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Volume 11;  2010
Commentary
Urinary tract infections in healthy women: a revolution in management?
Chris Del Mar
BMC Fam Pract. 2010; 11: 42. Published online 2010 May 26. doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-11-42.
PMCID: PMC2885322
Research articles
Adaptation and validation of the Charlson Index for Read/OXMIS coded databases
Nada F Khan, Rafael Perera, Stephen Harper, and Peter W Rose
BMC Fam Pract. 2010; 11: 1. Published online 2010 January 5. doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-11-1.
PMCID: PMC2820468
Dizziness reported by elderly patients in family practice: prevalence, incidence, and clinical characteristics
Otto R Maarsingh, Jacquelien Dros, François G Schellevis, Henk C van Weert, Patrick J Bindels, and Henriette E van der Horst
BMC Fam Pract. 2010; 11: 2. Published online 2010 January 11. doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-11-2.
PMCID: PMC2817676
The attitudes, beliefs and behaviours of GPs regarding exercise for chronic knee pain: a systematic review
Elizabeth Cottrell, Edward Roddy, and Nadine E Foster
BMC Fam Pract. 2010; 11: 4. Published online 2010 January 18. doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-11-4.
PMCID: PMC2826301
Are GPs adequately equipped with the knowledge for educating and counseling of families with ADHD children?
Ahmad Ghanizadeh and Nabi Zarei
BMC Fam Pract. 2010; 11: 5. Published online 2010 January 21. doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-11-5.
PMCID: PMC2822770
A survey of the management of urinary tract infection in children in primary care and comparison with the NICE guidelines
Kieran M Kennedy, Liam G Glynn, and Brendan Dineen
BMC Fam Pract. 2010; 11: 6. Published online 2010 January 26. doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-11-6.
PMCID: PMC2823660
Is chronic pelvic pain a comfortable diagnosis for primary care practitioners: a qualitative study
Linda McGowan, Diane Escott, Karen Luker, Francis Creed, and Carolyn Chew-Graham
BMC Fam Pract. 2010; 11: 7. Published online 2010 January 27. doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-11-7.
PMCID: PMC2835666
Patient recall of receiving lifestyle advice for overweight and hypertension from their General Practitioner
Alison O Booth and Caryl A Nowson
BMC Fam Pract. 2010; 11: 8. Published online 2010 February 1. doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-11-8.
PMCID: PMC2831841
Validation of the "SmoCess-GP" instrument - a short patient questionnaire for assessing the smoking cessation activities of general practitioners: a cross-sectional study
Julia Jung, Melanie Neumann, Markus Wirtz, Nicole Ernstmann, Andrea Staratschek-Jox, Jürgen Wolf, and Holger Pfaff
BMC Fam Pract. 2010; 11: 9. Published online 2010 February 1. doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-11-9.
PMCID: PMC2825201
Does GPs' self-perception of their professional role correspond to their social self-image? - A qualitative study from Germany
Iris Natanzon, Dominik Ose, Joachim Szecsenyi, Stephen Campbell, Marco Roos, and Stefanie Joos
BMC Fam Pract. 2010; 11: 10. Published online 2010 February 4. doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-11-10.
PMCID: PMC2834633
The effects of patient characteristics on ADHD diagnosis and treatment: a factorial study of family physicians
Christopher P Morley
BMC Fam Pract. 2010; 11: 11. Published online 2010 February 8. doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-11-11.
PMCID: PMC2828998
General practitioners and tutors' experiences with peer group academic detailing: a qualitative study
Jan C Frich, Sigurd Høye, Morten Lindbæk, and Jørund Straand
BMC Fam Pract. 2010; 11: 12. Published online 2010 February 12. doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-11-12.
PMCID: PMC2828999
Pretest expectations strongly influence interpretation of abnormal laboratory results and further management
Paul HH Houben, Trudy van der Weijden, Bjorn Winkens, Ron AG Winkens, and Richard PTM Grol
BMC Fam Pract. 2010; 11: 13. Published online 2010 February 16. doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-11-13.
PMCID: PMC2829524
Predictive ability of an early diagnostic guess in patients presenting with chest pain; a longitudinal descriptive study
François Verdon, Michel Junod, Lilli Herzig, Paul Vaucher, Bernard Burnand, Thomas Bischoff, Alain Pécoud, and Bernard Favrat
BMC Fam Pract. 2010; 11: 14. Published online 2010 February 21. doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-11-14.
