Ausgabe 1/2015
Inhalt (183 Artikel)
Be SMART: examining the experience of implementing the NHS Health Check in UK primary care
Rachel L Shaw, Helen M Pattison, Carol Holland, Richard Cooke
Trajectories of multimorbidity: exploring patterns of multimorbidity in patients with more than ten chronic health problems in life course
Rein Vos, Marjan van den Akker, Jos Boesten, Caroline Robertson, Job Metsemakers
What do general practitioners think about an online self-regulation programme for health promotion? Focus group interviews
Jolien Plaete, Geert Crombez, Ann DeSmet, Myriam Deveugele, Maïté Verloigne, Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij
“It’s MAGIC” - development of a manageable geriatric assessment for general practice use
Tanja Barkhausen, Ulrike Junius-Walker, Eva Hummers-Pradier, Christiane A Mueller, Gudrun Theile
Modifiable risk factors associated with prediabetes in men and women: a cross-sectional analysis of the cohort study in primary health care on the evolution of patients with prediabetes (PREDAPS-Study)
Alicia Díaz-Redondo, Carolina Giráldez-García, Lourdes Carrillo, Rosario Serrano, Francisco Javier García-Soidán, Sara Artola, Josep Franch, Javier Díez, Patxi Ezkurra, José Manuel Millaruelo, Mateu Seguí, Javier Sangrós, Juan Martínez-Candela, Pedro Muñoz, Albert Goday, Enrique Regidor
More negative self-esteem and inferior coping strategies among patients diagnosed with IBS compared with patients without IBS - a case–control study in primary care
Ewa Grodzinsky, Susanna Walter, Lisa Viktorsson, Ann-Kristin Carlsson, Michael P Jones, Åshild Faresjö
Prescribing style and variation in antibiotic prescriptions for sore throat: cross-sectional study across six countries
Gloria Cordoba, Volkert Siersma, Beatriz Lopez-Valcarcel, Lars Bjerrum, Carl Llor, Rune Aabenhus, Marjukka Makela
Missed opportunities: general practitioner identification of their patients’ smoking status
Jamie Bryant, Mariko Carey, Rob Sanson-Fisher, Elise Mansfield, Tim Regan, Alessandra Bisquera
Results of a survey among GP practices on how they manage patient safety aspects related to point-of-care testing in every day practice
Claudette de Vries, Carine Doggen, Ellen Hilbers, Robert Verheij, Maarten IJzerman, Robert Geertsma, Ron Kusters
Who gets a family physician through centralized waiting lists?
Mylaine Breton, Astrid Brousselle, Antoine Boivin, Danièle Roberge, Raynald Pineault, Djamal Berbiche
From patient care to research: a validation study examining the factors contributing to data quality in a primary care electronic medical record database
Nathan Coleman, Gayle Halas, William Peeler, Natalie Casaclang, Tyler Williamson, Alan Katz
Facilitators and barriers of implementing the chronic care model in primary care: a systematic review
Mudathira K Kadu, Paul Stolee
Clinical inertia in general practice, a matter of debate: a qualitative study with 114 general practitioners in Belgium
Isabelle Aujoulat, Patricia Jacquemin, Michel P Hermans, Ernst Rietzschel, André Scheen, Patrick Tréfois, Elisabeth Darras, Johan Wens
Prescription of antibiotics and anxiolytics/hypnotics to asthmatic patients in general practice: a cross-sectional study based on French and Italian prescribing data
David Darmon, Laurent Laforest, Eric Van Ganse, Ferdinando Petrazzuoli, Chris van Weel, Laurent Letrilliart
Clinical and haematological predictors of antibiotic prescribing for acute cough in adults in Swiss practices – an observational study
Sven Streit, Peter Frey, Sarah Singer, Ueli Bollag, Damian N Meli
General practitioners’ perceptions on home medicines reviews: a qualitative analysis
Amrith Kaur Dhillon, Hendrika Laetitia Hattingh, Andrew Stafford, Kreshnik Hoti
The challenges of boundary spanners in supporting inter-organizational collaboration in primary care – a qualitative study of general practitioners in a new role
Marius Brostrøm Kousgaard, Anne Sofie Kjær Joensen, Thorkil Thorsen
Timeliness in chronic kidney disease and albuminuria identification: a retrospective cohort study
Simon DS Fraser, Julie Parkes, David Culliford, Miriam Santer, Paul J Roderick
Quality of asthma care under different primary care models in Canada: a population-based study
Teresa To, Jun Guan, Jingqin Zhu, M Diane Lougheed, Alan Kaplan, Itamar Tamari, Matthew B Stanbrook, Jacqueline Simatovic, Laura Feldman, Andrea S Gershon
An international cross-sectional survey on the Quality and Costs of Primary Care (QUALICO-PC): recruitment and data collection of places delivering primary care across Canada
Sabrina T Wong, Leena W Chau, William Hogg, Gary F Teare, Baukje Miedema, Mylaine Breton, Kris Aubrey-Bassler, Alan Katz, Fred Burge, Antoine Boivin, Tim Cooke, Danièle Francoeur, Walter P Wodchis
General practitioners’ perceptions of working with the certification of sickness absences following changes in the Swedish social security system: a qualitative focus-group study
Lars Carlsson, Linda Lännerström, Thorne Wallman, Inger K Holmström
BMC Family Practice reviewer acknowledgement 2014
Magdalena Morawska
Modelling successful primary care for multimorbidity: a realist synthesis of successes and failures in concurrent learning and healthcare delivery
Sarah Yardley, Elizabeth Cottrell, Eliot Rees, Joanne Protheroe
The effectiveness of high dose zinc acetate lozenges on various common cold symptoms: a meta-analysis
Harri Hemilä, Elizabeth Chalker
“You don’t want to lose that trust that you’ve built with this patient…”: (Dis)trust, medical tourism, and the Canadian family physician-patient relationship
Valorie A Crooks, Neville Li, Jeremy Snyder, Shafik Dharamsi, Shelly Benjaminy, Karen J Jacob, Judy Illes
Factors associated with grade 1 hypertension: implications for hypertension care based on the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) in primary care settings
Harry HX Wang, Martin CS Wong, Rosina Y Mok, Mandy WM Kwan, Wai Man Chan, Carmen KM Fan, Catherine LS Lee, Sian M Griffiths
Shared decision making in type 2 diabetes with a support decision tool that takes into account clinical factors, the intensity of treatment and patient preferences: design of a cluster randomised (OPTIMAL) trial
Henk den Ouden, Rimke C Vos, Carla Reidsma, Guy EHM Rutten
Unmasking quality: exploring meanings of health by doing art
Moira Kelly, Carol Rivas, Jens Foell, Janet Llewellyn-Dunn, Diana England, Anna Cocciadiferro, Sally Hull
Decreasing cholesterol levels in the community – lifestyle change with statin?
