Buylaert, Paul Van Royen
Chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME) in adults: a qualitative study of perspectives from professional practice
Simon MC Horton, Fiona Poland, Swati Kale, Maria de Lourdes Drachler, Jose Carlos de Carvalho Leite, Maggie A McArthur, Peter D Campion, Derek Pheby, Luis Nacul
Developing a computer delivered, theory based intervention for guideline implementation in general practice
Lisa McDermott, Lucy Yardley, Paul Little, Mark Ashworth, Martin Gulliford
Developing a Performance Measurement Framework and Indicators for Community Health Service Facilities in Urban China
Sabrina T Wong, Delu Yin, Onil Bhattacharyya, Bin Wang, Liqun Liu, Bowen Chen
Care provided by general practitioners to patients with psychotic disorders: a cohort study
Marian JT Oud, Jan Schuling, Klaas H Groenier, Peter FM Verhaak, Cees J Slooff, Janny H Dekker, Betty Meyboom-de Jong
Antidepressant treatment and cultural differences - a survey of the attitudes of physicians and patients in Sweden and Turkey
Alan G Wade, Paul CD Johnson, Alex McConnachie
Missed opportunities for tobacco use screening and brief cessation advice in South African primary health care: a cross-sectional study
Olufemi B Omole, Kabilabe NW Ngobale, Olalekan A Ayo-Yusuf
Assessing the evolution of primary healthcare organizations and their performance (2005-2010) in two regions of Québec province: Montréal and Montérégie
Jean-Frédéric Levesque, Raynald Pineault, Sylvie Provost, Pierre Tousignant, Audrey Couture, Roxane Borgès Da Silva, Mylaine Breton
Diabetes and hypertension guidelines and the primary health care practitioner in Barbados: knowledge, attitudes, practices and barriers-a focus group study
O Peter Adams, Anne O Carter
An exploration of lifestyle beliefs and lifestyle behaviour following stroke: findings from a focus group study of patients and family members
Maggie Lawrence, Susan Kerr, Hazel Watson, Gillian Paton, Graham Ellis
The Patient Health Questionnaire-9 for detection of major depressive disorder in primary care: consequences of current thresholds in a crosssectional study
Nicolaas PA Zuithoff, Yvonne Vergouwe, Michael King, Irwin Nazareth, Manja J van Wezep, Karel GM Moons, Mirjam I Geerlings
The provision of out-of-hours care and associated costs in an urban area of Switzerland: a cost description study
Klaus Eichler, Daniel Imhof, Corinne Chmiel, Marco Zoller, Oliver Senn, Thomas Rosemann, Carola A Huber
General practitioners and carers: a questionnaire survey of attitudes, awareness of issues, barriers and enablers to provision of services
Nan Greenwood, Ann Mackenzie, Ruth Habibi, Christine Atkins, Ray Jones