Team-based primary care program for disabled people and changes in rate of unmet health care needs
ConclusionThe TPCP for disabled people provides disease prevention, health care and health promotion activities and is crucial for solving the unmet needs. (Source: Family Practice)
Source: Family Practice - September 11, 2020 Category: Primary Care Source Type: research
A human resources for health analysis of registered family medicine specialists in South Africa: 2002 –19
ConclusionsSouth Africa has an inadequate supply of FPs with substantial inequalities. Training programmes need to triple their output over the next 10 years. Human resources for health policy should substantially increase opportunities for training and employment of FPs. (Source: Family Practice)
Source: Family Practice - September 11, 2020 Category: Primary Care Source Type: research
COVID-19 and physician –patient relationship: potential effects of ‘masking’, ‘distancing’ and ‘others’
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Source: Family Practice - September 11, 2020 Category: Primary Care Source Type: research
Community seroprevalence of COVID-19 in probable and possible cases at primary health care centres in Spain
ConclusionsThe seroprevalence of antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 among possible cases was lower than expected. Approximately, 40% of the symptomatic patients followed up by GPs during the peak months of the pandemic were positive. (Source: Family Practice)
Source: Family Practice - September 11, 2020 Category: Primary Care Source Type: research
General practitioners ’ perspectives of the integrated health care system: a cross-sectional study in Wuhan, China
ConclusionsThe GPs ’ general cognition of the integrated health care system was general. Most of the GPs supported the integrated health care system and believed that it contributed to decrease the patients’ health care costs. Insufficient publicity and the incomplete two-way referral mechanism were regarded to be the main obstacles to its development. (Source: Family Practice)
Source: Family Practice - September 7, 2020 Category: Primary Care Source Type: research
Malnutrition in older adults: how interprofessional teams see it? A systematic review of the qualitative research
ConclusionWhile health care professionals understand about the aetiology of malnutrition, however screening for malnutrition is not routine in their practice. Proper education and training about nutritional care is needed. Dietary changes and public education are preferable over oral nutritional supplements. Some solution and recommendations for management of malnutrition in older adult such as supportive interventions include environmental changes, nutritional counselling, food modification, oral nutrition supplement and pharmacotherapy if needed, routine screening and multidisciplinary approach. (Source: Family Practice)
Source: Family Practice - September 7, 2020 Category: Primary Care Source Type: research
Introducing point-of-care ultrasound in Danish general practice —elucidating the use through a medical audit
ConclusionThe GPs found several indications for performing PoCUS following the attendance of a 2-day basic training program. The majority of examinations were registered to be conclusive and/or increase diagnostic certainty. However, few GPs used PoCUS on a daily basis and not all examinations were registered to have an impact on patient care. (Source: Family Practice)
Source: Family Practice - August 25, 2020 Category: Primary Care Source Type: research
Preferences and barriers to the utilization of primary health care by sick physicians: a nationwide survey
ConclusionsPhysicians frequently engage in self-treatment and in informal medical care. Whether the root cause is the health care system structure that does not meet their needs or the convenience of self-treatment is not known. (Source: Family Practice)
Source: Family Practice - August 25, 2020 Category: Primary Care Source Type: research
Corrigendum to: Addressing financial strain through a peer-to-peer intervention in primary care
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Source: Family Practice - August 24, 2020 Category: Primary Care Source Type: research
Sleep patterns and physical function in older adults attending primary health care
ConclusionsPoor self-reported sleep quality, but not sleep duration, was associated with an increased frequency of physical frailty, LEFI and muscle weakness. Interventions to improve sleep quality could contribute to healthy ageing. (Source: Family Practice)
Source: Family Practice - August 21, 2020 Category: Primary Care Source Type: research
Potentially inappropriate medications in older adults: a commentary on the study by Roux et al.
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Source: Family Practice - August 18, 2020 Category: Primary Care Source Type: research
Evaluation of general practitioners ’ single-lead electrocardiogram interpretation skills: a case-vignette study
ConclusionsGPs can safely rule out cardiac arrhythmias with 1L-ECGs. However, whenever an abnormality is suspected, confirmation by an expert-reader is warranted. (Source: Family Practice)
Source: Family Practice - August 7, 2020 Category: Primary Care Source Type: research
Infection with SARS-CoV-2 in primary care health care workers assessed by antibody testing
ConclusionOur systematic analysis of SARS-CoV-2 infection in a cohort of health care workers in a large outpatient centre revealed an apparently low rate of 2.6% past SARS-CoV-2 infections. Relative risk for infection following health care profession cannot be derived as data about infection rates in the corresponding general population are lacking. (Source: Family Practice)
Source: Family Practice - August 7, 2020 Category: Primary Care Source Type: research
Patterns of multimorbidity and pharmacotherapy: a total population cross-sectional study
ConclusionsIndividuals with chronic conditions often show clinical complexity with both concordant and discordant conditions and polypharmacy. This study indicates that clinical guidelines addressing clustering of conditions may be one strategy for managing complexity. (Source: Family Practice)
Source: Family Practice - August 7, 2020 Category: Primary Care Source Type: research
A patient-centredness improvement study for efficacy of behaviour change for healthy lifestyle and weight loss in a student-run free clinic
ConclusionsMessages that were frequent, unique, succinct and delivered within 4 weeks after the clinic visit resulted in the highest response rate and goal attainment. Other primary care clinics can use these interventions to increase patient completion of implemented behaviour changes for a healthier lifestyle. (Source: Family Practice)
Source: Family Practice - July 15, 2020 Category: Primary Care Source Type: research