Jorma Savolainen, Hannu Kautiainen, Leo Niskanen, Pekka Mäntyselkä
Geriatric screening tools are of limited value to predict decline in functional status and quality of life: results of a cohort study
Laura Deckx, Marjan van den Akker, Liesbeth Daniels, Eric T De Jonge, Paul Bulens, Vivianne CG Tjan-Heijnen, Doris L van Abbema, Frank Buntinx
Reliability and applicability of the Patient Enablement Instrument (PEI) in a Swedish general practice setting
Mattias Rööst, Andrzej Zielinski, Christer Petersson, Eva Lena Strandberg
Managing depression in people with multimorbidity: a qualitative evaluation of an integrated collaborative care model
Sarah E Knowles, Carolyn Chew-Graham, Isabel Adeyemi, Nia Coupe, Peter A Coventry
Patients’ willingness to attend the NHS cardiovascular health checks in primary care: a qualitative interview study
Caroline E Jenkinson, Anthea Asprey, Christopher E Clark, Suzanne H Richards
Primary health care utilization for alcohol-attributed diseases in British Columbia Canada 2001–2011
Amanda K Slaunwhite, Scott Macdonald
‘We can do only what we have the means for’ general practitioners’ views of primary care for older people with complex health problems
Anna Herzog, Beate Gaertner, Christa Scheidt-Nave, Martin Holzhausen
Practice nurse chlamydia testing in Australian general practice: a qualitative study of benefits, barriers and facilitators
Rebecca Lorch, Jane Hocking, Rebecca Guy, Alaina Vaisey, Anna Wood, Dyani Lewis, Meredith Temple-Smith
The implementation and sustainability of a combined lifestyle intervention in primary care: mixed method process evaluation
Brenda AJ Berendsen, Stef PJ Kremers, Hans HCM Savelberg, Nicolaas C Schaper, Marike RC Hendriks
Prevalence of perceived stress and associations to symptoms of exhaustion, depression and anxiety in a working age population seeking primary care - an observational study
Lilian Wiegner, Dominique Hange, Cecilia Björkelund, Gunnar Ahlborg Jr
Efficacy of a cognitive and behavioural psychotherapy applied by primary care psychologists in patients with mixed anxiety-depressive disorder: a research protocol
Amale Jauregui, Joaquín Ponte, Monika Salgueiro, Saloa Unanue, Carmen Donaire, Maria Cruz Gómez, Natalia Burgos-Alonso, Gonzalo Grandes
Predictors of treatment with antibiotics and systemic corticosteroids for acute exacerbations of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in primary care
Salwan Al-ani, Mark Spigt, Johanna Laue, Hasse Melbye
Practical surrogate marker of pulmonary dysanapsis by simple spirometry: an observational case–control study in primary care
Satomi Shiota, Masako Ichikawa, Kazuhiro Suzuki, Yoshinosuke Fukuchi, Kazuhisa Takahashi
Establishing chronic condition concordance and discordance with diabetes: a Delphi study
Elizabeth M Magnan, Rebecca Gittelson, Christie M Bartels, Heather M Johnson, Nancy Pandhi, Elizabeth A Jacobs, Maureen A Smith
An informed shared decision making programme on the prevention of myocardial infarction for patients with type 2 diabetes in primary care: protocol of a cluster randomised, controlled trial
Susanne Buhse, Ingrid Mühlhauser, Nadine Kuniss, Ulrich Alfons Müller, Thomas Lehmann, Katrin Liethmann, Matthias Lenz
Influenza vaccination of primary healthcare physicians may be associated with vaccination in their patients: a vaccination coverage study
Pere Godoy, Jesús Castilla, José María Mayoral, Vicente Martín, Jenaro Astray, Núria Torner, Diana Toledo, Núria Soldevila, Fernando González-Candelas, Susana García, José Diaz-Borrego, Sonia Tamames, Angela Domínguez
Analysis of factors influencing general practitioners’ decision to refer obese patients in Australia: a qualitative study
Kyoung Kon Kim, Lin-Lee Yeong, Ian D Caterson, Mark F Harris
A longitudinal study of the working relationship and return to work: perceptions by clients and occupational therapists in primary health care
Mona Eklund, Lena-Karin Erlandsson, Birgitta A Wästberg
Implementing telephone triage in general practice: a process evaluation of a cluster randomised controlled trial
Jamie Murdoch, Anna Varley, Emily Fletcher, Nicky Britten, Linnie Price, Raff Calitri, Colin Green, Valerie Lattimer, Suzanne H Richards, David A Richards, Chris Salisbury, Rod S Taylor, John L Campbell
Decision support for chronic pain care: how do primary care physicians decide when to prescribe opioids? a qualitative study
Christopher A Harle, Sarah E Bauer, Huong Q Hoang, Robert L Cook, Robert W Hurley, Roger B Fillingim
Prescribed therapy for asthma: therapeutic ratios and outcomes
Laurent Laforest, Idlir Licaj, Gilles Devouassoux, Irene Eriksson, Pascal Caillet, Gérard Chatte, Manon Belhassen, Eric Van Ganse
The association between general practitioner participation in joint teleconsultations and rates of referral: a discrete choice experiment
Tiago Cravo Oliveira, James Barlow, Steffen Bayer
Dealing with workplace violence in emergency primary health care: a focus group study