PMCID: PMC2836993
The implementation evaluation of primary care groups of practice: a focus on organizational identity
Charo Rodríguez and Marlei Pozzebon
BMC Fam Pract. 2010; 11: 15. Published online 2010 February 22. doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-11-15.
PMCID: PMC2841653
Making the diagnosis of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalitis in primary care: a qualitative study
Carolyn Chew-Graham, Christopher Dowrick, Alison Wearden, Victoria Richardson, and Sarah Peters
BMC Fam Pract. 2010; 11: 16. Published online 2010 February 23. doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-11-16.
PMCID: PMC2836312
Medically unexplained pain complaints are associated with underlying unrecognized mood disorders in primary care
Luis Agüera, Inmaculada Failde, Jorge A Cervilla, Paula Díaz-Fernández, and Juan Antonio Mico
BMC Fam Pract. 2010; 11: 17. Published online 2010 March 3. doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-11-17.
PMCID: PMC2837858
Impact of vital signs screening & clinician prompting on alcohol and tobacco screening and intervention rates: a pre-post intervention comparison
J Paul Seale, Sylvia Shellenberger, Mary M Velasquez, John M Boltri, Ike Okosun, Monique Guyinn, Dan Vinson, Monica Cornelius, and J Aaron Johnson
BMC Fam Pract. 2010; 11: 18. Published online 2010 March 5. doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-11-18.
PMCID: PMC2844356
Female partners of patients after surgical prostate cancer treatment: interactions with physicians and support needs
Jennifer M Evertsen and Alan S Wolkenstein
BMC Fam Pract. 2010; 11: 19. Published online 2010 March 8. doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-11-19.
PMCID: PMC2843600
Colorectal cancer screening using the faecal occult blood test (FOBt): a survey of GP attitudes and practices in the UK
Sarah Damery, Sue Clifford, and Sue Wilson
BMC Fam Pract. 2010; 11: 20. Published online 2010 March 9. doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-11-20.
PMCID: PMC2841115
Documentation of preventive screening interventions by general practitioners: a retrospective chart audit
Emmanuel Ngwakongnwi, Brenda Hemmelgarn, and Hude Quan
BMC Fam Pract. 2010; 11: 21. Published online 2010 March 9. doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-11-21.
PMCID: PMC2841654
Impact of community-acquired paediatric rotavirus gastroenteritis on family life: data from the REVEAL study
Marie Van der Wielen, Carlo Giaquinto, Leif Gothefors, Christel Huelsse, Frédéric Huet, Martina Littmann, Melanie Maxwell, José MP Talayero, Peter Todd, Miguel T Vila, Luigi Cantarutti, and Pierre Van Damme
BMC Fam Pract. 2010; 11: 22. Published online 2010 March 15. doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-11-22.
PMCID: PMC2841655
Computerized general practice based networks yield comparable performance with sentinel data in monitoring epidemiological time-course of influenza-like illness and acute respiratory illness
Carla Truyers, Emmanuel Lesaffre, Stefaan Bartholomeeusen, Bert Aertgeerts, René Snacken, Bernard Brochier, Fernande Yane, and Frank Buntinx
BMC Fam Pract. 2010; 11: 24. Published online 2010 March 22. doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-11-24.
PMCID: PMC2856540
Abuse and mental disorders among women at walk-in clinics in Trinidad: A cross-sectional study
Rohan G Maharaj, Colanne Alexander, Candace H Bridglal, Aysha Edwards, Hassina Mohammed, Teri-Ann Rampaul, Sharlene Sanchez, Gina P Tanwing, and Kristy Thomas
BMC Fam Pract. 2010; 11: 26. Published online 2010 March 30. doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-11-26.
PMCID: PMC2858716
U.S. healthcare providers' knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, and perceptions concerning Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Dana J Brimmer, Frederick Fridinger, Jin-Mann S Lin, and William C Reeves
BMC Fam Pract. 2010; 11: 28. Published online 2010 April 21. doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-11-28.
PMCID: PMC2875206
Recognizing and managing anxiety disorders in primary health care in Turkey
Mehtap Kartal, Ozlem Coskun, and Nesrin Dilbaz
BMC Fam Pract. 2010; 11: 30. Published online 2010 April 28. doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-11-30.
