GPs' perceptions of pharmacists working in general practices: A mixed methods survey study
CONCLUSION: This study provides a deeper understanding of GPs' perceptions of integrating pharmacists into practices and the demographic characteristics associated with different perceptions, which may help better inform future initiatives to integrate pharmacists into practices.PMID:37929756 | DOI:10.1080/13814788.2023.2273841 (Source: European Journal of General Practice)
Source: European Journal of General Practice - November 6, 2023 Category: Primary Care Authors: Eoin Hurley Tony Foley Elaine Walsh Stephen Byrne Kieran Dalton Source Type: research

Impact of primary care physicians working part-time on patient care: A scoping review
CONCLUSION: There is evidence of both negative and positive effects of PCPs working part-time on quality of patient care. Approaches that mitigate negative effects of part-time work while maintaining positive effects should be implemented.PMID:37909317 | DOI:10.1080/13814788.2023.2271167 (Source: European Journal of General Practice)
Source: European Journal of General Practice - November 1, 2023 Category: Primary Care Authors: Sebastian Kegreiss Christian Studer Patrick E Beeler Stefan Essig Rebecca Tomaschek Source Type: research

Series: Practical guidance to qualitative research. Part 7: Qualitative evidence synthesis for emerging themes in primary care research: Scoping review, meta-ethnography and rapid realist review
This article, the seventh in a series aiming to provide practical guidance for qualitative research in primary care, introduces qualitative synthesis research for addressing health themes in primary care research. Qualitative synthesis combines rigorous processes and authorial judgement to present the collective meaning of research outputs; the findings of qualitative studies - and sometimes mixed-methods and quantitative research - are pooled. We describe three exemplary designs: the scoping review, the meta-ethnography and the rapid realist review. Scoping reviews aim to provide an overview of the evidence/knowledge or t...
Source: European Journal of General Practice - October 30, 2023 Category: Primary Care Authors: Albine Moser Irene Korstjens Source Type: research

Non-adherence to non-insulin glucose-lowering drugs: Prevalence, predictors and impact on glycemic control and insulin initiation. A longitudinal cohort study in a large primary care database in Spain
CONCLUSION: Around one-third of the patients do not adhere to their non-insulin glucose-lowering drugs. More research is needed to optimise the performance of the predicting model before considering its implementation in routine clinical practice.PMID:37874585 | DOI:10.1080/13814788.2023.2268838 (Source: European Journal of General Practice)
Source: European Journal of General Practice - October 24, 2023 Category: Primary Care Authors: Roc ío Zamanillo-Campos Mar ía Zaforteza Dezcallar Maria Asunci ón Boronat Moreiro Alfonso Leiva Rus Joana Ripoll Amengual Jadwiga Konieczna Maria Antonia Fiol-deRoque Ignacio Ricci-Cabello Source Type: research

Advance care planning among older adults in Belgium with Turkish backgrounds and palliative care needs: A qualitative interview study
CONCLUSION: Our sample of Turkish-origin older adults in Belgium requiring palliative care lacked ACP knowledge. Our findings suggest that their lack of engagement in discussing end-of-life medical care planning was linked to their family dynamics and religion. The findings have implications for healthcare providers to ethnic-minority groups.PMID:37870049 | DOI:10.1080/13814788.2023.2271661 (Source: European Journal of General Practice)
Source: European Journal of General Practice - October 23, 2023 Category: Primary Care Authors: Hakki Demirkapu Lieve Van den Block St éphanie De Maesschalck Aline De Vleminck F Zehra Colak Dirk Devroey Source Type: research