Family practice
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To decrease hospital readmission rates, clinical practices create a transition of care (TOC) process to assess patients and coordinate care postdischarge. As current evidence suggests lack of universal benefit, this study's objectives are to determine what patient and process factors associate with hospital readmissions, as well as construct a model to decrease 30-day readmissions. ⋯ Targeting a practice's MRPs with CCC resources improves the association of TOC components with readmissions and rates decreased. This is a more efficient use of TOC resources.
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Observational Study
Dry eye in primary care: the relationship between digital display device usage and dry eye syndrome (DES) in medical students.
As digital display devices become more and more indispensable, associated health problems have started to increase. We aimed to investigate the frequency and relationship of digital display device usage behaviours and dry eye syndrome (DES) in medical students. ⋯ The high prevalence of DES due to digital screen use among medical school students highlights the importance of DES screening as a preventive measure in family medicine.
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This study aimed to investigate the knowledge, attitudes and reservations of family physicians (FPs) in reporting elderly abuse and neglect (EAN). ⋯ Due to a lack of knowledge and some concerns, the rate of reporting EAN to judicial authorities was also low. FPs were not aware of the importance of EAN in terms of elderly health.