Namen: Namen doktorske naloge je bil prevesti in validirati vprašalnika STOP-BANG (SBQ) ter Epworthovo lestvico prekomerne dnevne zaspanosti (ESS), opredeliti smiselnost presejanja na obstruktivno apnejo v spanju (OSA) in razviti ter validirati dvostopenjski model presejanja na (OSA) v ambulanti družinske medicine. Metode: Prevoda SBQ in ESS smo na...
Published in Psychiatrike = Psychiatriki
Pandemics precipitate feelings of discomfort and anxiety in healthcare professionals. This study investigates the prevalence of anxiety and depression among public primary health care professionals (PHCPs) in Greece, along with the demographic risk factors, during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, in order to address work exhaustion and pro...
Published in BJGP open
Increasing the GP workforce will not necessarily level up healthcare provision. Instead, increasing GP training numbers could worsen health inequity and inequalities. This is especially true if there are fewer opportunities to learn, train, and build confidence in underserved, socioeconomically deprived areas. To investigate the representation of s...
Published in Family practice
During the summer of 2019/2020, Australia experienced a catastrophic wildfire season that affected nearly 80% of Australians either directly or indirectly. The impacts of climate crisis on perinatal health have only recently begun to receive attention. The objective of this study was to understand experiences of perinatal women during the bushfire ...
Published in Frontiers in Medicine
Introduction The main complications of polypharmacy, which is known as the simultaneous use of more than five drugs, are potentially inappropriate medicines(PIMs), drug–drug, and drug-disease interaction. It is aimed to prepare an auxiliary tool to reduce the complications of polypharmacy and to support rational drug use(RDU), by evaluating the pat...
Published in BJGP open
During left-sided heart failure (HF), left atrial and pulmonary venous pressure increase, which may lead to pulmonary congestion. Previous cohort studies, examining participants with symptomatic HF or rheumatic heart disease, suggest a relationship between increased left atrial pressure (LAP) and fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO). To examine t...
In France, towards the end of the first lockdown, COVID-19 management was largely transferred from hospitals to primary care. Primary care actors adapted their practices to ensure patients’ access to care, while limiting contamination. In this study, we aimed to identify patterns of adaptations implemented by French general practitioners (GPs) in M...
Published in Annals of family medicine
NAPCRG celebrated 50 years of leadership and service at its 2022 meeting. A varied team of primary care investigators, clinicians, learners, patients, and community members reflected on the organization's past, present, and future. Started in 1972 by a small group of general practice researchers in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom,...
Published in Frontiers in Medicine
Multimorbidity is increasingly present in our environment. Besides, this is accompanied by a deterioration of social and environmental conditions and affects the self-care ability and access to health resources, worsening health outcomes and determining a greater complexity of care. Different multidisciplinary and multicomponent programs have been ...
Published in Pediatric obesity
There is limited evidence regarding the experiences, challenges, and needs of adolescents living with obesity (ALwO), their caregivers, and healthcare professionals (HCPs). The cross-sectional, survey-based global ACTION Teens study aimed to identify perceptions, attitudes, behaviours, and barriers to effective obesity care among ALwO, caregivers o...
