Family Practice

Editorial

Martin Dawes and Brendan Delaney

Review articles on research methods for family practice researchers
Fam. Pract. 2006 23: 489; doi:10.1093/fampra/cml045 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Primary care epidemiology

Get checked abstract Alex J Elliot, Kenneth W Cross, Gillian E Smith, Ian F Burgess, and Douglas M Fleming

The association between impetigo, insect bites and air temperature: a retrospective 5-year study (1999–2003) using morbidity data collected from a sentinel general practice network database
Family Practice Advance Access published on July 27, 2006
Fam. Pract. 2006 23: 490-496; doi:10.1093/fampra/cml042 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Chris Shaw, Roben Das Gupta, Donald M Bushnell, R Phil Assassa, Paul Abrams, Adrian Wagg, Chris Mayne, Chris Hardwick, and Mona Martin

The extent and severity of urinary incontinence amongst women in UK GP waiting rooms
Family Practice Advance Access published on July 13, 2006
Fam. Pract. 2006 23: 497-506; doi:10.1093/fampra/cml033 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Anouk M Speets, Arno W Hoes, Yolanda van der Graaf, Sandra Kalmijn, Niek J de Wit, Alexander D Montauban van Swijndregt, Jan Willem C Gratama, Matthieu JCM Rutten, and Willem PThM Mali

Upper abdominal ultrasound in general practice: indications, diagnostic yield and consequences for patient management
Family Practice Advance Access published on June 21, 2006
Fam. Pract. 2006 23: 507-511; doi:10.1093/fampra/cml027 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract R M Hopstaken, S Coenen, C C Butler, P Nelemans, J W M Muris, P E L M Rinkens, A D M Kester, and G J Dinant

Prognostic factors and clinical outcome in acute lower respiratory tract infections: a prospective study in general practice
Family Practice Advance Access published on June 20, 2006
Fam. Pract. 2006 23: 512-519; doi:10.1093/fampra/cml023 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

RCTs and systematic reviews

Get checked abstract Melvyn Jones, Greta Rait, Jane Falconer, and Gene Feder

Systematic review: prognosis of angina in primary care
Family Practice Advance Access published on July 27, 2006
Fam. Pract. 2006 23: 520-528; doi:10.1093/fampra/cml038 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Brenda J Wilson, Nicola Torrance, Jill Mollison, M Stuart Watson, Alison Douglas, Zosia Miedzybrodzka, Richard Gordon, Sarah Wordsworth, Marion Campbell, Neva Haites, and Adrian Grant

Cluster randomized trial of a multifaceted primary care decision-support intervention for inherited breast cancer risk
Family Practice Advance Access published on June 20, 2006
Fam. Pract. 2006 23: 537-544; doi:10.1093/fampra/cml026 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Qualitative research

Get checked abstract Janus Laust Thomsen, Dorthe Jarbøl, and Jens Søndergaard

Excessive workload, uncertain career opportunities and lack of funding are important barriers to recruiting and retaining primary care medical researchers: a qualitative interview study
Family Practice Advance Access published on July 15, 2006
Fam. Pract. 2006 23: 545-549; doi:10.1093/fampra/cml034 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Nicola Mills, Gavin Daker-White, Anna Graham, Rona Campbell, and For The Chlamydia Screening Studies (ClaSS) Group

Population screening for Chlamydia trachomatis infection in the UK: a qualitative study of the experiences of those screened
Family Practice Advance Access published on June 21, 2006
Fam. Pract. 2006 23: 550-557; doi:10.1093/fampra/cml031 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Maggie Hendry, Nefyn H Williams, David Markland, Clare Wilkinson, and Peter Maddison

Why should we exercise when our knees hurt? A qualitative study of primary care patients with osteoarthritis of the knee
Family Practice Advance Access published on May 26, 2006
Fam. Pract. 2006 23: 558-567; doi:10.1093/fampra/cml022 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Ananias C Diokno, Peter K Sand, Scott Macdiarmid, Rajul Shah, and Robert B Armstrong

Perceptions and behaviours of women with bladder control problems
Family Practice Advance Access published on May 26, 2006
Fam. Pract. 2006 23: 568-577; doi:10.1093/fampra/cml018 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Sylvie H Lo Fo Wong, Ank De Jonge, Fred Wester, Saskia S L Mol, Renée R Römkens, and Toine Lagro-Janssen

Discussing partner abuse: does doctor's gender really matter?
Family Practice Advance Access published on April 4, 2006
Fam. Pract. 2006 23: 578-586; doi:10.1093/fampra/cml004 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Victoria Ononeze, Andrew W Murphy, Molly Byrne, Colin Bradley, and Anne Macfarlane

Patients and health professionals' perspectives on the sociocultural influences on secondary cardiac behaviour: a qualitative study of the implications in policy and practice
Family Practice Advance Access published on May 30, 2006
Fam. Pract. 2006 23: 587-596; doi:10.1093/fampra/cml024 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Methodological review

Get checked abstract Liam Smeeth, Peter T Donnan, and Derek G Cook

The use of primary care databases: case–control and case-only designs
Family Practice Advance Access published on June 20, 2006
Fam. Pract. 2006 23: 597-604; doi:10.1093/fampra/cml025 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book review

Amanda Howe

Beyond depression: a new approach to understanding and management. Christopher Dowrick. (240 pages, £21.50.) Oxford Medical Publications, Oxford University Press, 2004. ISBN 0198526326.
Family Practice Advance Access published on June 21, 2006
Fam. Pract. 2006 23: 605-606; doi:10.1093/fampra/cml029 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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