Tone Morken, Ingrid H Johansen, Kjersti Alsaker
Association between general practice characteristics and use of out-of-hours GP cooperatives
Marleen Smits, Yvonne Peters, Sanne Broers, Ellen Keizer, Michel Wensing, Paul Giesen
Fracture diagnostics, unnecessary travel and treatment: a comparative study before and after the introduction of teleradiology in a remote general practice
Jac JWM Jacobs, Jan PAM Jacobs, Eric van Sonderen, Thys van der Molen, Robbert Sanderman
To what extent does sociodemographic composition of the neighbourhood explain regional differences in demand of primary out-of-hours care: a multilevel study
Tessa Jansen, Marieke Zwaanswijk, Karin Hek, Dinny de Bakker
Does the availability of a South Asian language in practices improve reports of doctor-patient communication from South Asian patients? Cross sectional analysis of a national patient survey in English general practices
Faraz Ahmed, Gary A Abel, Cathy E Lloyd, Jenni Burt, Martin Roland
From hypertension control to global cardiovascular risk management: an educational intervention in a cluster-randomised controlled trial
Achim Mortsiefer, Tobias Meysen, Martin Schumacher, Heinz-Harald Abholz, Karl Wegscheider, Jürgen in der Schmitten
Why underserved patients do not consult their general practitioner for depression: results of a qualitative and a quantitative survey at a free outpatient clinic in Paris, France
Claire Rondet, Isabelle Parizot, Jean Sebastien Cadwallader, Jacques Lebas, Pierre Chauvin
Illness beliefs and the sociocultural context of diabetes self-management in British South Asians: a mixed methods study
Neesha R Patel, Carolyn Chew-Graham, Christine Bundy, Anne Kennedy, Christian Blickem, David Reeves
OPTIMAL, an occupational therapy led self-management support programme for people with multimorbidity in primary care: a randomized controlled trial
Jess Garvey, Deirdre Connolly, Fiona Boland, Susan M Smith
Psychological impact of lifestyle-related disease disclosure at general checkup: a prospective cohort study
Tomokazu Tominaga, Masato Matsushima, Takuya Nagata, Akinari Moriya, Takamasa Watanabe, Yuko Nakano, Yoko Hirayama, Yasuki Fujinuma
Does a local financial incentive scheme reduce inequalities in the delivery of clinical care in a socially deprived community? A longitudinal data analysis
Liz Glidewell, Robert West, Julia EC Hackett, Paul Carder, Tim Doran, Robbie Foy
Informal carers’ health-related quality of life and patient experience in primary care: evidence from 195,364 carers in England responding to a national survey
Gwilym P.A. Thomas, Catherine L. Saunders, Martin O. Roland, Charlotte A.M. Paddison
Evidence-based rules from family practice to inform family practice; the learning healthcare system case study on urinary tract infections
Jean K Soler, Derek Corrigan, Przemyslaw Kazienko, Tomasz Kajdanowicz, Roxana Danger, Marcin Kulisiewicz, Brendan Delaney
Towards an international taxonomy of integrated primary care: a Delphi consensus approach
Pim P. Valentijn, Hubertus J. M. Vrijhoef, Dirk Ruwaard, Inge Boesveld, Rosa Y. Arends, Marc A. Bruijnzeels
Erratum: 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
Pneumococcal lower respiratory tract infections in adults: an observational case-control study in primary care in Belgium
Johan Flamaing, Wilfried De Backer, Yves Van Laethem, Stéphane Heijmans, Annick Mignon
“Keeping Moving”: factors associated with sedentary behaviour among older people recruited to an exercise promotion trial in general practice
Ruth Heseltine, Dawn A. Skelton, Denise Kendrick, Richard W. Morris, Mark Griffin, Deborah Haworth, Tahir Masud, Steve Iliffe
Reasons for disagreement regarding illnesses between older patients with multimorbidity and their GPs – a qualitative study
Heike Hansen, Nadine Pohontsch, Hendrik van den Bussche, Martin Scherer, Ingmar Schäfer
Effectiveness of a PLISSIT model intervention in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in primary care: design of a cluster-randomised controlled trial
Anne Rutte, Patricia van Oppen, Giel Nijpels, Frank J. Snoek, Paul Enzlin, Peter Leusink, Petra J. M. Elders
Comparison of STI-related consultations among ethnic groups in the Netherlands: an epidemiologic study using electronic records from general practices
Petra J. Woestenberg, Aloysia A.M. van Oeffelen, Irina Stirbu-Wagner, Birgit H.B. van Benthem, Jan E.A.M. van Bergen, Ingrid V.F. van den Broek
Evaluation of the quality of care of a multi-disciplinary Risk Factor Assessment and Management Programme for Hypertension (RAMP-HT)
Esther Yee Tak Yu, Eric Yuk Fai Wan, Karina Hiu Yen Chan, Carlos King Ho Wong, Ruby Lai Ping Kwok, Daniel Yee Tak Fong, Cindy Lo Kuen Lam
Knowledge gaps and acceptability of abbreviated alcohol screening in general practice: a cross-sectional survey of hazardous and non-hazardous drinkers
Alexander Isted, Francesco Fiorini, Taavi Tillmann
