The COVID-19 pandemic has accentuated the indispensable role of primary care. Objectives: Recognising this, the PRICOV-19 study investigated how 5,489 GP practices across 38 countries (Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, ...
This article focuses on potential strategies to support primary care researchers in working in partnership with the public and healthcare professionals. Partnership working can potentially to improve the relevance and usefulness of research and ensure ...
Colorectal cancer (CRC) screening uptake in many countries has been low and further impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. General Practitioners (GPs) are key facilitators, however research on their impact on organised CRC screening is still limited.To evaluate ...
There is a paucity of prognostic models for COVID-19 that are usable for in-office patient assessment in general practice (GP).To develop and validate a risk prediction model for hospital admission with readily available predictors.A retrospective cohort ...
Most symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections produce mild to moderate symptoms. Although most patients are managed in the outpatient setting, little is known about the effect of general practitioners’ (GP) management strategies on the outcomes of COVID-19 ...
In the Netherlands, parents of children with daytime urinary incontinence (UI) first consult general practitioners (GPs). However, GPs need more specific guidelines for daytime UI management, resulting in care and referral decisions being made without ...
The clinical learning environment is important in GP specialty training and impacts professional development. Uniquely for GP trainees, about half of their training periods occur in a hospital environment, which is not their final workplace. There is ...
For several decades, medical school graduates’ motivation to specialise in family medicine is decreasing. Therefore, residents in family medicine must be motivated for the profession and finish their residency.Goal of the current study is the ...
Patients experience long-lasting health problems defined as post-intensive care syndrome (PICS) after Intensive Care Unit (ICU) admission. Little is known about PICS in primary care.To investigate whether ICU survivors encounter more new International ...
Access to testing during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic was limited, impacting patients with COVID-19-like symptoms. Current qualitative studies have been limited to one country or were conducted outside Europe.To explore - in eight European ...
Fear of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has been associated with significant health effects.To assess COVID-19 fear and investigate factors associated with higher fear among COVID-19 survivors over 6 months after infection.Cross-sectional study using multistage ...
Securing primary care is an important issue for health policy. Given a threatened shortage of GPs in Germany, there are discussions about what actions to take to guarantee primary care.The aim was to obtain opinions of German GPs towards (a) the status ...
Seasonal influenza vaccination coverage levels remain too low in many countries.This study aimed to evaluate the impact of a reminder letter from their general practitioner (GP) on patients’ influenza vaccination.Eligible patients for this controlled ...
Recognising acute appendicitis in children presenting with acute abdominal pain in primary care is challenging. General practitioners (GPs) may benefit from a clinical prediction rule.To develop and validate a clinical prediction rule for acute appendicitis ...
In the first of a four-part series, we describe the fundamentals of public engagement in primary care research.The article’s purpose is to encourage, inform and improve the researcher’s awareness about public engagement in research. For ...
The German healthcare system is responsible for 5,2% of the national emissions of greenhouse gases. Therefore, mitigation actions to reduce the carbon footprint are crucial. However, there have been few approaches to achieve this in German primary care.This ...
General practitioners (GPs) have an important role in managing patients with atopic dermatitis (AD). Although pivotal, adherence to dermatological guidelines in general practice has not been assessed.To assess GPs’ perceived adherence and barriers ...
This final article in the four-part series focuses on the often neglected yet important role of the public in implementing research in General Practice and Primary Care more broadly. Experience in implementation of findings from research with public engagement ...
eHealth offers opportunities to improve health and healthcare systems and overcome primary care challenges in low-resource settings (LRS). LRS has been typically associated with low- and middle-income countries (LMIC), but they can be found in high-income ...
Data on advance care planning (ACP) among migrants in Europe is lacking. Research has shown that few older migrants in the United States perform ACP due to healthcare system distrust, collectivistic values and spirituality/religion.To explore the ACP ...
Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, GPs had to distinguish SARS-CoV-2 from other aetiologies in patients presenting with respiratory tract infection (RTI) symptoms on clinical grounds and adapt management accordingly.To test the diagnostic accuracy of GPs’ ...
A better understanding of patient non-adherence to type 2 diabetes medication is needed to design effective interventions to address this issue.(1) To estimate the prevalence of non-adherence to diabetes medication; (2) to examine its impact on glycemic ...
Increasing numbers of primary care physicians (PCPs) are reducing their working hours. This decline may affect the workforce and the care provided to patients.This scoping review aims to determine the impact of PCPs working part-time on quality of patient ...