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  1. Prediabetes is a high-risk state for diabetes development, but little is known about the factors associated with this state. The aim of the study was to identify modifiable risk factors associated with the pre...

    Authors: 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 and Enrique Regidor
    Citation: BMC Family Practice 2015 16:5
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  2. Geriatric assessments are established tools in institutional care since they enable standardized detection of relevant age-related disorders. Geriatric assessments could also be helpful in general practice. Ho...

    Authors: Tanja Barkhausen, Ulrike Junius-Walker, Eva Hummers-Pradier, Christiane A Mueller and Gudrun Theile
    Citation: BMC Family Practice 2015 16:4
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  3. Chronic diseases may be prevented through programmes that promote physical activity and healthy nutrition. Computer-tailoring programmes are effective in changing behaviour in the short- and long-term. An impo...

    Authors: Jolien Plaete, Geert Crombez, Ann DeSmet, Myriam Deveugele, Maïté Verloigne and Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij
    Citation: BMC Family Practice 2015 16:3
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  4. Physicians are frequently confronted with complex health situations of patients, but knowledge of intensive forms of multimorbidity and their development during life is lacking.

    Authors: Rein Vos, Marjan van den Akker, Jos Boesten, Caroline Robertson and Job Metsemakers
    Citation: BMC Family Practice 2015 16:2
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  5. The NHS Health Check was designed by UK Department of Health to address increased prevalence of cardiovascular disease by identifying risk levels and facilitating behaviour change. It constituted biomedical te...

    Authors: Rachel L Shaw, Helen M Pattison, Carol Holland and Richard Cooke
    Citation: BMC Family Practice 2015 16:1
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  6. Vascular ulcers are commonly seen in daily practice at all levels of care and have great impact at personal, professional and social levels with a high cost in terms of human and material resources. Given that...

    Authors: Kepa M San Sebastian, Igone Lobato, Igone Hernández, Natalia Burgos-Alonso, Maria Cruz Gomez-Fernandez, Jose Luis López, Begoña Rodríguez, Anna Giné March, Gonzalo Grandes and Isabel Andia
    Citation: BMC Family Practice 2014 15:211
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  7. Physical inactivity is fourth in the list of risk factors for global mortality. General practitioners are well placed to offer physical activity counseling but insufficient time is a barrier. Although referral...

    Authors: Erica L James, Ben Ewald, Natalie Johnson, Wendy Brown, Fiona G Stacey, Patrick Mcelduff, Angela Booth, Fan Yang, Charlotte Hespe and Ronald C Plotnikoff
    Citation: BMC Family Practice 2014 15:218
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  8. Antidepressant prescribing continues to rise. Increased long-term prescribing and higher doses are contributing to current growth; however, patient factors associated with the use of higher doses remain unknow...

    Authors: Chris F Johnson, Nadine J Dougall, Brian Williams, Stephen A MacGillivray, Alasdair I Buchanan and Richard D Hassett
    Citation: BMC Family Practice 2014 15:210
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  9. Chronic heart failure, is increasing due to the aging population and improvements in heart disease detection and management. The prevalence is estimated at ~10% of the French general practice patient populatio...

    Authors: Hélène Vaillant-Roussel, Catherine Laporte, Bruno Pereira, Gilles Tanguy, Jean Cassagnes, Marc Ruivard, Gilles Clément, Jean-Yves Le Reste, Jean-Pierre Lebeau, Jean-François Chenot, Denis Pouchain, Claude Dubray and Philippe Vorilhon
    Citation: BMC Family Practice 2014 15:208
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  10. Strategies to improve care coordination between primary and hospital care do not always have the desired results. This is partly due to incomplete understanding of the key concepts of care coordination. An in-...

    Authors: Sabine Van Houdt, Walter Sermeus, Kris Vanhaecht and Jan De Lepeleire
    Citation: BMC Family Practice 2014 15:177
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  11. Acute chest pain constitutes a considerable diagnostic challenge outside hospitals. This will often lead to uncertainty in choosing the right management, and the physicians’ approach may be influenced by their...

    Authors: Robert Anders Burman, Erik Zakariassen and Steinar Hunskaar
    Citation: BMC Family Practice 2014 15:1127
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  12. The 5As model for behavior change counseling is an evidence-based counseling approach. This study aims to explore the relationship between patient satisfaction with counseling services and 5As interventions in...

