The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners
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Missed GP appointments have considerable time and cost implications for healthcare services. ⋯ Findings from this review have potential implications for targeted interventions to address missed appointments in primary care. This is the first step for clinicians to be able to target interventions to reduce the rate of missed appointments.
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Prevalence of erectile dysfunction (ED) in male survivors of cancer across cancer types has not been systematically analysed. ⋯ Erectile dysfunction was particularly high in male survivors of cancer and was associated with cancer treatment, cancer site, and age.
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Promoting physical activity is an important part of patient care in primary care and has been investigated in many studies with a wide range of intervention characteristics, often including external support. It is unclear, however, if promoting physical activity is effective. ⋯ Counselling to promote physical activity in primary care has a limited effect on patients' behaviour and it might not, on its own, be enough to change physical activity behaviour.