Previous experiences and emotional baggage as barriers to lifestyle change - a qualitative study of Norwegian Healthy Life Centre participants
Ingrid S Følling, Marit Solbjør, Anne-S Helvik
Erratum: Family medicine model in Turkey: a qualitative assessment from the perspectives of primary care workers
Zeliha Asli Öcek, Meltem Çiçeklioğlu, Ummahan Yücel, Raziye Özdemir
Treatment of hip/knee osteoarthritis in Dutch general practice and physical therapy practice: an observational study
Di-Janne JA Barten, llse CS Swinkels, Sara A Dorsman, Joost Dekker, Cindy Veenhof, Dinny H de Bakker
Design of the POINT study: Pharmacotherapy Optimisation through Integration of a Non-dispensing pharmacist in a primary care Team (POINT)
Ankie C.M. Hazen, Vivianne M. Sloeserwij, Dorien L.M. Zwart, Antoinette A. de Bont, Marcel L. Bouvy, Johan J. de Gier, Niek J. de Wit, Anne J. Leendertse
Improving antimicrobial prescribing in Irish primary care through electronic data collection and surveillance: a feasibility study
Sandra Galvin, Aoife Callan, Martin Cormican, Sinead Duane, Kathleen Bennett, Andrew W. Murphy, Akke Vellinga
Determinants of impact of a practice accreditation program in primary care: a qualitative study
Elvira Nouwens, Jan van Lieshout, Michel Wensing
Decisions on statin therapy by patients’ opinions about survival gains: cross sectional survey of general practitioners
Peder A. Halvorsen, Olaf Gjerløw Aasland, Ivar Sønbø Kristiansen
Improving treatment adherence for blood pressure lowering via mobile phone SMS-messages in South Africa: a qualitative evaluation of the SMS-text Adherence SuppoRt (StAR) trial
Natalie Leon, Rebecca Surender, Kirsty Bobrow, Jocelyn Muller, Andrew Farmer
Near-patient tests and the clinical gaze in decision-making of Swedish GPs not following current guidelines for sore throat – a qualitative interview study
Hedvig Gröndal, Katarina Hedin, Eva Lena Strandberg, Malin André, Annika Brorsson
Parents’ beliefs and knowledge about the management of acute otitis media: a qualitative study
Malene Plejdrup Hansen, Janine Howlett, Chris Del Mar, Tammy C. Hoffmann
Implementation of simple telehealth to manage hypertension in general practice: a service evaluation
Elizabeth Cottrell, Tracey Cox, Phil O’Connell, Ruth Chambers
Effect evaluation of an interprofessional medication therapy management approach for multimorbid patients in primary care: a cluster-randomized controlled trial in community care (WestGem study protocol)
Olaf Rose, Corinna Schaffert, Kathrin Czarnecki, Hugo S. Mennemann, Isabel Waltering, Stefanie Hamacher, Moritz Felsch, Lena Herich, Juliane Köberlein
‘I think positivity breeds positivity’: a qualitative exploration of the role of family members in supporting those with chronic musculoskeletal pain to stay at work
Serena McCluskey, Haitze de Vries, Michiel Reneman, Joanna Brooks, Sandra Brouwer
The role of primary health care services to better meet the needs of Aboriginal Australians transitioning from prison to the community
Jane E. Lloyd, Dea Delaney-Thiele, Penny Abbott, Eileen Baldry, Elizabeth McEntyre, Jennifer Reath, Devon Indig, Juanita Sherwood, Mark F. Harris
Assessment of the coordination of integrated health service delivery networks by the primary health care: COPAS questionnaire validation in the Brazilian context
Ludmila Barbosa Bandeira Rodrigues, Claudia Benedita dos Santos, Sueli Leiko Takamatsu Goyatá, Marcela Paschoal Popolin, Mellina Yamamura, Keila Christiane Deon, Luis Miguel Veles Lapão, Marcelino Santos Neto, Severina Alice da Costa Uchoa, Ricardo Alexandre Arcêncio
Chest pain syndromes are associated with high rates of recidivism and costs in young United States Veterans
Basmah Safdar, James Dziura, Harini Bathulapalli, Douglas L. Leslie, Melissa Skanderson, Cynthia Brandt, Sally G. Haskell
Primary care nurses’ performance in motivational interviewing: a quantitative descriptive study
Ann-Sofi Östlund, Marja-Leena Kristofferzon, Elisabeth Häggström, Barbro Wadensten
Alcohol dependence and treatment utilization in Europe – a representative cross-sectional study in primary care
Jürgen Rehm, Allaman Allamani, Zsuzsanna Elekes, Andrzej Jakubczyk, Jakob Manthey, Charlotte Probst, Pierluigi Struzzo, Roberto Della Vedova, Antoni Gual, Marcin Wojnar
Self-care behavior when suffering from the common cold and health-related quality of life in individuals attending an annual checkup in Japan: a cross-sectional study
Fumio Shaku, Madoka Tsutsumi, Asako Miyazawa, Hiroshi Takagi, Tetsuhiro Maeno
Physician involvement in life transition planning: a survey of community-dwelling older adults
Hillary D. Lum, Jared B. Brown, Elizabeth Juarez-Colunga, Marian E. Betz
The role of the practice facilitators in Ontario primary healthcare quality improvement
Jyoti Kotecha, Han Han, Michael Green, Grant Russell, Mary I Martin, Richard Birtwhistle
