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Health Alliance for Prudent Prescribing, Yield and Use of Antimicrobial Drugs in the Treatment of Respiratory Tract Infections (HAPPY AUDIT)
Lars Bjerrum, Anders Munck, Bente Gahrn-Hansen, Malene Hansen, Dorte Jarboel, Carl Llor, Josep Cots, Silvia Hernández, Beatriz López-Valcárcel, Antoñia Pérez, Lidia Caballero, Walter von der Heyde, Ruta Radzeviviene, Arnoldas Jurgutis, Anatoliy Reutskiy, Elena Egorova, Eva Strandberg, Ingvar Ovhed, Sigvard Molstad, Robert vander Stichele, Ria Benko, Vera Vlahovic-Palcevski, Christos Lionis, Marit Rønning BMC Family Practice 2010, 11:29 (23 April 2010)
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The value of episodic, intensive blood glucose monitoring in non-insulin treated persons with type 2 diabetes: Design of the Structured Testing Program (STeP) Study, a cluster-randomised, clinical trial [NCT00674986]
William Polonsky, Lawrence Fisher, Charles Schikman, Deborah Hinnen, Christopher Parkin, Zhihong Jelsovsky, Linda Amstutz, Matthias Schweitzer, Robin Wagner BMC Family Practice 2010, 11:37 (18 May 2010)
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Urinary tract infections in healthy women: a revolution in management?
Chris Del Mar BMC Family Practice 2010, 11:42 (26 May 2010)
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Chris del Mar discusses the way urinary tract infections are managed in women, including the way in which the results of a recent trial published in BMC Medicine could affect current management practices.
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A study of the diagnostic accuracy of the PHQ-9 in primary care elderly
Elizabeth Phelan, Barbara Williams, Kathryn Meeker, Katie Bonn, John Frederick, James LoGerfo, Mark Snowden BMC Family Practice 2010, 11:63 (1 September 2010)
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Chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME) in adults: a qualitative study of perspectives from professional practice
Simon MC Horton, Fiona Poland, Swati Kale, Maria de Lourdes Drachler, Jose Carlos de Carvalho Leite, Maggie A McArthur, Peter D Campion, Derek Pheby, Luis Nacul BMC Family Practice 2010, 11:89 (15 November 2010)
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Early identification of and proactive palliative care for patients in general practice, incentive and methods of a randomized controlled trial
Bregje Thoonsen, Marieke Groot, Yvonne Engels, Judith Prins, Stans Verhagen, Cilia Galesloot, Chris van Weel, Kris Vissers BMC Family Practice 2011, 12:123 (3 November 2011)
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Effect of lifestyle intervention for people with diabetes or prediabetes in real-world primary care: propensity score analysis
Joris J Linmans, Mark G Spigt, Linda Deneer, Annelies EM Lucas, Marlies de Bakker, Luc G Gidding, Rik Linssen, J André Knottnerus BMC Family Practice 2011, 12:95 (13 September 2011)
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Self-management experiences among men and women with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a qualitative analysis
Rebecca Mathew, Enza Gucciardi, Margaret De Melo, Paula Barata BMC Family Practice 2012, 13:122 (19 December 2012)
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Men feel more reluctant than women to disclose their diabetes in social situations, resulting in weaker support networks and more self-reliance in managing their condition, findings which may inform gender specific treatment stategies
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Converting habits of antibiotic prescribing for respiratory tract infections in German primary care – the cluster-randomized controlled CHANGE-2 trial
Attila Altiner, Reinhard Berner, Annette Diener, Gregor Feldmeier, Anna Köchling, Christin Löffler, Helmut Schröder, Achim Siegel, Anja Wollny, Winfried V Kern BMC Family Practice 2012, 13:124 (20 December 2012)
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Does self monitoring of blood glucose as opposed to urinalysis provide additional benefit in patients newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes receiving structured education? The DESMOND SMBG randomised controlled trial protocol
Helen M Dallosso, Helen C Eborall, Heather Daly, Lorraine Martin-Stacey, Jane Speight, Kathryn Realf, Marian E Carey, Michael J Campbell, Simon Dixon, Kamlesh Khunti, Melanie J Davies, Simon Heller BMC Family Practice 2012, 13:18 (14 March 2012)
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Perceptions of hypertension treatment among patients with and without diabetes
Heymann Anthony, Liora Valinsky, Zucker Inbar, Chodick Gabriel, Shalev Varda BMC Family Practice 2012, 13:24 (26 March 2012)
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Patient focus groups reveal that those with diabetes and hypertension view the former as the major health threat, whilst those with hypertension alone perceive it as a risk factor rather than as an independent disease.
