Scandinavian journal of primary health care
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Scand J Prim Health Care · Jan 2008
Comparative StudyHealthcare provider back pain beliefs unaffected by a media campaign.
Healthcare providers play a key role in transmitting knowledge and beliefs about LBP to their patients. There are differences in back pain beliefs between the various professionals groups treating LBP patients. This study examined whether LBP beliefs changed among the healthcare providers exposed to a media campaign. ⋯ An LBP mass media campaign with educational initiatives aimed at healthcare providers did not result in important improvement in LBP beliefs of providers exposed to the campaign. Important differences were observed between beliefs of the different healthcare provider groups in their view of LBP.
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Scand J Prim Health Care · Jan 2008
Comparative StudyNon-participation in preventive child health examinations at the general practitioner in Denmark: a register-based study.
To examine demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of parents and children in families not participating in preventive child health examinations at the general practitioner in a society with free and easy access to healthcare. ⋯ Despite the fact that Denmark has free and easy access to the GP, the utilization of preventive child health examinations is lower among the more deprived part of the population.
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Scand J Prim Health Care · Jan 2008
Comparative StudyA benzodiazepine discontinuation programme does not increase the frequency of contacts with the family practice.
The efficacy of programmes to reduce long-term benzodiazepine use could be compromised by subsequent increases in contacts with the family practice. In this study the hypothesis was tested as to whether participation in a benzodiazepine discontinuation programme affects the frequency of contacts with the family practice. ⋯ No clinically important differences in practice contacts were observed when the course of the number of contacts and non-benzodiazepine prescriptions were compared between the experimental and control groups. Family practitioners do not have to anticipate an increased workload associated with participation in such a benzodiazepine discontinuation programme.
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Scand J Prim Health Care · Jan 2008
General practitioners' views on consultations with interpreters: a triad situation with complex issues.
To study a group of general practitioners' (GPs) views on cross-cultural consultations through interpreters in primary healthcare in Sweden. ⋯ Barriers in cross-cultural communications could originate from all persons involved, the interpreter, the GP, and the patient, as well as from tangible factors. Ways to reduce misunderstandings in GP-patient encounters through interpreters are suggested.
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Scand J Prim Health Care · Jan 2008
Multi-dose drug dispensing and inappropriate drug use: A nationwide register-based study of over 700,000 elderly.
To investigate whether the use of multi-dose drug dispensing is associated with potentially inappropriate drug use (IDU). ⋯ Our results indicate that multi-dose users may be more exposed to potential IDU. However, multi-dose users seem to have a lower probability of potentially serious DDIs. Future research on multi-dose drug dispensing is necessary to ensure a high quality of drug therapy within this system.