PMCID: PMC2874786
Physician counseling of young adults with rapid weight gain: a retrospective cohort study
Joyce W Tang, Robert F Kushner, Jason Thompson, and David W Baker
BMC Fam Pract. 2010; 11: 31. Published online 2010 April 30. doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-11-31.
PMCID: PMC2874787
Primary paediatric care models and non-urgent Emergency Department utilization: an area-based cohort study
Sara Farchi, Arianna Polo, Francesco Franco, Domenico Di Lallo, and Gabriella Guasticchi
BMC Fam Pract. 2010; 11: 32. Published online 2010 May 3. doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-11-32.
PMCID: PMC2874788
Epidemiology of Herpes Zoster Infection among Patients Treated in Primary Care Centres in the Valencian Community (Spain)
Ana M Cebrián-Cuenca, Javier Díez-Domingo, María San-Martín Rodríguez, Joan Puig-Barberá, and Jorge Navarro-Pérez
BMC Fam Pract. 2010; 11: 33. Published online 2010 May 6. doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-11-33.
PMCID: PMC2874789
Enhancing the quality of antibiotic prescribing in Primary Care: Qualitative evaluation of a blended learning intervention
Marie-Jet Bekkers, Sharon A Simpson, Frank Dunstan, Kerry Hood, Monika Hare, John Evans, Christopher C Butler, and the STAR study team
BMC Fam Pract. 2010; 11: 34. Published online 2010 May 7. doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-11-34.
PMCID: PMC2881907
Factors associated with patients self-reported adherence to prescribed physical activity in routine primary health care
Matti E Leijon, Preben Bendtsen, Agneta Ståhle, Kerstin Ekberg, Karin Festin, and Per Nilsen
BMC Fam Pract. 2010; 11: 38. Published online 2010 May 19. doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-11-38.
PMCID: PMC2881909
Trends in sexually transmitted infections in the Netherlands, combining surveillance data from general practices and sexually transmitted infection centers
Ingrid VF van den Broek, Robert A Verheij, Christel E van Dijk, Femke DH Koedijk , Marianne AB van der Sande, and Jan EAM van Bergen
BMC Fam Pract. 2010; 11: 39. Published online 2010 May 20. doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-11-39.
PMCID: PMC2886004
General practitioner views about discussing sexual issues with patients with coronary heart disease: a national survey in Ireland
Molly Byrne, Sally Doherty, Hannah M McGee, and Andrew W Murphy
BMC Fam Pract. 2010; 11: 40. Published online 2010 May 25. doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-11-40.
PMCID: PMC2886005
Primary care nurses struggle with lifestyle counseling in diabetes care: a qualitative analysis
Renate Jansink, Jozé Braspenning, Trudy van der Weijden, Glyn Elwyn, and Richard Grol
BMC Fam Pract. 2010; 11: 41. Published online 2010 May 25. doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-11-41.
PMCID: PMC2889883
Variation in plasma calcium analysis in primary care in Sweden - a multilevel analysis
Sofia Dalemo, Per Hjerpe, Henrik Ohlsson, Robert Eggertsen, Juan Merlo, and Kristina Bengtsson Boström
BMC Fam Pract. 2010; 11: 43. Published online 2010 May 30. doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-11-43.
PMCID: PMC2889884
Views on primary prevention of cardiovascular disease - an interview study with Swedish GPs
Louise Silwer , Rolf Wahlström, and Cecilia Stålsby Lundborg
BMC Fam Pract. 2010; 11: 44. Published online 2010 June 2. doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-11-44.
PMCID: PMC2894010
Primary care physicians' use of family history for cancer risk assessment
Brian S Flynn, Marie E Wood, Takamaru Ashikaga, Alan Stockdale, Greg S Dana, and Shelly Naud
BMC Fam Pract. 2010; 11: 45. Published online 2010 June 3. doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-11-45.
PMCID: PMC2898682
A qualitative study of the views of patients with long-term conditions on family doctors in Hong Kong
Stewart W Mercer, Judy Y Siu, Sheila M Hillier, Cindy LK Lam, Yvonne YC Lo, Tai Pong Lam, and Sian M Griffiths
BMC Fam Pract. 2010; 11: 46. Published online 2010 June 4. doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-11-46.
