BMC Family Practice - Latest articlesThe latest articles from BMC Family Practice (ISSN 1471-2296) published by BioMed CentralAsthma and COPD in primary health care, quality according to national guidelines: a cross-sectional and a retrospective study.- June 19, 2008 Background: In recent decades international and national guidelines have been formulated to ensure that patients suffering from specific diseases receive evidence-based care. In 2004 the National Swedish Board of Health and Welfare (SoS) published guidelines concerning the management of patients with asthma and COPD. The guidelines identify quality indicators that should be fulfilled. The aim of this study was to survey structure and process indicators, according to the asthma and COPD...http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2296/9/36 Mix of methods is needed to identify adverse events in general practice: a prospective observational study- June 15, 2008 Background: The validity and usefulness of incident reporting and other methods for identifying adverse events remains unclear. This study aimed to compare five methods in general practice. Methods: In a prospective observational study, with five general practitioners, five methods were applied and compared. The five methods were physician reported adverse events, pharmacist reported adverse events, patients' experiences of adverse events, assessment of a random sample of medical records, and...http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2296/9/35 Screening and diagnosing depression in women visiting GPs' drop in clinic in primary health care- June 13, 2008 Background: Only half of all depressions are diagnosed in Primary Health Care (PHC). Depression can remain undetected for a long time and entail high costs for care and low quality of life for the individuals. Drop in clinic is a common form of organizing health care; however the visits are short and focus on solving the most urgent problems. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence and severity of depression among women visiting the GPsa drop in clinic and to identify possible...http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2296/9/34 CRISTOPH - a cluster-randomised intervention study to optimise the treatment of patients with hypertension in General Practice- June 10, 2008 Background: Recent guidelines for the management of hypertension focus on treating patients according to their global cardiovascular risk (CVR), rather than strictly keeping blood pressure, or other risk factors, below set limit values. The objective of this study is to compare the effect of a simple versus a complex educational intervention implementing this new concept among General Practitioners (GPs). Methodsdesign: A prospective longitudinal cluster-randomised intervention trial with 94...http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2296/9/33 Practice organisational characteristics can impact on compliance with the BTSSIGN asthma guideline: Qualitative comparative case study in primary care- June 4, 2008 Background: Although the BTS-SIGN asthma guideline is one of the most well known and widely respected guidelines in the world, implementation in UK primary care remains patchy. Building on extensive earlier descriptive work, we sought to explore the way teamwork and inter-professional relationships impact on the implementation of the BTS-SIGN guideline on asthma in general practice. Methods: Qualitative comparative case study using nine in-depth interviews and 2 focus groups with general...http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2296/9/32 |