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Despite a clear guideline for asthma medication, excessive use of short-acting β2-agonists (SABAs) is common in clinical practice. Previous research has shown that excessive use of SABAs is associated with poor asthma control. This study examines current use of asthma medication in primary care and whether excessive use of SABAs is associated with ...
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Substance use disorder (SUD) is a known barrier to patient-self-management, which can hinder efforts to achieve treatment goals in type 2 diabetes (T2D) when the conditions coexist. Identify the association between SUD and glycemic control in patients with T2D treated in a primary care setting. This retrospective cohort study included patients with...
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Empathy is the capacity to understand and resonate with the experiences of other people. Patient enablement is the degree to which a patient feels strengthened in terms of being able to deal with, understand and manage their disease. Secondary cross-sectional analysis of existing data from 2 independent datasets (456 primary health care patients), ...
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The UK government has called for the introduction of rapid diagnostics to curb overuse of antibiotics for common infections. Multi-viral respiratory ‘point-of-care’ tests (POCTs) are available but have not been used in UK primary care before. These POCTs use samples from the nose or back of the throat and give results quickly, to see if viruses or ...
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Results obtained in this study can be tested in further national and international studies so that we can understand whether the factors we detected had general or cultural importance. Comparisons of rural versus urban family physicians in relation to relocation can be studied in the future research. Improvements in job satisfaction after relocatio...
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Virtual consults have replaced in-person visits for many home-isolated patients with COVID-19 disease. To describe the natural history, clinical management and outcomes of community-dwelling patients with COVID-19, who received support from a family medicine-led, virtual [email protected] program in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Observational, descriptive...
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In 2005, the Portuguese government launched a Primary Care reform that aimed to reinforce continuity of care. After a promising start, the reform is still incomplete and continuity has been compromised by the lack of General Practice doctors. This study evaluates public preferences for relational continuity of care alongside other attributes of Pri...
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Urinary tract infection (UTI) is one of the most prevalent medical conditions among women seeking primary care. About 20-40% of the women have a UTI recurrence during their lifetime. To provide insight in the patterns of recurring annual dispensing for antibiotics commonly used for UTI treatment in women, aged 18 years or older, during a 5-year fol...
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mHealth apps potentially improve health care delivery and patient outcomes, but the uptake of mHealth in primary care is challenging, especially in low-middle-income countries. To measure factors associated with mHealth adoption among primary care physicians (PCPs) in Malaysia. A cross-sectional study using a self-administered questionnaire was con...
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Impact of heart disease (HD) on pregnancy is significant. We aimed to evaluate the feasibility of integrating screening echocardiography (echo) into the Brazilian prenatal primary care to assess HD prevalence. Over 13 months, 20 healthcare workers acquired simplified echo protocols, utilizing hand-held machines (GE-VSCAN), in 22 primary care centre...
