Scandinavian journal of primary health care
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Scand J Prim Health Care · Mar 2006
Urinary incontinence in the elderly: attitudes and experiences of general practitioners. A focus group study.
To assess general practitioners' (GPs') attitudes to urinary incontinence in elderly patients and their experiences in the application of the Dutch College of General Practitioners' guideline in daily practice. ⋯ Several patient (comorbidity, impaired mobility, low motivation, and acceptance of the problem) and GP factors (therapeutic nihilism, lack of time and knowledge) interfere with good management of UI in the elderly.
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Scand J Prim Health Care · Dec 2005
Comparative StudyJob satisfaction among Norwegian general practitioners.
To explore the level of job satisfaction among general practitioners (GPs) and to compare it with that of hospital doctors. ⋯ In spite of international discussions on unhappy doctors and doctors' discontent, Norwegian GPs do report a high and stable level of job satisfaction.
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Scand J Prim Health Care · Dec 2005
Identification and diagnostic evaluation of possible dementia in general practice. A prospective study.
To investigate the rate of diagnostic evaluation of dementia for patients in whom a suspicion of dementia was raised, and to investigate reasons why a diagnostic evaluation was not always being performed. ⋯ In 17% of elderly patients in general practice a suspicion of dementia could be raised based on the clinical impression of the GP or MMSE score. However, only 23% of this group were evaluated by their GP or referred to a memory clinic within a subsequent period of 6 months.
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Scand J Prim Health Care · Sep 2005
Comparative StudyNo association found between sickness absence and duration of pregnancy benefit.
Issuing sickness absence certifications is a time-consuming part of GPs' and obstetricians' work in antenatal care. The aim was to study whether a social benefit, the Pregnancy benefit, introduced in Sweden in 1980 and especially targeted at pregnant women working in arduous occupations, had any demonstrable effect on sickness absence among employed pregnant women. ⋯ Increasing costs of social security insurance among pregnant women are more probably coupled to levels in the social security insurance, as pregnant women seem more inclined to apply for a sickness absence certificate during periods when the economic compensation practically equals their salary.
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Scand J Prim Health Care · Sep 2005
Interpreters' experiences of general practitioner-patient encounters.
To study interpreters' experiences of problems in cross-cultural communication with special regard to the general practitioner (GP)-patient encounter. ⋯ The interpreters notice a set of difficulties that need to be highlighted in order to improve consultations with cross-cultural GP-patient encounters.