Mohos, András Frese, Thomas Kolozsvári, László Rinfel, József Varga, Albert Hargittay, Csenge Csatlós, Dalma Torzsa, Péter
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BMC Family Practice
BackgroundThe Hungarian primary care system faces a severe shortage of family physicians. Medical students’ perceptions of family medicine need to be known and medical students need to be given appropriate and comprehensible information about this speciality. The expected future salary is an important factor in career choice. Most of the family doc...
Nessler, Katarzyna Ball, Francis Chan, Sze Kay Florence Chwalek, Michal Krztoń-Królewiecka, Anna Windak, Adam
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BMC Family Practice
BackgroundHealthcare systems have adopted different strategies to reduce the burden of cervical cancer. In Poland, a population-based screening program was implemented in 2006, leading to a downward trend in cervical cancer burden. However, screening rates are still low in relation to other EU member states. In Poland, Pap smears are mainly perform...
Åkesson, Karin Sturesdotter Sundén, Anne Hansson, Eva Ekvall Stigmar, Kjerstin
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BMC Family Practice
BackgroundOsteoarthritis is a common joint disease, globally. Guidelines recommend information, exercise and, if needed, weight reduction as core treatment. There is a gap between evidence-based recommended care for osteoarthritis and clinical practice. To increase compliance to guidelines, implementation was conducted. The aim of the study was to ...
Hengartner, Michael P. Neuner-Jehle, Stefan Senn, Oliver
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BMC Family Practice
BackgroundGPs frequently prescribe antidepressants in mild depression. The aim of this study was to examine, how often Swiss GPs recommend antidepressants in various clinical presentations of mild depression and which factors contribute to antidepressant treatment recommendations.MethodsWe conducted an online survey among Swiss GPs with within-subj...
Madden, Caoimhe Lydon, Sinéad Murphy, Andrew W. O’Connor, Paul
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BMC Family Practice
BackgroundAlthough patients have the potential to provide important information on patient safety, considerably fewer patient-report measures of safety climate (SC) have been applied in the primary care setting as compared to secondary care. Our aim was to examine the application of a patient-report measure of safety climate in an Irish population ...
Berkowitz, Rachel L. Bui, Linh Shen, Zijun Pressman, Alice Moreno, Maria Brown, Stephanie Nilon, Anne Miller-Rosales, Chris Azar, Kristen M. J.
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BMC Family Practice
BackgroundThere is increased recognition in clinical settings of the importance of documenting, understanding, and addressing patients’ social determinants of health (SDOH) to improve health and address health inequities. This study evaluated a pilot of a standardized SDOH screening questionnaire and workflow in an ambulatory clinic within a large ...
Zhou, Yanan Ma, Yuejiao Yang, Winson Fu Zun Wu, Qiuxia Wang, Qianjin Wang, Dongfang Ren, Honghong Luo, Yinli Yang, Dong Liu, Tieqiao
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BMC Family Practice
ObjectiveTo assess the quality of the doctor-patient relationship (DPR) in China and possible influencing factors during the COVID-19 period from the patient’s perspective.MethodsAn online survey was carried out nationwide from March 12, 2020 to March 30, 2020 in China via a convenience sampling strategy. Patients who met the inclusion criteria wer...
Groden, Phillip Capellini, Alexandra Levine, Erica Wajnberg, Ania Duenas, Maria Sow, Sire Ortega, Bernard Medder, Nia Kishore, Sandeep
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BMC Family Practice
BackgroundA minority of the U.S. population comprises a majority of health care expenses. Health system interventions for high-cost populations aim to improve patient outcomes while reducing costly over-utilization. Missed and inconsistent appointments are associated with poor patient outcomes and increased health care utilization. PEAK Health— Mou...
Osasu, Yeyenta Mina Cooper, Richard Mitchell, Caroline
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BMC Family Practice
BackgroundAtrial fibrillation (AF) increases the risk of developing a stroke by 20%. AF related strokes are associated with greater morbidity. Historically, warfarin was the anticoagulant of choice for stroke prevention in patients with AF but lately patients are being switched or started on direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs). DOACs are promoted as...
Wangler, Julian Jansky, Michael
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BMC Family Practice
BackgroundGeneral Practitioners are considered to be well placed to monitor home-care settings and to respond specifically to family caregivers. To do this, they must be sensitive to the needs and expectations of caregivers. In order to determine the current status of GP care in terms of the support given to family caregivers, a series of studies w...