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Barriers to successful recruitment of parents of overweight children for an obesity prevention intervention: a qualitative study among youth health care professionals
Sanne MPL Gerards, Pieter C Dagnelie, Maria WJ Jansen, Nanne K De Vries, Stef PJ Kremers BMC Family Practice 2012, 13:37 (16 May 2012)
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A systematic review of interventions in primary care to improve health literacy for chronic disease behavioral risk factors
Jane Taggart, Anna Williams, Sarah Dennis, Anthony Newall, Tim Shortus, Nicholas Zwar, Elizabeth Denney-Wilson, Mark F Harris BMC Family Practice 2012, 13:49 (1 June 2012)
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Diagnostic accuracy of the STRATIFY clinical prediction rule for falls: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Jennifer Billington, Tom Fahey, Rose Galvin BMC Family Practice 2012, 13:76 (7 August 2012)
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General practitioners’ views on quality markers for children in UK primary care: a qualitative study
Peter J Gill, Jenny Hislop, David Mant, Anthony Harnden BMC Family Practice 2012, 13:92 (14 September 2012)
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English GPs support the implementation of benchmarks to measure the quality of primary care for children, while recognising the challenges that must be overcome to make such markers relevant and measureable.
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Barriers, facilitators and attitudes influencing health promotion activities in general practice: an explorative pilot study
Wytske W Geense, Irene M van de Glind, Tommy LS Visscher, Theo van Achterberg BMC Family Practice 2013, 14:20 (9 February 2013)
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Are family practice trainers and their host practices any better? comparing practice trainers and non-trainers and their practices
Pieter van den Hombergh, Saskia Schalk-Soekar, Anneke Kramer, Ben Bottema, Stephen Campbell, Jozé Braspenning BMC Family Practice 2013, 14:23 (21 February 2013)
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Early community-based family practice elective positively influences medical students' career considerations -- a Pre-post-comparison
Tobias Deutsch, Petra Hönigschmid, Thomas Frese, Hagen Sandholzer BMC Family Practice 2013, 14:24 (21 February 2013)
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A short general practice based elective significantly increases medical students opinion of family medicine as a future career option, suggesting this could be a way to increase recruitment to the field
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Assessment of antibiotic prescribing in Latvian general practitioners
Uga Dumpis, Elīna Dimiņa, Mārtiņš Akermanis, Edgars Tirāns, Sarmīte Veide BMC Family Practice 2013, 14:9 (12 January 2013)
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Klippel-Feil syndrome – the risk of cervical spinal cord injury: A case report
Subramanian Vaidyanathan, Peter L Hughes, Bakul M Soni, Gurpreet Singh, Pradipkumar Sett BMC Family Practice 2002, 3:6 (11 April 2002)
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Conducting research in individual patients: lessons learnt from two series of N-of-1 trials
Anke CM Wegman, Daniëlle AWM van der Windt, Wim AB Stalman, Theo PGM de Vries BMC Family Practice 2006, 7:54 (19 September 2006)
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Exploring men's and women's experiences of depression and engagement with health professionals: more similarities than differences? A qualitative interview study
Carol Emslie, Damien Ridge, Sue Ziebland, Kate Hunt BMC Family Practice 2007, 8:43 (24 July 2007)
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Self-rated health, symptoms of depression and general symptoms at 3 and 12 months after a first-ever stroke: a municipality-based study in Sweden
Ylva Skånér, Gunnar H Nilsson, Kristina Sundquist, Ejda Hassler, Ingvar Krakau BMC Family Practice 2007, 8:61 (17 October 2007)
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The perceived meaning of a (w)holistic view among general practitioners and district nurses in Swedish primary care: a qualitative study
Eva Strandberg, Ingvar Ovhed, Lars Borgquist, Susan Wilhelmsson BMC Family Practice 2007, 8:8 (8 March 2007)
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Raising positive expectations helps patients with minor ailments: A cross-sectional study
Thijs Fassaert, Sandra van Dulmen, François Schellevis, Liesbeth van der Jagt, Jozien Bensing BMC Family Practice 2008, 9:38 (30 June 2008)
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