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Section edited by Christos Lionis
This section covers, though is not limited to, all aspects of epidemiological research and research methodology within the context of primary care.
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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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It is common to find a high variability in the accuracy of heart failure (HF) diagnosis in electronic primary care medical records (EMR). Our aims were to ascertain (i) whether the prognosis of HF labelled pat...
BMC Family Practice 2017 18:38
Published on: 17 March 2017
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Data on the social determinants of health can help primary care practices target improvement efforts, yet relevant data are rarely available. Our family practice located in Toronto, Ontario routinely collects ...
BMC Family Practice 2017 18:31
Published on: 28 February 2017
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Comorbidity is common in patients consulting in primary care. Musculoskeletal pain and insomnia each increase the risk of the other. Co-occurrence may pose an increased burden on well-being. However, the preva...
BMC Family Practice 2017 18:17
Published on: 7 February 2017
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Little information is available about whether the use of self-assessment instruments in primary care affects depression course and outcome. The purpose was to evaluate whether using a depression self-rating sc...
BMC Family Practice 2017 18:6
Published on: 19 January 2017
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Cardiovascular diseases are highly represented in multimorbidity patterns. Nevertheless, few studies have analysed the burden of these diseases in the population with multimorbidity. The objective of this stud...
BMC Family Practice 2016 17:150
Published on: 3 November 2016
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We aimed to determine the degree to which control targets of glycaemia and cardiovascular risk factors were achieved among patients with type 2 diabetes and to investigate sex- and age-related differences in t...
BMC Family Practice 2016 17:144
Published on: 12 October 2016
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Chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME) is a complex condition. Causal factors are not established, although underlying psychological or immunological susceptibility has been proposed. We s...
BMC Family Practice 2016 17:128
Published on: 2 September 2016
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Family history is important for identifying candidates for high risk cancer screening and referral for genetic counseling. We sought to determine the percentage of individuals who would be eligible for high ri...
BMC Family Practice 2016 17:126
Published on: 1 September 2016
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A research agenda can help to stimulate and guide research. The International Primary Care Respiratory Group (IPCRG) published a Research Needs Statement (RNS) in 2010 in which 145 research questions were iden...
BMC Family Practice 2016 17:124
Published on: 31 August 2016
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The recent literature has shown that the risk of hypertension in the old strongly depends on their physical abilities. However, it is unknown whether general practitioners (GPs) adapt their treatment strategie...
BMC Family Practice 2016 17:122
Published on: 30 August 2016
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Macrocytic anaemia (MCV ≥ 100 fL) is a relatively common finding in general practice. However, literature on the prevalence of the different causes in this population is limited. The prevalence of macrocytic a...
BMC Family Practice 2016 17:113
Published on: 19 August 2016
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Cramps are involuntary painful muscle contractions that mainly affect older people. Cramps may cause severe pain and sleep disturbance. Little information exists on the prevalence and the main features of cram...
BMC Family Practice 2016 17:111
Published on: 12 August 2016
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Many instruments have been developed to identify frail older adults in primary care. A direct comparison of the accuracy and prevalence of identification methods is rare and most studies ignore the stepped sel...
BMC Family Practice 2016 17:102
Published on: 3 August 2016
Research article
The pathological mechanisms of lumbar spinal stenosis are unclear. Family doctors in the primary care setting may perform medical examinations of patients with lumbar spinal stenosis. Our aim was to use the pa...
BMC Family Practice 2016 17:90
Published on: 22 July 2016
Research article
Dizziness-related impairment is a strong predictor for an unfavourable course of dizziness in older people. In this study we explored the experiences of older patients with significant dizziness-related impair...
BMC Family Practice 2016 17:74
Published on: 16 July 2016
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Multimorbidity is a highly prevalent health problem, which may reduce adherence, produce conflicts in treatment, and is not yet supported by evidence-based clinical recommendations. Many older people suffer fr...
BMC Family Practice 2016 17:68
Published on: 6 June 2016
Research article
The prevalence of multimorbidity is increasing worldwide, presumably leading to an increased use of medicines. During the last decades the use of hypnotic and anxiolytic benzodiazepine derivatives and related ...
BMC Family Practice 2016 17:69
Published on: 6 June 2016
Research article
The Four-Dimensional Symptom Questionnaire (4DSQ) is originally a Dutch 50 item questionnaire developed in primary care to assess distress, depression, anxiety and somatization. We aimed to develop and validat...
BMC Family Practice 2016 17:53
Published on: 11 May 2016
Research article
Various definitions of hyperkalaemia have been used in clinical research, and data from routine clinical practice on its incidence are sparse. We aimed to establish the incidence of hyperkalaemia in patients w...
BMC Family Practice 2016 17:51
Published on: 4 May 2016
