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Trends in consultations and prescribing for rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases: an electronic primary care records study
CONCLUSION: Pandemic-associated restrictions led to fewer primary care consultations and relative increases in analgesic prescribing, including strong opioids, for RMDs in the UK. Policymakers must consider the impact of these changes in future healthcare resource planning.PMID:37722859 | DOI:10.3399/BJGP.2022.0648
Source: The British Journal of General Practice - September 18, 2023 Category: Primary Care Authors: Victoria K Welsh Kayleigh J Mason James Bailey Ram Bajpai Kelvin P Jordan Christian D Mallen Claire Burton Source Type: research

Online vestibular rehabilitation for chronic vestibular syndrome: 36-month follow-up of a randomised controlled trial in general practice
CONCLUSION: Internet-based VR provides a maintained improvement of vestibular symptoms for up to 36 months in patients with chronic vestibular syndrome.PMID:37487644 | DOI:10.3399/BJGP.2022.0468
Source: The British Journal of General Practice - July 24, 2023 Category: Primary Care Authors: Vincent A van Vugt H à Tn Ngo Johannes C van der Wouden Jos Wr Twisk Henri ëtte E van der Horst Otto R Maarsingh Source Type: research

Perspective of Dutch healthcare professionals on care for female urinary incontinence: a mixed-methods study
CONCLUSION: Poor UI identification in primary care and a lack of patient guidance through the healthcare system hamper continence care provision.PMID:37479314 | DOI:10.3399/bjgp23X734277
Source: The British Journal of General Practice - July 21, 2023 Category: Primary Care Authors: Jorke van Boxtel Nienke Wessels Eline Ruiter Anne Loohuis Esther Metting Henk van der Worp Marco Blanker Source Type: research

The effects of an innovative GP-physiotherapist partnership in improving COPD management in primary care
CONCLUSION: The results of this study suggest that this model was able to increase referrals to PR from primary care and was successful in implementing some aspects of COPD management, however, was insufficient to improve symptom scores and physical activity levels in people with COPD.TRIAL REGISTRATION: ANZCTR, ACTRN12619001127190. Registered 12 August 2019 - Retrospectively registered, http://www.ANZCTR.org.au/ACTRN12619001127190.aspx .PMID:37430190 | DOI:10.1186/s12875-023-02097-3
Source: Primary Care - July 10, 2023 Category: Primary Care Authors: Lisa Pagano Sarah Dennis Sally Wootton Andrew S L Chan Nicholas Zwar Sriram Mahadev Deborah Pallavicini Zoe McKeough Source Type: research

Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients with low back pain in primary and secondary care settings in Southern Denmark
Conclusion: The demographic and clinical characteristics of patients with low back pain differ considerably across the health care settings treating them.KEY POINTSThe study describes the symptoms and clinical findings of patients with low back pain consulting the Danish health care system in all its settings.Patients with chiropractors were youngest, while those with physiotherapists were the oldest and most frequently female.First consultations in general practice were generally with the least symptomatic patients while those returning for a subsequent consultation had more severe disease including more sick leave compar...
Source: Primary Care - May 8, 2023 Category: Primary Care Authors: Anders Hansen Lars Mors ø Mette Jensen Stochkendahl Merethe Kirstine Kousgaard Andersen Berit Schi øttz-Christensen Simon Dyrl øv Madsen Anders Munck Jesper Lykkegaard Source Type: research

Factors associated with referral to physiotherapists for adult patients consulting for musculoskeletal disorders in primary care; an ancillary study to ECOGEN
CONCLUSION: This multilevel analysis identifies factors associated with physiotherapy referral for patients with MSDs, including living in deprived geographical areas. This constitutes an original contribution towards addressing healthcare disparities.PMID:36641488 | DOI:10.1186/s12875-023-01970-5
Source: Primary Care - January 14, 2023 Category: Primary Care Authors: M Peurois M Bertin N Fouquet N Adjeroud Y Roquelaure A Ramond-Roquin Source Type: research

Providing information at the initial consultation to patients with low back pain across general practice, chiropractic and physiotherapy - a cross-sectorial study of Danish primary care
CONCLUSION: In more than a quarter of first-time consultations, patient information was not provided. Large variation in providing information was found across the settings. The proportion provided with information increased for sub-populations having elevated distress or back-related leg pain below the knee.Key Points Clinical guidelines recommend patient information, patient education and physical activity for managing low back pain (LBP) • Information is not provided in more than a quarter of first-time consultations in Danish primary care settings that manage these patients. • Information increased for the sub-popu...
Source: Primary Care - October 31, 2022 Category: Primary Care Authors: Lars Mors ø Jesper Lykkegaard Merethe Kirstine Andersen Anders Hansen Mette Jensen Stochkendahl Simon Dyrl øv Madsen Berit Schi øttz Christensen Source Type: research

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