    Authors: Divya Persai, Rajmohan Panda, Sudhir Venkatesan, Monika Arora and Jasjit S Ahluwalia
    Citation: BMC Family Practice 2014 15:209
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  13. Clinicians have a vital role in promoting patient safety that goes beyond their technical competence. The qualities and attributes of the safe hospital doctor have been explored but similar work within primary...

    Authors: Maria Ahmed, Sonal Arora, John McKay, Susannah Long, Charles Vincent, Moya Kelly, Nick Sevdalis and Paul Bowie
    Citation: BMC Family Practice 2014 15:206
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  14. Integration of lifestyle promotion in routine primary care has been suboptimal. Coordinated care models (e.g. screening, brief advice and referral to in-house specialized staff) could facilitate lifestyle prom...

    Authors: Kristin Thomas, Barbro Krevers and Preben Bendtsen
    Citation: BMC Family Practice 2014 15:201
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  15. Drug therapy in primary care is a challenge for general practitioners (GPs) and the prescribing decision is influenced by several factors. GPs obtain drug information in different ways, from evidence-based sou...

    Authors: Veronica Milos, Tommy Westerlund, Patrik Midlöv and Eva Lena Strandberg
    Citation: BMC Family Practice 2014 15:199
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  16. The UK National Health Service (NHS) is undergoing institutional reorganisation due to the Health and Social Care Act-2012 with a continued restriction on funding within the NHS and clinically focused academic...

    Authors: Raff Calitri, Ann Adams, Helen Atherton, Joanne Reeve and Nathan R Hill
    Citation: BMC Family Practice 2014 15:205
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  17. Policy makers in Africa are ambivalent about the need for family physicians to strengthen district health services. Evidence on the impact of family physicians is therefore needed. The aim was to develop a too...

    Authors: Kevin S Pasio, Robert Mash and Tracey Naledi
    Citation: BMC Family Practice 2014 15:204
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  18. Chest complaints presented to a general practitioner (GP) are frequently caused by diseases which have advantageous outcomes. However, in some cases, acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is present (1.5-22% of cases)...

    Authors: Robert TA Willemsen, Frank Buntinx, Bjorn Winkens, Jan F Glatz and Geert Jan Dinant
    Citation: BMC Family Practice 2014 15:203
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  19. Ovarian cancer is the most lethal gynaecological malignancy in the United Kingdom (UK). Studies have found that many women with ovarian cancer have symptoms for several months before diagnosis. Using a symptom...

    Authors: Anita WeyWey Lim, David Mesher and Peter Sasieni
    Citation: BMC Family Practice 2014 15:200
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  21. Tympanometry and pneumatic otoscopy are recommended for diagnosis of otitis media, but are not frequently used by general practitioners (GPs). We examined how, after targeted short training, GP diagnosis and m...

    Authors: Penelope Abbott, Sara Rosenkranz, Wendy Hu, Hasantha Gunasekera and Jennifer Reath
    Citation: BMC Family Practice 2014 15:181
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  22. Health literacy refers to an individual’s ability to engage with health information and services. Cancer caregivers play a vital role in the care of people with cancer, and their capacity to find, understand, ...

    Authors: Eva YN Yuen, Tess Knight, Sarity Dodson, Lina Ricciardelli, Susan Burney and Patricia M Livingston
    Citation: BMC Family Practice 2014 15:202
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  23. Health care professionals in several countries are searching for alternatives to acute hospitalization. In Hallingdal, Norway, selected acute patients are admitted to a community hospital. The aim of this stud...

    Authors: Øystein Lappegard and Per Hjortdahl
    Citation: BMC Family Practice 2014 15:198
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  25. Non-specific physical symptoms (NSPS), such as headache and abdominal pain, are common reasons for children to consult primary care. NSPS represent a significant burden not only on society, but also on health ...

    Authors: Mujahed Shraim, Milisa Blagojevic-Bucknall, Christian D Mallen and Kate M Dunn
    Citation: BMC Family Practice 2014 15:195
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  26. Patients with medically unexplained symptoms (MUS) commonly present in general practice. They often experience significant disability and have difficulty accessing appropriate care. Many feel frustrated and he...

    Authors: Louise Stone
    Citation: BMC Family Practice 2014 15:192
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  27. Continuity of care is widely acknowledged as important for patients with multi-morbidity but simple, service-orientated indices cannot capture the full impact of continuity in complex care delivery systems. Th...