The challenges of trying to increase preventive healthcare for children in general practice: results of a feasibility study
Karyn E. Alexander, Bianca Brijnath, Danielle Mazza
A randomised trial assessing the acceptability and effectiveness of providing generic versus tailored feedback about health risks for a high need primary care sample
Natasha Noble, Christine Paul, Mariko Carey, Stephen Blunden, Nicole Turner
Collaboration of general practitioners and exercise providers in promotion of physical activity a written survey among general practitioners
C. J. Leemrijse, D. H. de Bakker, L. Ooms, C. Veenhof
Treating tobacco dependence in older adults: a survey of primary care clinicians’ knowledge, attitudes, and practice
Lisa Huddlestone, Gemma Michelle Walker, Robana Hussain-Mills, Elena Ratschen
Hypertension: a cross-sectional study of the role of multimorbidity in blood pressure control
Chandra Sarkar, Hiten Dodhia, James Crompton, Peter Schofield, Patrick White, Christopher Millett, Mark Ashworth
Developing a computerised search to help UK General Practices identify more patients for palliative care planning: a feasibility study
Bruce Mason, Kirsty Boyd, Scott A Murray, John Steyn, Paul Cormie, Marilyn Kendall, Dan Munday, David Weller, Shirley Fife, Peter Murchie, Christine Campbell
General practitioners and sickness certification for injury in Australia
Danielle Mazza, Bianca Brijnath, Nabita Singh, Agnieszka Kosny, Rasa Ruseckaite, Alex Collie
Qualitative evaluation of primary care providers experiences of a training programme to offer brief behaviour change counselling on risk factors for non-communicable diseases in South Africa
Zelra Malan, Robert Mash, Katherine Everett-Murphy
Factors influencing the implementation of chronic care models: A systematic literature review
Carol Davy, Jonathan Bleasel, Hueiming Liu, Maria Tchan, Sharon Ponniah, Alex Brown
Comparative effectiveness of psychological treatments for depressive disorders in primary care: network meta-analysis
Klaus Linde, Gerta Rücker, Kirsten Sigterman, Susanne Jamil, Karin Meissner, Antonius Schneider, Levente Kriston
Systematic review of clinical practice guidelines recommendations about primary cardiovascular disease prevention for older adults
Jesse Jansen, Shannon McKinn, Carissa Bonner, Les Irwig, Jenny Doust, Paul Glasziou, Brooke Nickel, Barbara van Munster, Kirsten McCaffery
Implementation of integrated care for diabetes mellitus type 2 by two Dutch care groups: a case study
Loraine Busetto, Katrien Luijkx, Anna Huizing, Bert Vrijhoef
Point of care susceptibility testing in primary care - does it lead to a more appropriate prescription of antibiotics in patients with uncomplicated urinary tract infections? Protocol for a randomized controlled trial
Anne Holm, Gloria Cordoba, Tina Møller Sørensen, Lisbeth Rem Jessen, Volkert Siersma, Lars Bjerrum
Primary care in Switzerland: evolution of physicians’ profile and activities in twenty years (1993–2012)
Christine Cohidon, Jacques Cornuz, Nicolas Senn
Patient and practitioners’ views on the most important outcomes arising from primary care consultations: a qualitative study
Mairead Murphy, Sandra Hollinghurst, Katrina Turner, Chris Salisbury
Sequential Simulation (SqS): an innovative approach to educating GP receptionists about integrated care via a patient journey – a mixed methods approach
Sharon-Marie Weldon, Shvaita Ralhan, Elisabeth Paice, Roger Kneebone, Fernando Bello
Multiple physical and mental health comorbidity in adults with intellectual disabilities: population-based cross-sectional analysis
Sally-Ann Cooper, Gary McLean, Bruce Guthrie, Alex McConnachie, Stewart Mercer, Frank Sullivan, Jill Morrison
“It is meaningful; I feel that I can make a difference” -A qualitative study about GPs’ experiences of work at nursing homes in Sweden
Beata Borgström Bolmsjö, Eva Lena Strandberg, Patrik Midlöv, Annika Brorsson
Modelling self-management pathways for people with diabetes in primary care
Marion L. Penn, Anne P. Kennedy, Ivaylo I. Vassilev, Carolyn A. Chew-Graham, Joanne Protheroe, Anne Rogers, Tom Monks
Evaluation of reliability and validity of the General Practice Physical Activity Questionnaire (GPPAQ) in 60–74 year old primary care patients
Shaleen Ahmad, Tess Harris, Elizabeth Limb, Sally Kerry, Christina Victor, Ulf Ekelund, Steve Iliffe, Peter Whincup, Carole Beighton, Michael Ussher, Derek G. Cook
When the phone rings - factors influencing its impact on the experience of patients and healthcare workers during primary care consultation: a qualitative study
A. Y. L. Koong, D. Koot, S. K. Eng, A. Purani, A. Yusoff, C. C. Goh, S. S. H. Teo, N. C. Tan
Symptom attributions in patients with colorectal cancer
Line Flytkjær Jensen, Line Hvidberg, Anette Fischer Pedersen, Peter Vedsted
The Heart Health Study - increasing cardiovascular risk assessment in family practice for first degree relatives of patients with premature ischaemic heart disease: a randomised controlled trial