PMCID: PMC2889885
Knowledge of stroke risk factors among primary care patients with previous stroke or TIA: a questionnaire study
Andrzej Sloma, Lars G Backlund, Lars-Erik Strender, and Ylva Skånér
BMC Fam Pract. 2010; 11: 47. Published online 2010 June 15. doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-11-47.
PMCID: PMC2894756
Study protocol
The devil is in the detail - a multifactorial intervention to reduce blood pressure in co-existing diabetes and chronic kidney disease: a single blind, randomized controlled trial
Allison F Williams, Elizabeth Manias, and Rowan G Walker
BMC Fam Pract. 2010; 11: 3. Published online 2010 January 12. doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-11-3.
PMCID: PMC2817677
Group motivational intervention in overweight/obese patients in primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in the primary healthcare area
Juan José Rodríguez Cristóbal, Josefa Ma Panisello Royo, Carlos Alonso-Villaverde Grote, José Ma Pérez Santos, Anna Muñoz Lloret, Francisca Rodríguez Cortés, Pere Travé Mercadé, Francisca Benavides Márquez, Pilar Martí de la Morena, Ma José González Burgillos, Marta Delclós Baulies, Domingo Bleda Fernández, Elida Quillama Torres, and representing the IMOAP group
BMC Fam Pract. 2010; 11: 23. Published online 2010 March 18. doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-11-23.
PMCID: PMC2858126
Impact of rapid antigen detection testing on antibiotic prescription in acute pharyngitis in adults. FARINGOCAT STUDY: a multicentric randomized controlled trial
Jordi Madurell, Montse Balagué, Mónica Gómez, Josep M Cots, and Carl Llor
BMC Fam Pract. 2010; 11: 25. Published online 2010 March 23. doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-11-25.
PMCID: PMC2859488
Childhood abdominal pain in primary care: design and patient selection of the HONEUR abdominal pain cohort
Leo AA Spee, Arjan PJM van den Hurk, Yvonne van Leeuwen, Marc A Benninga, Sita MA Bierma-Zeinstra, Jan Passchier, and Marjolein Y Berger
BMC Fam Pract. 2010; 11: 27. Published online 2010 April 8. doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-11-27.
PMCID: PMC2858717
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 Plejdrup Hansen, Dorte Jarboel , Carl Llor, Josep Maria Cots, Silvia Hernández, Beatriz González López-Valcárcel, Antoñia Pérez, Lidia Caballero, Walter von der Heyde, Ruta Radzeviviene, Arnoldas Jurgutis, Anatoliy Reutskiy, Elena Egorova, Eva Lena Strandberg, Ingvar Ovhed, Sigvard Molstad, Robert vander Stichele, Ria Benko, Vera Vlahovic-Palcevski, Christos Lionis, and Marit Rønning
BMC Fam Pract. 2010; 11: 29. Published online 2010 April 23. doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-11-29.
PMCID: PMC2877004
Towards a more efficient diabetes control in primary care: six-monthly monitoring compared with three-monthly monitoring in type 2 diabetes - The EFFIMODI trial. Design of a randomised controlled patient-preference equivalence trial in primary care
Paulien R Wermeling, Maureen van den Donk, Kees J Gorter, G Ardine de Wit, Yolanda van der Graaf, and Guy EHM Rutten
BMC Fam Pract. 2010; 11: 35. Published online 2010 May 11. doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-11-35.
PMCID: PMC2885321
Protocol for the MoleMate™ UK Trial: a randomised controlled trial of the MoleMate system in the management of pigmented skin lesions in primary care [ISRCTN 79932379]
Fiona M Walter, Helen C Morris, Elka Humphrys, Per N Hall, Ann Louise Kinmonth, A Toby Prevost, Edward CF Wilson, Nigel Burrows, Paul Norris, Margaret Johnson, and Jon Emery
BMC Fam Pract. 2010; 11: 36. Published online 2010 May 11. doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-11-36.
PMCID: PMC2881908
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, and Robin Wagner
BMC Fam Pract. 2010; 11: 37. Published online 2010 May 18. doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-11-37.
