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Assessing patient satisfaction with a microsuction service in general practice: a comparative study

BJGP Open, 2019
Background: In the UK, about 2.3 million people each year require intervention for wax impaction, while otitis externa accounts for just over 1% of general practice consultations.
Ruairi Hasson, Eoin McDermott, Karena Hanley, Camilla Carroll, Claire Collins   +4 more
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General practitioners' perceptions of effective health care

, 1999
Objectives: To explore general practitioners' perceptions of effective health care and its application in their own practice; to examine how these perceptions relate to assumptions about clinicians' values and behaviour implicit in the evidence based ...
Tomlin, Z., Humphrey, C., S. Rogers, C. Humphrey, Rogers, S., Z. Tomlin   +5 more
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Health status in patients with limited health literacy; development and validity of the Clinical COPD Questionnaire graphic (CCQg)

npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine
Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) often experience limited health literacy, hampering health status assessment via standard questionnaires like the Clinical COPD Questionnaire (CCQ).
Erlijn Tiel Groenestege, Bea Sloothaak, Iris van Geer-Postmus, Aimée van de Maat, Ellen van Heijst, Natascha Huijser van Reenen, Kaying Kan, Marjan Kerkhof, Cindy Lentjes, Thys van der Molen, Maret Zonneveld, Johannes in ’t Veen, Janwillem Kocks   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

The candidate perspective of the clinical competency test (CCT) of the MICGP examination: a mixed-methods study

BJGP Open, 2018
Background: The clinical competency test (CCT) was introduced by the Irish College of General Practitioners (ICGP) in 2015. Similar to the clinical skills assessment (CSA) of the Membership of the Royal College of General Practitioners exam (MRCGP), the ...
Tony Foley, Kathleen McLoughlin, Elaine K Walsh, Paul Leggett, Muríosa O'Reilly, Molly Owens, Aisling A Jennings   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Promoting physical health among people with enduring mental illness: a qualitative study of healthcare providers’ perspectives

BMJ Open, 2021
Background People with enduring mental illness (EMI) have higher morbidity and mortality from chronic diseases than the general population, and this results in a significantly reduced relative life expectancy—accounted for primarily by physical illness ...
James Larkin, Brian Osborne, Claire Collins, Pearse Finegan, Marie O'Shea, Ivana Pericin   +5 more
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Collaboration to reduce antibiotic use and resistance and identify opportunities for improvement and awareness (CARA)

Rural and Remote Health, 2023
Introduction: CARA is a five-year Health Research Board (HRB) project. Superbugs cause resistant infections that are difficult to treat and pose a serious threat to human health.
Sana Parveen, Mathieu D’Aquin, Lukasz Porwol, Claire Collins, Mike O'Callaghan, Heike Vornhagen, Agustin Garcia Pereira, Akke Vellinga   +7 more
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Asthma control and opportunities to optimize management and the healthcare provider experience using the AsthmaOptimiser online tool in Dutch general practice: the CAPTURE study

npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine
Patients seen in general practices can achieve improved asthma control with better identification of factors that contribute to uncontrolled asthma.
Marika T. Leving, Yoran H. Gerritsma, David J. Jackson, Erik W. M. A. Bischoff, Jiska M. Meijer, Hans Wouters, Bertine Flokstra-de Blok, Janwillem W. H. Kocks   +7 more
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Identifying critical inhalation technique errors in Dry Powder Inhaler use in patients with COPD based on the association with health status and exacerbations: findings from the multi-country cross-sectional observational PIFotal study

BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 2023
Background Correct inhaler use depends on a complex interplay of factors, including device preparation and generating sufficient inspiratory flow. It is currently unknown which inhalation technique errors can be considered critical in Chronic Obstructive
Janwillem Kocks, Sinthia Bosnic-Anticevich, Joyce van Cooten, Jaime Correia de Sousa, Biljana Cvetkovski, Richard Dekhuijzen, Lars Dijk, Marina Garcia Pardo, Asparuh Gardev, Radosław Gawlik, Iris van der Ham, Ymke Janse, Federico Lavorini, Tiago Maricoto, Jiska Meijer, Boyd Metz, David Price, Miguel Roman Rodriguez, Kirsten Schuttel, Nilouq Stoker, Ioanna Tsiligianni, Omar Usmani, Jaco Voorham, Marika T. Leving   +23 more
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Perspectives of GPs working in or alongside Emergency Departments in England: Qualitative findings from the General Practitioners and Emergency Departments [GPED] Study

, 2022
Background Around 43% of Emergency Department (ED) attendances can be managed in general practice. Strategies to address this include directing appropriate patients to GPs working in or alongside EDs (GPED).
Adamson, Joy Ann, Leggett, Heather, Scantlebury, Arabella Louise, Scantlebury, Arabella; id_orcid, Scantlebury, Arabella, Anderson, Helen, Salisbury, Chris, Benger, Jonathan, Adamson, Joy   +8 more
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Clinical recommendations for dry powder inhaler use in the management of COPD in primary care

npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine, 2022
Over 1400 patients using dry powder inhalers (DPIs) to deliver COPD maintenance therapies were recruited across Europe and Australia. Their peak inspiratory flow (PIF) was measured, inhaler technique was observed, and adherence to treatment assessed ...
Marika T. Leving, Sinthia Bosnic-Anticevich, Joyce van Cooten, Jaime Correia de Sousa, Biljana Cvetkovski, Richard Dekhuijzen, Lars Dijk, Marina Garcia Pardo, Asparuh Gardev, Radosław Gawlik, Iris van der Ham, Ymke Janse, Federico Lavorini, Tiago Maricoto, Jiska Meijer, Boyd Metz, David Price, Miguel Roman-Rodriguez, Kirsten Schuttel, Nilouq Stoker, Ioanna Tsiligianni, Omar Usmani, Rachel Emerson-Stadler, Janwillem W. H. Kocks   +23 more
doaj   +1 more source