    Authors: Kate M Hill, Maureen Twiddy, Jenny Hewison and Allan O House
    Citation: BMC Family Practice 2014 15:191
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  28. Improving the quality of care for patients with vascular disease is a priority. Clinical guidance has emphasised the importance of early identification and active management of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in ...

    Authors: Hannah Gaffney, Thomas Blakeman, Christian Blickem, Anne Kennedy, David Reeves, Shoba Dawson, Rahena Mossabir, Peter Bower, Caroline Gardner, Victoria Lee and Anne Rogers
    Citation: BMC Family Practice 2014 15:196
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  29. Currently, there is a strong focus on the diffusion and implementation of indicator-based technologies for assessing and improving the quality of care in general practice. The aim of this study was to explore ...

    Authors: Maria Laura Lippert, Marius Brostrøm Kousgaard and Lars Bjerrum
    Citation: BMC Family Practice 2014 15:193
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  30. The utility of clinical exercise tests depends on their support of treatment decisions. We sought to assess the utility of exercise tests for the selection of primary-care patients for referral to cardiologic ...

    Authors: Gunnar Nilsson, Thomas Mooe, Lars Söderström and Eva Samuelsson
    Citation: BMC Family Practice 2014 15:182
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  31. Primary healthcare meets increased demands from an aging population concerning quality and availability while concurrently dealing with a growing shortage of general practitioners and imperfect efficiency in h...

    Authors: Andy Maun, Miriam Engström, Anna Frantz, Elisabeth Björk Brämberg and Jörgen Thorn
    Citation: BMC Family Practice 2014 15:189
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  32. Recruitment to research studies in primary care is challenging despite widespread implementation of electronic patient record (EPR) systems which potentially make it easier to identify eligible cases.

    Authors: Helen Carr, Simon de Lusignan, Harshana Liyanage, Siaw-Teng Liaw, Amanda Terry and Imran Rafi
    Citation: BMC Family Practice 2014 15:169
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  34. In a recent study comparing psychosocial consultations prior to and after the implementation of national clinical guidelines in the Netherlands, we found that general practitioners (GPs) showed less empathy in...

    Authors: Ligaya Butalid, Peter FM Verhaak, Sandra van Dulmen and Jozien M Bensing
    Citation: BMC Family Practice 2014 15:188
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  35. Urinary tract infections (UTI) are the most frequent bacterial infection affecting women and account for about 15% of antibiotics prescribed in primary care. However, some women with a UTI are not prescribed a...

    Authors: Janine Bates, Emma Thomas-Jones, Timothy Pickles, Nigel Kirby, Micaela Gal, Emily Bongard, Kerenza Hood, Nicolas Francis, Paul Little, Michael Moore, Kate Rumsby, Carlos Llor, Curt Burgman, Theo Verheij, David Cohen, Mandy Wootton…
    Citation: BMC Family Practice 2014 15:187
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  36. Nutrition screening in older adults is not routinely performed in Australian primary care settings. Low awareness of the extent of malnutrition in this patient group, lack of training and time constraints are ...

    Authors: Aliza Haslinda Hamirudin, Karen Charlton, Karen Walton, Andrew Bonney, Jan Potter, Marianna Milosavljevic, Adam Hodgkins, George Albert, Abhijeet Ghosh and Andrew Dalley
    Citation: BMC Family Practice 2014 15:186
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  37. The prevalence of coexisting chronic conditions (multimorbidity) is rising. Disease labels, however, give little information about impact on subjective health and personal illness experience. We aim to examine...

    Authors: Nahal Mavaddat, Jose M Valderas, Rianne van der Linde, Kay Tee Khaw and Ann Louise Kinmonth
    Citation: BMC Family Practice 2014 15:185
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  38. Fatigue is a common yet difficult to treat condition in primary care. The objective of this study is to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of a brief cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) based fatigue self-manageme...

    Authors: Hongdao Meng, Fred Friedberg and Melissa Castora-Binkley
    Citation: BMC Family Practice 2014 15:184
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  39. Age, gender and socioeconomic status have been shown to be associated with the use of prescription drugs, even after adjustment for multimorbidity. General practitioners have a holistic and patient-centred per...