PMCID: PMC2881004
Research Articles
Physical activity of Estonian family doctors and their counselling for a healthy lifestyle: a cross-sectional study
Kadri Suija, Ülle Pechter, Jaak Maaroos, Ruth Kalda, Anneli Rätsep, Marje Oona, and Heidi-Ingrid Maaroos
BMC Fam Pract. 2010; 11: 48. Published online 2010 June 18. doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-11-48.
PMCID: PMC2909965
Predicting the risk of Chronic Kidney Disease in Men and Women in England and Wales: prospective derivation and external validation of the QKidney® Scores
Julia Hippisley-Cox and Carol Coupland
BMC Fam Pract. 2010; 11: 49. Published online 2010 June 21. doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-11-49.
PMCID: PMC2905345
Readiness of the Belgian network of sentinel general practitioners to deliver electronic health record data for surveillance purposes: results of survey study
Nicole Boffin, Nathalie Bossuyt, Katrien Vanthomme, and Viviane Van Casteren
BMC Fam Pract. 2010; 11: 50. Published online 2010 June 25. doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-11-50.
PMCID: PMC2910665
Guidelines on uncomplicated urinary tract infections are difficult to follow: perceived barriers and suggested interventions
Marjolein Lugtenberg, Jako S Burgers, Judith M Zegers-van Schaick, and Gert P Westert
BMC Fam Pract. 2010; 11: 51. Published online 2010 June 28. doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-11-51.
PMCID: PMC2908068
Rapid appraisal of barriers to the diagnosis and management of patients with dementia in primary care: a systematic review
Tamar Koch and Steve Iliffe
BMC Fam Pract. 2010; 11: 52. Published online 2010 July 1. doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-11-52.
PMCID: PMC2909966
Predictors of stable return-to-work in non-acute, non-specific spinal pain: low total prior sick-listing, high self prediction and young age. A two-year prospective cohort study
Odd Lindell, Sven-Erik Johansson, and Lars-Erik Strender
BMC Fam Pract. 2010; 11: 53. Published online 2010 July 20. doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-11-53.
PMCID: PMC2919451
Randomised controlled trial of local corticosteroid injections for carpal tunnel syndrome in general practice
Cyriac Peters-Veluthamaningal, Jan C Winters, Klaas H Groenier, and Betty Meyboom-de Jong
BMC Fam Pract. 2010; 11: 54. Published online 2010 July 29. doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-11-54.
PMCID: PMC2921105
Effect of a primary health-care-based controlled trial for cardiorespiratory fitness in refugee women
Jan Sundquist, Maria Hagströmer, Sven-Erik Johansson, and Kristina Sundquist
BMC Fam Pract. 2010; 11: 55. Published online 2010 August 2. doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-11-55.
PMCID: PMC2921106
Hypertensive patients' perceptions of their physicians' knowledge about them: a cross-sectional study in Japan
Machiko Inoue, Kazuo Inoue, and Shinji Matsumura
BMC Fam Pract. 2010; 11: 56. Published online 2010 August 2. doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-11-56.
PMCID: PMC2919452
Self-medication with antibiotics in rural population in Greece: a cross-sectional multicenter study
Eystathios Skliros, Panagiotis Merkouris, Athanasia Papazafiropoulou, Aristofanis Gikas, George Matzouranis, Christos Papafragos, Ioannis Tsakanikas, Irene Zarbala, Alexios Vasibosis, Petroula Stamataki, and Alexios Sotiropoulos
BMC Fam Pract. 2010; 11: 58. Published online 2010 August 8. doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-11-58.
PMCID: PMC2924846
Study Protocol
Health improvement and prevention study (HIPS) - evaluation of an intervention to prevent vascular disease in general practice
Mahnaz Fanaian, Rachel A Laws, Megan Passey, Suzanne McKenzie, Qing Wan, Gawaine Powell Davies, David Lyle, and Mark F Harris
BMC Fam Pract. 2010; 11: 57. Published online 2010 August 5. doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-11-57.
PMCID: PMC2923104
Quit in General Practice: a cluster randomised trial of enhanced in-practice support for smoking cessation
Nicholas Zwar, Robyn Richmond, Elizabeth Halcomb, John Furler, Julie Smith, Oshana Hermiz, Irene Blackberry, and Ron Borland
BMC Fam Pract. 2010; 11: 59. Published online 2010 August 12. doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-11-59.
PMCID: PMC2931485
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