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Matching treatment options for risk sub-groups in musculoskeletal pain: a consensus groups study

open access: yesBMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2019
Background Musculoskeletal (MSK) pain represents a considerable worldwide healthcare burden. This study aimed to gain consensus from practitioners who work with MSK pain patients, on the most appropriate primary care treatment options for subgroups of ...
Joanne Protheroe   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Health transition in Africa: practical policy proposals for primary care. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Sub-Saharan Africa is undergoing health transition as increased globalization and accompanying urbanization are causing a double burden of communicable and noncommunicable diseases.
L Smeeth   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Primary health care and nutrition

open access: yesBulletin of the World Health Organization, 2020
Globally, dietary factors are responsible for about one in five deaths. In many low- and middle-income countries different forms of malnutrition (including obesity and undernutrition) can co-exist within the same population. This double burden of malnutrition is placing a disproportional strain on health systems, slowing progress towards universal ...
Kraef, Christian   +5 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Risk of fracture among patients with polymyalgia rheumatica and giant cell arteritis: a population-based study

open access: yesBMC Medicine, 2018
Background Glucocorticoids are associated with increased fracture risk and are the mainstay of treatment in polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) and giant cell arteritis (GCA). However, fracture risk in these conditions has not been previously quantified.
Zoe Paskins   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Primary Oral Health Care [PDF]

open access: yesMedical Principles and Practice, 2014
The aim of this review was to describe the background and evolution of primary oral health care (POHC), including the development of an oral health policy, by identifying the resources necessary for oral health services, reviewing the evidence of the effectiveness of oral health promotion and education, providing essential oral health care, and ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Information in primary health care [PDF]

open access: yesHealth Libraries Review, 1995
The results of two recently completed studies, one in the Trent Region and the other in the Anglia and Oxford Region, of the information‐related behaviour of general medical practitioners (GPs) and of information activities within the general practices illustrating the information seeking behaviour of GPs, their generation of information, and ...
F, Wood   +4 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Primary care is the frontline for help-seeking insomnia patients

open access: yesEuropean Journal of General Practice, 2021
Background Although insomnia is a very common disorder, few people seek medical help. Objectives To determine the proportion of people who consult a healthcare professional about insomnia and examine reasons for help seeking. Methods Descriptive study of
Isabel Torrens Darder   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Haematological abnormalities and risk of COVID-19 infection in adult patients attending primary healthcare settings

open access: yesHematology Reports, 2020
Centres for Disease Control and prevention (CDC) reports that there are limited data and information about the impact of underlying medical conditions and the risk of infection.
Ehab Hamed   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

European Standard Clinical Practice Guideline and EXPeRT Recommendations for the Diagnosis and Management of Gastroenteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Neoplasms in Children and Adolescents

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Pediatric gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms (GEP‐NENs) are extremely rare and clinically heterogeneous. Management has largely been extrapolated from adult practice. This European Standard Clinical Practice Guideline (ESCP), developed by the EXPeRT network in collaboration with adult NEN experts, provides (adult) evidence ...
Michaela Kuhlen   +23 more
wiley   +1 more source

The extra-articular impacts of rheumatoid arthritis: moving towards holistic care

open access: yesBMC Rheumatology, 2018
Although treat-to-target has revolutionised the outcomes of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) there is emerging evidence that attaining the target of remission is insufficient to normalise patients’ quality of life, and ameliorate the extra ...
I. C. Scott   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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