Family Practice

Editorials:

Chris van Weel and Walter W Rosser

Unquoted, unchallenged, general practice research will be casting pearls before swine
Family Practice Advance Access published on August 17, 2005
Fam. Pract. 2005 22: 471-473; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmi084 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Diagnosis:

Sonali S Master, George F Longstreth, and Amy L Liu

Results of computed tomography in family practitioners' patients with non-acute abdominal pain
Family Practice Advance Access published on June 17, 2005
Fam. Pract. 2005 22: 474-477; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmi039 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Emmy Hoefman, Henk CPM van Weert, Johannes B Reitsma, Rudolph W Koster, and Patrick JE Bindels

Diagnostic yield of patient-activated loop recorders for detecting heart rhythm abnormalities in general practice: a randomised clinical trial
Family Practice Advance Access published on June 17, 2005
Fam. Pract. 2005 22: 478-484; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmi048 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Roeland MM Geijer, Alfred PE Sachs, Arno W Hoes, Philippe L Salomé, Jan-Willem J Lammers, and Theo JM Verheij

Prevalence of undetected persistent airflow obstruction in male smokers 40–65 years old
Family Practice Advance Access published on June 17, 2005
Fam. Pract. 2005 22: 485-489; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmi049 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Health services research:

Dorothy McCaughan, Carl Thompson, Nicky Cullum, Trevor Sheldon, and Pauline Raynor

Nurse practitioner and practice nurses' use of research information in clinical decision making: findings from an exploratory study
Family Practice Advance Access published on June 17, 2005
Fam. Pract. 2005 22: 490-497; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmi042 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Marieke Zwaanswijk, Peter F. M. Verhaak, Jan van der Ende, Jozien M. Bensing, and Frank C. Verhulst

Consultation for and identification of child and adolescent psychological problems in Dutch general practice
Family Practice Advance Access published on June 17, 2005
Fam. Pract. 2005 22: 498-506; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmi045 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Brenda Roche, Sarah Cowley, Niki Salt, Amy Scammell, Mary Malone, Philippa Savile, Daphine Aikens, and Susan Fitzpatrick

Reassurance or judgement? Parents' views on the delivery of child health surveillance programmes
Family Practice Advance Access published on June 17, 2005
Fam. Pract. 2005 22: 507-512; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmi046 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Peter Greasley and Neil Small

Establishing a welfare advice service in family practices: views of advice workers and primary care staff
Family Practice Advance Access published on June 17, 2005
Fam. Pract. 2005 22: 513-519; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmi047 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Edith M Willigendael, Joep AW Teijink, Marie-Louise Bartelink, Machteld Langenberg, Rob JThJ Welten, Harry R Büller, and Martin H Prins

Combined training of GPs and practice-assistants on peripheral arterial disease: positive effects after six months
Family Practice Advance Access published on June 22, 2005
Fam. Pract. 2005 22: 520-522; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmi041 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Wim Opstelten, Gerrit A van Essen, Karel GM Moons, Albert JM van Wijck, François G Schellevis, Cornelis J Kalkman, and Theo JM Verheij

Do herpes zoster patients receive antivirals? A Dutch national survey in general practice
Family Practice Advance Access published on July 8, 2005
Fam. Pract. 2005 22: 523-528; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmi055 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mark Ashworth, Michael Jenkins, Karen Burgess, Helen Keynes, Merryl Wallace, David Roberts, and Azeem Majeed

Which general practices have higher list inflation? An exploratory study
Family Practice Advance Access published on July 8, 2005
Fam. Pract. 2005 22: 529-531; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmi057 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Clinical research:

Anna-leila Williams, Anne Cotter, Alyse Sabina, Christine Girard, Jonathan Goodman, and David L Katz

The role for vitamin B-6 as treatment for depression: a systematic review
Family Practice Advance Access published on June 17, 2005
Fam. Pract. 2005 22: 532-537; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmi040 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Pat Mulcahy, Stephen Buetow, Liesl Osman, Gregor Coster, Yvonne Bray, Patrick White, and Helena Elkington

GPs' attitudes to discussing prognosis in severe COPD: an Auckland (NZ) to London (UK) comparison
Family Practice Advance Access published on July 15, 2005
Fam. Pract. 2005 22: 538-540; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmi052 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Clinical epidemiology:

Bektas Murat Yalcin, Erkan Melih Sahin, and Esra Yalcin

Which anthropometric measurements is most closely related to elevated blood pressure?
Family Practice Advance Access published on June 17, 2005
Fam. Pract. 2005 22: 541-547; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmi043 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gary D Friedman, Jeffrey S Skilling, Natalia V Udaltsova, and Lloyd H Smith

Early symptoms of ovarian cancer: a case–control study without recall bias
Family Practice Advance Access published on June 17, 2005
Fam. Pract. 2005 22: 548-553; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmi044 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Debbie M Tromp, Xavier DR Brouha, Gert-Jan Hordijk, Jacques AM Winnubst, and J Rob J de Leeuw

Patient factors associated with delay in primary care among patients with head and neck carcinoma: a case-series analysis
Family Practice Advance Access published on July 8, 2005
Fam. Pract. 2005 22: 554-559; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmi058 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Research methods:

C Salisbury, A Burgess, V Lattimer, D Heaney, J Walker, J Turnbull, and H Smith

Developing a standard short questionnaire for the assessment of patient satisfaction with out-of-hours primary care
Family Practice Advance Access published on June 17, 2005
Fam. Pract. 2005 22: 560-569; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmi050 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kumara Mendis and Indragit Solangaarachchi

PubMed perspective of family medicine research: where does it stand?
Family Practice Advance Access published on August 26, 2005
Fam. Pract. 2005 22: 570-575; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmi085 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Correspondence:

Peter Vedsted, Jens Søndergaard, Annelli Sandbæk, Janus Laust Thomsen, and Torsten Lauritzen

The WONCA World Congress 2004 did not meet academic standards
Family Practice Advance Access published on July 8, 2005
Fam. Pract. 2005 22: 576-577; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmi059 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Bruce Sparks

Response to the letter entitled "The WONCA World Congress 2004 did not meet academic standards"
Fam. Pract. 2005 22: 577-578; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmi060 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Samuel J Raveney and Pippa Oakeshott

Randomized trial in family practice of a brief intervention to reduce STI risk in young adults
Family Practice Advance Access published on June 17, 2005
Fam. Pract. 2005 22: 578-579; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmi051 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Norbert Donner-Banzhoff

Limited value of patient history and physical examination in diagnosing deep vein thrombosis in primary care
Family Practice Advance Access published on July 8, 2005
Fam. Pract. 2005 22: 579; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmi062 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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