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HSC Medicine, Dentistry and Healthcare Sciences Current Awareness Bulletins: General Practice

General Practice current awareness bulletin

Frequency: Bi-monthly

Links to articles in the current and previous 2 issues of this bulletin are displayed below.

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October 2024

Approach to obesity treatment in primary care: a review

Associations between daily home blood pressure measurements and self-reports of lifestyle and symptoms in primary care: the PERHIT study

Best practice care for acute low back pain: a new clinical standard to assist general practitioners

Cancer patients have a reduced likelihood of dying in hospital with advance care planning in primary health care and a summarizing palliative plan

The changing shape of general practice in Scotland: the rise of the ‘megapractice’

Characteristics and primary care experiences of people who self-report as autistic: a probability sample survey of adults registered with primary care services in England

Clinical coding of long COVID in primary care 2020–2023 in a cohort of 19 million adults (OpenSAFELY)

Effective medical treatment of obesity among immigrant women in primary care

Exploring the facilitators and barriers in opioid deprescribing for non-cancer pain treatment experienced by general practitioners

Factors influencing antibiotic prescribing for respiratory tract infections in primary care – a comparison of physicians with different antibiotic prescribing rates

General practitioner support needs to implement cardiovascular disease risk assessment and management guidelines

Implementation of lung ultrasonography by general practitioners for lower respiratory tract infections

Interprofessional follow-up for people at risk of type 2 diabetes in primary healthcare – a randomized controlled trial with embedded qualitative interviews

Melanoma medicine: new drugs for melanoma and the role of the general practitioner

Nasal sprays and behavioural interventions compared with usual care for acute respiratory illness in primary care: a randomised, controlled, open-label, parallel-group trial

Pharmacist-led telehealth deprescribing for people living with dementia and polypharmacy in primary care: a pilot study

A practical framework for Long COVID treatment in primary care

Pre-hospital management and patient-related factors affecting access to the surgical care of appendicitis – a survey study

Self-management care plans for patients with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a quality improvement project

Skin procedures in general practice

What competencies are needed to develop collaboration between general practitioners and pharmacists through initial interprofessional training?

Sources

Australian Journal of General Practice (Aug-Sep); BMC Medical Education (Aug); BMJ Open (Jul); eClinicalMedicine (Jun); European Journal of Pain (Aug); JAMA Internal Medicine (Jul); Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (Jul); Lancet Respiratory Medicine, The (Aug); Life Sciences (Oct); Obesity Pillars (Dec); Primary Health Care (Aug); Public Health (Aug); Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care (Sep)

August 2024

Access to personalised dementia care planning in primary care: a mixed methods evaluation of the PriDem intervention 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-082083

An approach to managing gallbladder polyps for the general practitioner 10.31128/AJGP-03-23-6775

Assessment and management of sleep disorders in shift workers: challenges and considerations for general practice 10.31128/AJGP-12-22-6647

Diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnoea in primary care 10.31128/AJGP-03-23-6740

See also: Management of obstructive sleep apnoea in primary care 10.31128/AJGP-08-23-6933

Effectiveness of a symptom-clinic intervention delivered by general practitioners with an extended role for people with multiple and persistent physical symptoms in England: the Multiple Symptoms Study 3 pragmatic, multicentre, parallel-group, individually randomised controlled trial 10.1016/S0140-6736(24)00700-1

Exploring fathers’ experiences of seeking support for postnatal depression 10.7748/phc.2023.e1810

Facilitators and barriers to general practitioner and general practice nurse participation in end-of-life care: systematic review 10.1136/bmjspcare-2019-002109

General practice nurses and physicians and end of life: a systematic review of models of care 10.1136/bmjspcare-2019-002114

General practice physicians’ and nurses’ self-reported multidisciplinary end-of-life care: a systematic review 10.1136/bmjspcare-2019-001852

A general practitioner’s perspective on shifting to a multidisciplinary model in primary care: a viewpoint from the United Kingdom 10.31128/AJGP-09-23-6954

Genetics in relation to cardiac diseases: implications for general practitioners 10.31128/AJGP-10-23-6986

Guide to shave procedures in general practice 10.31128/AJGP-06-23-6872

Homelessness in primary care—a day with an emerging GP specialism 10.1136/bmj.q778

The role of systemic corticosteroids when treating infections in adult primary care 10.1016/j.idnow.2024.104925

Sleep health primary care clinical resource 10.31128/AJGP-03-23-6779

Treatments for intractable constipation in childhood (new Cochrane intervention review) 10.1002/14651858.CD014580.pub2

Understanding the preferences of young adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus with regard to diabetes self-management education: a qualitative study 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-086133

Willingness of people with type 2 diabetes to engage in healthy eating, physical activity and medication taking 10.1016/j.pcd.2024.03.006  

Sources

Australian Journal of General Practice (Jun-Jul); BMJ, The (Jun); BMJ Open (Jul); BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care (May); Cochrane Library (Jun-Jul); Infectious Diseases Now (Jun); Lancet, The (Jun); Primary Health Care (Jun)

June 2024

5-year mental health outcomes for children and adolescents presenting with psychiatric symptoms to general practitioners in England 10.1016/S2215-0366(24)00038-5

Assessing care quality in general practice: a qualitative study of GPs in Ireland 10.3399/BJGPO.2023.0104

Assisting young people aged 12–25 years to cease e-cigarette use in general practice 10.31128/AJGP-11-23-7021

The effect of general practice team composition and climate on staff and patient experiences: a systematic review 10.3399/BJGPO.2023.0111

Effectiveness and safety of asynchronous telemedicine consultations in general practice: a systematic review 10.3399/BJGPO.2023.0177

Engagement with emotional concerns in general practice: a thematic analysis of GP consultations 10.3399/BJGPO.2023.0202

Exploring the perceptions and experiences of community rehabilitation for Long COVID from the perspectives of Scottish general practitioners’ and people living with Long COVID: a qualitative study 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-082830

Impact of COVID-19 on asthma management in general practice: a qualitative study 10.31128/AJGP-06-22-6466

Integration of social determinants of health information within the primary care electronic health record: a systematic review of patient perspectives and experiences 10.3399/BJGPO.2023.0155

Malnutrition, nutritional deficiency and alcohol: a guide for general practice 10.31128/AJGP-05-23-6827

Management of kidney transplant recipients for primary care practitioners 10.1186/s12882-024-03504-2

Managing the new wave of weight loss medication in general practice: a qualitative study 10.1111/cob.12666

Non-acute heart failure management in primary care 10.1136/bmj-2023-077057

Patients from general practice with non-specific cancer symptoms: a retrospective study of symptoms and imaging 10.3399/BJGPO.2023.0058

Primary care clinicians’ perspectives on interacting with patients with gynaecological conditions: a systematic review 10.3399/BJGPO.2023.0133

Programme theories to describe how different general practitioner service models work in different contexts in or alongside emergency departments (GP-ED) 10.1136/emermed-2023-213426

Women’s information needs about menopause: a cross-sectional survey in Norwegian general practice 10.3399/BJGPO.2023.0127

Sources

Australian Journal of General Practice (Apr-May); BJGP Open (Apr); BMC Nephrology (Mar); BMJ, The (5th April); BMJ Open (May); Clinical Obesity (Jun); Emergency Medicine Journal (May); Lancet Psychiatry, The (Apr)