Nigel P. Stocks, Jessica L. Broadbent, Michelle F. Lorimer, Philip Tideman, Derek P. Chew, Gary Wittert, Philip Ryan
Healthcare system intervention for safer use of medicines in elderly patients in primary care—a qualitative study of the participants’ perceptions of self-assessment, peer review, feedback and agreement for change
Cecilia Lenander, Åsa Bondesson, Patrik Midlöv, Nina Viberg
Access to healthcare for long-term conditions in women involved in street-based prostitution: a qualitative study
Emma L. Mastrocola, Anna K. Taylor, Carolyn Chew-Graham
Patients' views and experiences of technology based self-management tools for the treatment of hypertension in the community: A qualitative study
Liam Glynn, Monica Casey, Jane Walsh, Patrick S. Hayes, Richard P. Harte, David Heaney
Rhinosinusitis in morbidity registrations in Dutch General Practice: a retro-spective case-control study
Ruth Hoffmans, Tjard Schermer, Karin van der Linde, Hans Bor, Kees van Boven, Chris van Weel, Wytske Fokkens
Understanding long-term opioid prescribing for non-cancer pain in primary care: a qualitative study
Carolyn McCrorie, S. José Closs, Allan House, Duncan Petty, Lucy Ziegler, Liz Glidewell, Robert West, Robbie Foy
Development and validation of a brief screener to measure the Health Literacy Responsiveness of Primary Care Practices (HLPC)
Sibel Vildan Altin, Kristina Lorrek, Stephanie Stock
Chronically ill patients’ self-management abilities to maintain overall well-being: what is needed to take the next step in the primary care setting?
Jane Murray Cramm, Anna Petra Nieboer
Impact of medication adherence on renal function in comorbid patients with type 2 diabetes and depression: protocol for a cohort study
Hiroto Ito, Tosiya Sato, Noriko Satoh-Asahara, Mitsuhiko Noda
What research agenda could be generated from the European General Practice Research Network concept of Multimorbidity in Family Practice?
JY Le Reste, P. Nabbe, H. Lingner, D. Kasuba Lazic, R. Assenova, M. Munoz, A. Sowinska, C. Lygidakis, C. Doerr, S. Czachowski, S. Argyriadou, J. Valderas, B. Le Floch, J. Deriennic, T. Jan, E. Melot, P. Barraine, M. Odorico, C. Lietard, P. Van Royen, H. Van Marwijk
Training general practitioners in early identification and anticipatory palliative care planning: a randomized controlled trial
Bregje Thoonsen, Kris Vissers, S. Verhagen, J. Prins, H. Bor, C. van Weel, M. Groot, Y. Engels
Erratum to: Symptom attributions in patients with colorectal cancer
Line Flytkjær Jensen, Line Hvidberg, Anette Fischer Pedersen, Peter Vedsted
Ethnic differences in the association between depression and chronic pain: cross sectional results from UK Biobank
Barbara I. Nicholl, Daniel J. Smith, Breda Cullen, Daniel Mackay, Jonathan Evans, Jana Anderson, Donald M. Lyall, Chloe Fawns-Ritchie, Andrew M. McIntosh, Ian J. Deary, Jill P. Pell, Frances S. Mair
Challenges of managing people with multimorbidity in today’s healthcare systems
Keith Moffat, Stewart W. Mercer
Rationale, design and baseline results of the Treatment Optimisation in Primary care of Heart failure in the Utrecht region (TOPHU) study: a cluster randomised controlled trial
Mark J. Valk, Arno W. Hoes, Arend Mosterd, Marcel A. Landman, Berna D. L. Broekhuizen, Frans H. Rutten
Childhood fever: a qualitative study on parents’ expectations and experiences during general practice out-of-hours care consultations
Eefje G P M de Bont, Nicole Loonen, Dagmar A S Hendrix, Julie M M Lepot, Geert-Jan Dinant, Jochen W L Cals
A new approach to child mental healthcare within general practice
Peter FM Verhaak, Marloes van Dijk, Dick Walstock, Marieke Zwaanswijk
Eligibility for interventions, co-occurrence and risk factors for unhealthy behaviours in patients consulting for routine primary care: results from the Pre-Empt study
Elizabeth Randell, Timothy Pickles, Sharon A. Simpson, Clio Spanou, Jim McCambridge, Kerenza Hood, Christopher C. Butler
General practitioners versus other physicians in the quality of primary care: a cross-sectional study in Guangdong Province, China
Yaming Zou, Xiao Zhang, Yuantao Hao, Leiyu Shi, Ruwei Hu
Barriers and facilitators to primary care for people with mental health and/or substance use issues: a qualitative study
Lori E. Ross, Simone Vigod, Jessica Wishart, Myera Waese, Jason Dean Spence, Jason Oliver, Jennifer Chambers, Scott Anderson, Roslyn Shields
Assessment of patient safety culture in primary care setting, Al-Mukala, Yemen
Hana H. Webair, Salwa S. Al-assani, Reema H. Al-haddad, Wafa H. Al-Shaeeb, Manal A. Bin Selm, Abdulla S. Alyamani
Does patient’s sex influence treatment in primary care? Experiences and expressed knowledge among physicians – a qualitative study
Desirée Loikas, Linnéa Karlsson, Mia von Euler, Karin Hallgren, Karin Schenck-Gustafsson, Pia Bastholm Rahmner
Recommendations to facilitate the ideal fit note: are they achievable in practice?
