The usefulness of a clinical 'scorecard' in managing patients with sore throat in general practiceAsia Pacific Family Medicine - Tập 9 - Trang 1-7 - 2010
Tony MO Bakare, Peter Schattner
Objective: To evaluate the usefulness of a clinical scorecard in managing sore throat in general practice. Design: Validation study of scorecard for sore throat with a throat swab culture used as the 'gold standard'. Setting: A solo family practice in rural New South Wales, Australia Participants: Patients attending with sore throat. Patients from the age of 5 years and above presenting with the m...... hiện toàn bộ
Reporting new cases of anaemia in primary care settings in Crete, Greece: a rural practice studyAsia Pacific Family Medicine - Tập 11 - Trang 1-6 - 2012
Christos Lionis, Emmanouil K Symvoulakis, George Duijker, Foteini Anastasiou, Stilianos Dimitrakopoulos, Christina Kladou, Evanggelia Ladoukaki, Kornilia Makri, Chrisoula Petraki, Nektarios Sivaropoulos, Spiridon Sasarolis, Anastasia Stefanaki, Aggeliki Vasilaki, Theodoros Vasilopoulos
Early diagnosis of anaemia represents an important task within primary care settings. This study reports on the frequency of new cases of anaemia among patients attending rural primary care settings in Crete (Greece) and to offer an estimate of iron deficiency anaemia (IDA) frequency in this study group. All patients attending the rural primary health care units of twelve general practitioners (GP...... hiện toàn bộ
Research consultation clinic: impetus towards facilitating primary care researchAsia Pacific Family Medicine - Tập 12 - Trang 1-7 - 2013
Ngiap Chuan Tan, Yang Thong Tan, Patricia T Kin
In Singapore, SingHealth Polyclinics (SHP) is an accredited Family Medicine (FM) training centre which managed 1.8 million primary care patient-visits in 2012. To promote research in the institution, research consultation clinics (RCC) are being introduced in 2010 to enable free face-to-face consultation between experienced and novice researchers on specific research topics. Each RCC session allow...... hiện toàn bộ
Family characteristics and the use of maternal health services: a population-based survey in Eastern ChinaAsia Pacific Family Medicine - Tập 15 - Trang 1-8 - 2016
Ling Zhang, Chengbing Xue, Youjie Wang, Liuyi Zhang, Yuan Liang
Despite the benefits of maternal health services, these services are often underutilized, especially in the developing countries. The aim of the present study is to provide insight regarding factors affecting maternal health services use from the family perspective. We use data from the fourth National Health Services Survey in Jiangsu province of Eastern China to investigate the effect of family ...... hiện toàn bộ
GP registrar well-being: a cross-sectional surveyAsia Pacific Family Medicine - Tập 9 - Trang 1-7 - 2010
Peter Schattner, Dennis Mazalin, Ciaran Pier, Jo Wainer, Mee Yoke Ling
To investigate the major stressors affecting GP registrars, how those at risk can be best identified and the most useful methods of managing or reducing their stress. Cross-sectional postal questionnaire of all GP registrars in one large regional training provider's catchment area. The Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS), a specifically developed Registrar Stressor Scale consisting of five...... hiện toàn bộ