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Overweight and obesity are common health problems which increase the risk of developing several serious health conditions. The main difficulty in the management of weight-loss lies in its maintenance, once it ...
BMC Family Practice 2017 18:74
Published on: 20 June 2017
Research article
Primary care plays a pivotal role in the provision of both mental health care and chronic disease prevention and screening (CDPS). Unfortunately, moderate mental illness (MMI) is associated with poorer general...
BMC Family Practice 2017 18:73
Published on: 17 June 2017
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Antidepressant prescribing continues to increase, with 5-16% of adults receiving antidepressants annually. Total prescribing growth is due in part to increased long-term use, greater selective serotonin re-upt...
BMC Family Practice 2017 18:72
Published on: 17 June 2017
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Depression is more prevalent in patients with heart failure (HF) than in those without, but its detection is complicated by the symptom overlap between the two diseases. General practitioners (GPs) are the fir...
BMC Family Practice 2017 18:71
Published on: 9 June 2017
Debate
Because of ageing populations, the growth in the number of people with multi-morbidity and greater compliance with disease-specific guidelines, polypharmacy is becoming increasingly common. Although the correc...
BMC Family Practice 2017 18:70
Published on: 6 June 2017
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The Electronic Health Record (EHR) is now widely used in clinical encounters. Because its use can negatively impact the physician-patient relationship, several recommendations on the “patient-centered” use of ...
BMC Family Practice 2017 18:69
Published on: 26 May 2017
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Reducing unplanned hospital admissions is a key priority within the UK and other healthcare systems, however it remains uncertain how this can be achieved. This paper explores the relationship between unplanne...
BMC Family Practice 2017 18:67
Published on: 25 May 2017
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Patients from rural and urban regions should have equitable access to health care. In Germany, the physician-patient-ratio and the supply of medical services vary greatly between urban and rural areas. The aim...
BMC Family Practice 2017 18:68
Published on: 25 May 2017
Research article
Lyme disease (LD), a multisystem infection caused by the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto (B. burgdorferi), is the most reported vector-borne disease in North America, and by 2020, 80% of the populat...
BMC Family Practice 2017 18:65
Published on: 22 May 2017
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Rising dementia prevalence rates rise combined with the policy objective of enabling people with dementia to remain living at home, means that there will be a growing demand for dementia care in the community ...
BMC Family Practice 2017 18:66
Published on: 22 May 2017
Erratum
BMC Family Practice 2017 18:64
Published on: 12 May 2017
The original article was published in BMC Family Practice 2017 18:42
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In the Netherlands, out-of-hours primary care is provided in general practitioner-cooperatives (GPCs). These are increasingly located on site and in collaboration with emergency departments of hospitals (ED). ...
BMC Family Practice 2017 18:62
Published on: 12 May 2017
Research article
Good physician-patient communication can favor the adoption of healthy lifestyle habits, which is essential in high blood pressure (BP) management. More empathic physicians tend to have lower burnout and bette...
BMC Family Practice 2017 18:63
Published on: 12 May 2017
Erratum
BMC Family Practice 2017 18:61
Published on: 10 May 2017
The original article was published in BMC Family Practice 2015 16:124
Research article
Social change, intensified by industrialization and globalization, has not only changed people’s work lives but also their personal lives, especially in developing countries. The aim of this study was to provi...
BMC Family Practice 2017 18:59
Published on: 5 May 2017
Research article
Our aim was to investigate patterns of health care resource use by patients before and after a diagnosis of CFS/ME, as recorded by Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD) GP practices in the UK.
BMC Family Practice 2017 18:60
Published on: 5 May 2017
Erratum
BMC Family Practice 2017 18:58
Published on: 4 May 2017
The original article was published in BMC Family Practice 2017 18:19
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Primary health-care professionals play an important role in the treatment and prevention of Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI). Continuing Medical Education (CME)-courses can influence the knowledge and beh...
BMC Family Practice 2017 18:57
Published on: 24 April 2017
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Depression is a common health condition affecting up to a third of patients attending primary care, where most of the care for people with depression is provided. Adequate recognition of depression is the crit...
BMC Family Practice 2017 18:56
Published on: 21 April 2017
Research article
Physicians’ clinical decision-making may be influenced by non‐analytical thinking, especially when perceiving uncertainty. Incidental gut feelings in general practice have been described, namely, as “a sense o...
BMC Family Practice 2017 18:54
Published on: 20 April 2017
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Medical certificates influence the distribution of economic benefits in welfare states; however, the qualitative aspects of these texts remain largely unexplored. The present study is the first systematic inve...
BMC Family Practice 2017 18:55
Published on: 20 April 2017
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Much research worldwide is focussed on cost containment and better adherence to guidelines in healthcare. The research focussing on professional behaviour is often performed in a well-controlled research setti...
BMC Family Practice 2017 18:53
Published on: 13 April 2017
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Swiss primary care (PC) is facing workforce shortage. Up to 2011 this workforce was supplied by two board certifications: general medicine and internal medicine. To strengthen them against subspecialties, they...
BMC Family Practice 2017 18:52
Published on: 5 April 2017
Research article
Multimorbidity is a major issue for primary care. We aimed to explore primary care professionals’ accounts of managing multimorbidity and its impact on clinical decision making and regional health care delivery.
BMC Family Practice 2017 18:51
Published on: 5 April 2017
Research article
Early diagnosis and treatment of prediabetes and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) can prevent future health problems, yet many individuals with these conditions are undiagnosed. This could be due, in part, to p...
BMC Family Practice 2017 18:50
Published on: 4 April 2017