Carol Coole, Fiona Nouri, Iskra Potgieter, Paul J. Watson, Louise Thomson, Rob Hampton, Avril Drummond
Primary healthcare needs and barriers to care among Calgary’s homeless populations
David J. T. Campbell, Braden G. O’Neill, Katherine Gibson, Wilfreda E. Thurston
Retaining the general practitioner workforce in England: what matters to GPs? A cross-sectional study
Jeremy Dale, Rachel Potter, Katherine Owen, Nicholas Parsons, Alba Realpe, Jonathan Leach
Exposure to and experiences with a computerized decision support intervention in primary care: results from a process evaluation
Marjolein Lugtenberg, Dennis Pasveer, Trudy van der Weijden, Gert P. Westert, Rudolf B. Kool
Revealing hidden depression in older people: a qualitative study within a randomised controlled trial
Karen Overend, Katharine Bosanquet, Della Bailey, Deborah Foster, Samantha Gascoyne, Helen Lewis, Sarah Nutbrown, Rebecca Woodhouse, Simon Gilbody, Carolyn Chew-Graham
Cancer survivors’ perspectives on delivery of survivorship care by primary care physicians: an internet-based survey
Ernestina Nyarko, James M. Metz, Giang T. Nguyen, Margaret K. Hampshire, Linda A. Jacobs, Jun J. Mao
Lessons learned from England’s Health Checks Programme: using qualitative research to identify and share best practice
Hanif Ismail, Shona Kelly
The ‘vicious cycle’ of personalised asthma action plan implementation in primary care: a qualitative study of patients and health professionals’ views
Nicola Ring, Hazel Booth, Caroline Wilson, Gaylor Hoskins, Hilary Pinnock, Aziz Sheikh, Ruth Jepson
Generalized anxiety disorder in primary care: mental health services use and treatment adequacy
Pasquale Roberge, François Normand-Lauzière, Isabelle Raymond, Mireille Luc, Marie-Michèle Tanguay-Bernard, Arnaud Duhoux, Christian Bocti, Louise Fournier
Interventions to improve adherence to cardiovascular disease guidelines: a systematic review
Rebecca A. Jeffery, Matthew J. To, Gabrielle Hayduk-Costa, Adam Cameron, Cameron Taylor, Colin Van Zoost, Jill A. Hayden
Impact of health literacy, accessibility and coordination of care on patient’s satisfaction with primary care in Germany
Sibel Vildan Altin, Stephanie Stock
Measuring empathic, person-centred communication in primary care nurses: validity and reliability of the Consultation and Relational Empathy (CARE) Measure
Annemieke P. Bikker, Bridie Fitzpatrick, Douglas Murphy, Stewart W. Mercer
Feasibility of automated pre-screening for lifestyle and behavioral health risk factors in primary care
Gail L. Rose, Tonya A. Ferraro, Joan M. Skelly, Gary J. Badger, Charles D. MacLean, Tera L. Fazzino, John E. Helzer
Effectiveness of motivational interviewing in patients with dyslipidemia: a randomized cluster trial
Julia Bóveda-Fontán, Nieves Barragán-Brun, Manuel Campiñez-Navarro, Luís Ángel Pérula-de Torres, Josep M. Bosch-Fontcuberta, Remedios Martín-Álvarez, Juan Carlos Arbonies-Ortiz, Jesús Manuel Novo-Rodríguez, Margarita Criado-Larumbe, Jose Angel Fernández-García, Enrique Martín-Rioboó
Studies of the symptom dyspnoea: A systematic review
Annika Viniol, Dominik Beidatsch, Thomas Frese, Milena Bergmann, Paula Grevenrath, Laura Schmidt, Sonja Schwarm, Jörg Haasenritter, Stefan Bösner, Annette Becker
Could it be colorectal cancer? General practitioners’ use of the faecal occult blood test and decision making – a qualitative study
Cecilia Högberg, Eva Samuelsson, Mikael Lilja, Eva Fhärm
Appropriateness of colonoscopy requests according to EPAGE-II in the Spanish region of Catalonia
M. Marzo-Castillejo, J. Almeda, JJ Mascort, O. Cunillera, R. Saladich, R. Nieto, P. Piñeiro, M. Llagostera, FX. Cantero, M. Segarra, D. Puente
The effect of electronic medical record system use on communication between pharmacists and prescribers
Alexander Singer, Roberto Duarte Fernandez
Developing ‘high impact’ guideline-based quality indicators for UK primary care: a multi-stage consensus process
Bruno Rushforth, Tim Stokes, Elizabeth Andrews, Thomas A. Willis, Rosemary McEachan, Simon Faulkner, Robbie Foy
Contacts with out-of-hours primary care for nonurgent problems: patients’ beliefs or deficiencies in healthcare?
Ellen Keizer, Marleen Smits, Yvonne Peters, Linda Huibers, Paul Giesen, Michel Wensing
Attitudes of Dutch general practitioners towards vaccinating the elderly: less is more?