    Authors: Jessica Skoog, Patrik Midlöv, Anders Beckman, Jan Sundquist and Anders Halling
    Citation: BMC Family Practice 2014 15:183
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  40. Community health workers are the main providers of community health services in China and have been important in the process of health system reform that has been in place since 2009. Therefore, it is critical...

    Authors: Li Li, Zhong Zhang, Zhinan Sun, Hao Zhou, Xinyan Liu, Heng Li, Lihua Fan and Peter C Coyte
    Citation: BMC Family Practice 2014 15:180
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  41. Initiation of statin therapy as primary prevention particularly in those with mildly elevated cardiovascular disease risk factors is still being debated. The 2013 ACC/AHA blood cholesterol guideline recommends...

    Authors: Yook Chin Chia, Hooi Min Lim and Siew Mooi Ching
    Citation: BMC Family Practice 2014 15:172
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  42. Practice accreditation is widely used to assess and improve quality of healthcare providers. Little is known about its effectiveness, particularly in primary care. In this study we examined the effect of accre...

    Authors: Arna L van Doorn - Klomberg, Jozé CC Braspenning, René J Wolters, Margriet Bouma and Michel Wensing
    Citation: BMC Family Practice 2014 15:179
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  43. The primary care system in the Republic of Korea has weakened over the past decade and is now in poorer condition than the systems in other countries. However, little is known about how the two key players, pa...

    Authors: Minsu Ock, Jung-Eun Kim, Min-Woo Jo, Hyeon-Jeong Lee, Hyun Joo Kim and Jin Yong Lee
    Citation: BMC Family Practice 2014 15:178
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  44. General practice based registration networks (GPRNs) provide information on population health derived from electronic health records (EHR). Morbidity estimates from different GPRNs reveal considerable, unexpla...

    Authors: C van den Dungen, N Hoeymans, M van den Akker, MCJ Biermans, K van Boven, JHK Joosten, RA Verheij, MWM de Waal, FG Schellevis and JAM van Oers
    Citation: BMC Family Practice 2014 15:176
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  45. Transient ischaemic attack (TIA) is characterised by its transient nature with symptoms of neurological dysfunction resolving within 24 hours. The occurrence of TIA is a major risk factor for stroke with 10-s1...

    Authors: Elizabeth J Croot, Tony W Ryan, Jennifer Read, Fiona Campbell, Alicia O’Cathain and Graham Venables
    Citation: BMC Family Practice 2014 15:174
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  46. Patient safety in primary care is a developing field with an embryonic but evolving evidence base. This narrative review aims to identify tools that can be used by family practitioners as part of a patient saf...

    Authors: Rachel Spencer and Stephen M Campbell
    Citation: BMC Family Practice 2014 15:166
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  47. People with limited health literacy are more likely to be socioeconomically disadvantaged and have risk factors for preventable chronic diseases. General practice is the ideal setting to address these inequali...

    Authors: Chandni Joshi, Upali W Jayasinghe, Sharon Parker, Chris Del Mar, Grant Russell, Jane Lloyd, Danielle Mazza, Elizabeth Denney-Wilson, Mieke van Driel, Richard Taylor and Mark F Harris
    Citation: BMC Family Practice 2014 15:171
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  48. Oral anticoagulation (OAC) with coumarins and new anticoagulants are highly effective in preventing thromboembolic complications. However, some studies indicate that over- and under-treatment with anticoagulan...

    Authors: Lisa-R Ulrich, Karola Mergenthal, Juliana J Petersen, Ina Roehl, Sandra Rauck, Birgit Kemperdick, Sylvia Schulz-Rothe, Andrea Berghold and Andrea Siebenhofer
    Citation: BMC Family Practice 2014 15:170
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  49. A range of policy initiatives have addressed inequalities in healthcare and health outcomes. Local pay-for-performance schemes for primary care have been advocated as means of enhancing clinical ownership of t...

    Authors: Julia Hackett, Liz Glidewell, Robert West, Paul Carder, Tim Doran and Robbie Foy
    Citation: BMC Family Practice 2014 15:168
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  50. Late diagnosis is considered to be a major factor contributing to poorer cancer survival rates in the UK. Interventions have focussed on the promotion of earlier diagnosis in patients with potential cancer sym...

    Authors: Katie Mills, Jon Emery, Camilla Cheung, Nicola Hall, Linda Birt and Fiona M Walter
    Citation: BMC Family Practice 2014 15:167
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