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Healthcare use and clinical investigations before a diagnosis of ovarian cancer: a register-based study in Denmark

BMC Primary Care, 2023
Background Ovarian cancer (OC) is associated with a poor prognosis, which calls for earlier diagnosis. This study aimed to analyse the health care use in primary care and at hospitals among women with OC compared to non-cancerous women to identify a ...
Isabella Gringer Rousing, Peter Vedsted, Peter Hjertholm, Per Kallestrup, Marie-Louise Ladegaard Baun, Line Flytkjaer Virgilsen   +5 more
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Report on Methodological Quality Assessment of Primary Care and General Practice Research in China in 2021: Qualitative and Mixed Methods Research Section [PDF]

Zhongguo quanke yixue
Background General practice has significant interdisciplinary characteristics, both qualitative research and mixed methods research are applicable to scientific research in this field.
Quality Assessment Group for Qualitative and Mixed Methods Research of Chinese General Practice
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Safety, efficiency and health-related quality of telephone triage conducted by general practitioners, nurses, or physicians in out-of-hours primary care: a quasi-experimental study using the Assessment of Quality in Telephone Triage (AQTT) to assess audio-recorded telephone calls

BMC Family Practice, 2020
Background To explore and compare safety, efficiency, and health-related quality of telephone triage in out-of-hours primary care (OOH-PC) services performed by general practitioners (GPs), nurses using a computerised decision support system (CDSS), or ...
D. S. Graversen, M. B. Christensen, A. F. Pedersen, A. H. Carlsen, F. Bro, H. C. Christensen, C. H. Vestergaard, L. Huibers   +7 more
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Primary care implementation study to scale up early identification and brief intervention and reduce alcohol-related negative outcomes at the community level (PINO): study protocol for a quasi-experimental 3-arm study

BMC Family Practice, 2021
Background Primary healthcare-based Early Identification and Brief Intervention (EIBI) for hazardous and harmful alcohol use is both a clinically relevant and cost-effective strategy to reduce heavy drinking.
Bram Pussig, Lodewijk Pas, Ann Li, Mieke Vermandere, Bert Aertgeerts, Catharina Matheï   +5 more
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Routes to cancer diagnosis for patients with pre-existing psychiatric disorders: a nationwide register-based cohort study

BMC Cancer, 2022
Background Poor cancer prognosis has been observed in patients with pre-existing psychiatric disorders. Therefore, we need better knowledge about the diagnosis of cancer in this patient group.
Line Flytkjær Virgilsen, Peter Vedsted, Alina Zalounina Falborg, Anette Fischer Pedersen, Anders Prior, Henry Jensen   +5 more
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CTNNA3 genetic polymorphism may be a new genetic signal of type 2 diabetes in the Chinese Han population: a case control study

BMC Medical Genomics, 2021
Background Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) is the result of a combination of genes and environment. The identified genetic loci can only explain part of T2D risk.
Yunjun Zhang, Xiaoman Zhou, Wanjuan Dai, Juan Sun, Mei Lin, Yutian Zhang, Yipeng Ding   +6 more
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Monitoring osteoarthritis: a cross-sectional survey in general practice [PDF]

, 2013
<b>Background</b> Despite being a highly prevalent chronic condition managed predominantly in primary care and unlike other chronic conditions, osteoarthritis (OA) care is delivered on an ad hoc basis rather than through routine structured ...
Bishop, A., Clarson, L.E., Daniel, R., Edwards, J.J., Mallen, C.D., Nicholl, B.I.   +5 more
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Report on Methodological Quality Assessment of Primary Care and General Practice Research in China in 2021: Quantitative Research, Systematic Review and Guidelines/Consensus Section [PDF]

Zhongguo quanke yixue
Background At a time when healthcare reforms are being implemented in the new era, the scientific research output in the field of general practice and primary care in China has grown rapidly in recent years.
Quality Assessment Group for Quantitative Research, Systematic Review and Guidelines/Consensus of Chinese General Practice
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Diabetes Mellitus Diagnosis and Screening in Australian General Practice: A National Study

Journal of Diabetes Research, 2022
Aims. To investigate the epidemiology of diabetes diagnosis and screening in Australian general practice. Methods. Cross-sectional study using electronic health records of 1,522,622 patients aged 18+ years attending 544 Australian general practices ...
Mingyue Zheng, Carla De Oliveira Bernardo, Nigel Stocks, David Gonzalez-Chica   +3 more
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Intensive Blood Pressure Control and Diabetes Mellitus Incidence for Patients with Impaired Fasting Glucose: A Secondary Analysis of SPRINT

International Journal of Hypertension, 2023
Background. Previous studies indicated that intensive blood pressure (BP) control (systolic BP 
Beiru Lin, Xiaochuan Liu, Sichen Yao, Zhigang Pan   +3 more
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