BMC Primary Care

As of the 1st of January 2022, BMC Family Practice has been re-launched as BMC Primary Care. The journal continues to welcome articles on all aspects of primary health care research. By changing our title, we aim to better reflect our aims and scope to an international audience and in turn offer a better service to our authors.

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Evaluation of an electronic consultation service for transgender care

Managing COVID-19 related distress in primary care: principles of assessment and management

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Bio-psycho-social characteristics and impact of musculoskeletal pain in one hundred children and adolescents consulting general practice

Authors: Negar Pourbordbari, Martin Bach Jensen, Jens Lykkegaard Olesen, Sinead Holden and Michael Skovdal Rathleff

Content type: Research

25 January 2022
Group-tailored feedback on online mental health screening for university students: using cluster analysis

Authors: Seonmi Lee, Jiwoo Lim, Sangil Lee, Yoon Heo and Dooyoung Jung

Content type: Research

25 January 2022
Initial risk perception and feeling of preparedness of primary care physicians regarding the COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium, France and Spain in February 2020

Authors: C Guerrisi, B Thomas, A Ordax Diez, D Van Cauteren, J E Lozano Alonso, S Moreels, A Falchi, T Vega Alonso, I Bonmarin, J Raude, A M Vilcu, T Hanslik, M Debin, L Rossignol, V Colizza, C Souty…

Content type: Research article

23 January 2022
Factors associated with C-reactive protein testing when prescribing antibiotics in general practice: a register-based study

Authors: Rikke Vognbjerg Sydenham, Malene Plejdrup Hansen, Ulrik Stenz Justesen, Line Bjørnskov Pedersen, Rune Munck Aabenhus, Sonja Wehberg and Dorte Ejg Jarbøl

Content type: Research

22 January 2022
Community perspective on family medicine and family physician in Saudi Arabia 2020

Authors: Manal Abdulaziz Murad, Rawan Maatouk Kheimi, Mohammed Majdi Toras, Rahaf Hussain Alem, Atheer Meshal Aljuaid, Jafar Naji Alobaidan, Hebah Yousef Binishaq, Abdulrahman Ahmed Asiri and Manar Khalid Sagga

Content type: Research

21 January 2022

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Identification of adults with symptoms suggestive of obstructive airways disease: Validation of a postal respiratory questionnaire

Authors: Timothy L Frank, Peter I Frank, Jennifer A Cropper, Michelle L Hazell, Philip C Hannaford, Roseanne R McNamee, Sybil Hirsch and Charles AC Pickering

Content type: Research article

25 April 2003
High serum alkaline phosphatase levels, a study in 181 Thai adult hospitalized patients

Authors: Viroj Wiwanitkit

Content type: Research article

24 August 2001
Evaluation of lifestyle interventions to treat elevated cardiometabolic risk in primary care (E-LITE): a randomized controlled trial

Authors: Jun Ma, Abby C King, Sandra R Wilson, Lan Xiao and Randall S Stafford

Content type: Study protocol

12 November 2009
Self-medication and non-doctor prescription practices in Pokhara valley, Western Nepal: a questionnaire-based study

Authors: PR Shankar, P Partha and N Shenoy

Content type: Research article

17 September 2002
Localised necrosis of scrotum (Fournier's gangrene) in a spinal cord injury patient – a case report

Authors: Subramanian Vaidyanathan, Bakul M Soni, Peter L Hughes, Paul Mansour, Gurpreet Singh, James Darroch and Tun Oo

Content type: Case report

5 December 2002

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Aims and scope

BMC Primary Care, previously known as BMC Family Practice, is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on all aspects of primary health care research. The journal has a special focus on clinical practice and decision-making, continuing professional education, eHealth, health services research in primary care settings, and health promotion.

Peer Review Taxonomy

This journal is participating in a pilot of NISO/STM's Working Group on Peer Review Taxonomy, to identify and standardize definitions and terminology in peer review practices in order to make the peer review process for articles and journals more transparent. Further information on the pilot is available here.

The following summary describes the peer review process for this journal:

Identity transparency: Single anonymized
Reviewer interacts with: Editor
Review information published: Review reports. Reviewer Identities reviewer opt in. Author/reviewer communication

We welcome your feedback on this Peer Review Taxonomy Pilot. Please can you take the time to complete this short survey.

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Betty Mousikou, BMC, Germany

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Maire Clayton, BMC, USA

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Editor's picks

Evaluation of an electronic consultation service for transgender care

Managing COVID-19 related distress in primary care: principles of assessment and management

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Bio-psycho-social characteristics and impact of musculoskeletal pain in one hundred children and adolescents consulting general practice

Group-tailored feedback on online mental health screening for university students: using cluster analysis

Initial risk perception and feeling of preparedness of primary care physicians regarding the COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium, France and Spain in February 2020

Factors associated with C-reactive protein testing when prescribing antibiotics in general practice: a register-based study

Community perspective on family medicine and family physician in Saudi Arabia 2020

Identification of adults with symptoms suggestive of obstructive airways disease: Validation of a postal respiratory questionnaire

High serum alkaline phosphatase levels, a study in 181 Thai adult hospitalized patients

Evaluation of lifestyle interventions to treat elevated cardiometabolic risk in primary care (E-LITE): a randomized controlled trial

Self-medication and non-doctor prescription practices in Pokhara valley, Western Nepal: a questionnaire-based study

Localised necrosis of scrotum (Fournier's gangrene) in a spinal cord injury patient – a case report

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