Renske Eilers, Paul F. M. Krabbe, Hester E. de Melker
Reasons for encounter in young people consulting a family doctor in the French speaking part of Switzerland: a cross sectional study
Anne Meynard, Barbara Broers, Danièle Lefebvre, Françoise Narring, Dagmar M. Haller
Communicating with mismatch and tension: treatment provision experiences of primary care doctors treating patients with overactive bladder in Hong Kong
Judy Yuen-man Siu
Development of a questionnaire to measure primary care physicians’ scope of practice
Kenya Ie, Shuhei Ichikawa, Yousuke C. Takemura
Factors associated with access to HIV care services in eastern Uganda: the Kumi home based HIV counseling and testing program experience
David Lubogo, John Bosco Ddamulira, Raymond Tweheyo, Henry Wamani
The triple whammy anxiety depression and osteoarthritis in long-term conditions
Valerie Tan, Clare Jinks, Carolyn Chew-Graham, Emma L. Healey, Christian Mallen
Experiences of tobacco smoking and quitting in smokers with and without chronic obstructive pulmonary disease-a qualitative analysis
Eva A. M. van Eerd, Mette Bech Risør, Carolien R. van Rossem, Onno C. P. van Schayck, Daniel Kotz
Validation of Self-Management Screening (SeMaS), a tool to facilitate personalised counselling and support of patients with chronic diseases
Nathalie Eikelenboom, Ivo Smeele, Marjan Faber, Annelies Jacobs, Frank Verhulst, Joyca Lacroix, Michel Wensing, Jan van Lieshout
How psychosocial factors affect well-being of practice assistants at work in general medical care? – a questionnaire survey
Katja Goetz, Sarah Berger, Amina Gavartina, Stavria Zaroti, Joachim Szecsenyi
Barriers and facilitators to providing primary care-based weight management services in a patient centered medical home for Veterans: a qualitative study
Melanie Jay, Sumana Chintapalli, Allison Squires, Katrina F. Mateo, Scott E. Sherman, Adina L. Kalet
Primary health care teams put to the test a cross-sectional study from Austria within the QUALICOPC project
Kathryn Hoffmann, Aaron George, Thomas E. Dorner, Katharina Süß, Willemijn L. A. Schäfer, Manfred Maier
A qualitative study exploring the acceptability of the McNulty-Zelen design for randomised controlled trials evaluating educational interventions
Cliodna McNulty, Ellie J. Ricketts, Claire Rugman, Angela Hogan, Andre Charlett, Rona Campbell
Point-of-care testing with CRP in primary care: a registry-based observational study from Norway
Ingrid K. Rebnord, Steinar Hunskaar, Sturla Gjesdal, Øystein Hetlevik
Living with complexity; marshalling resources: a systematic review and qualitative meta-synthesis of lived experience of mental and physical multimorbidity
Peter A. Coventry, Nicola Small, Maria Panagioti, Isabel Adeyemi, Penny Bee
Process quality indicators in family medicine: results of an international comparison
Danica Rotar Pavlič, Maja Sever, Zalika Klemenc-Ketiš, Igor Švab
Risk of exacerbation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a primary care retrospective cohort study
Josep Montserrat-Capdevila, Pere Godoy, Josep Ramon Marsal, Ferran Barbé, Leonardo Galván
Development of the competency scale for primary care managers in Thailand: Scale development
Keerati Kitreerawutiwong, Chanaphol Sriruecha, Wongsa Laohasiriwong
Exploring lesbian, gay, bisexual, and queer (LGBQ) people’s experiences with disclosure of sexual identity to primary care physicians: a qualitative study
Marcus Law, Anila Mathai, Paula Veinot, Fiona Webster, Maria Mylopoulos
Improving primary palliative care in Scotland: lessons from a mixed methods study
Bruce Mason, Susan Buckingham, Anne Finucane, Peter Hutchison, Marilyn Kendall, Hazel McCutcheon, Lorna Porteous, Scott A. Murray
Swiss family physicians’ perceptions and attitudes towards knowledge translation practices
Theresa Bengough, Emilie Bovet, Camille Bécherraz, Susanne Schlegel, Bernard Burnand, Vincent Pidoux
Acceptance of interventions to promote primary care: What do physicians prioritize?
Ryan Tandjung, Sima Djalali, Susann Hasler, Nathalie Scherz, Thomas Rosemann, Stefan Markun
Perceived determinants of cardiovascular risk management in primary care: disconnections between patient behaviours, practice organisation and healthcare system
E. Huntink, M. Wensing, M. A. Klomp, J. van Lieshout
Bodily distress syndrome: A new diagnosis for functional disorders in primary care?
Anna Budtz-Lilly, Andreas Schröder, Mette Trøllund Rask, Per Fink, Mogens Vestergaard, Marianne Rosendal
Determinants of mastitis in women in the CASTLE study: a cohort study
Meabh Cullinane, Lisa H. Amir, Susan M. Donath, Suzanne M. Garland, Sepehr N. Tabrizi, Matthew S. Payne, Catherine M. Bennett
Exploring the experience of chronic pain among female Survival Sex Workers: a qualitative study
Caroline Allen, Alka Murphy, Sheri Kiselbach, Stephanie VandenBerg, Ellen Wiebe
Effects of a lifestyle program in subjects with Impaired Fasting Glucose, a pragmatic cluster-randomized controlled trial
Arlette E. Hesselink, Guy E. H. Rutten, Sander M. Slootmaker, Inge de Weerdt, Lieke G.M. Raaijmakers, Ruud Jonkers, Marloes K. Martens, Henk J. G. Bilo