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Provider experiences delivering collaborative care for co-occurring opioid and mental health disorders: a qualitative study. 提供者为阿片类药物和精神疾病并发症提供合作护理的经验:一项定性研究。
IF 2.4 4区 医学
Family practice Pub Date : 2025-02-07 DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmaf007
Jasen Christensen, Grace Hindmarch, Lizeth Cueto, Maya Rabinowitz, Valerie Carrejo, Scott Jeansonne, John Bettler, Seth Williams, Miriam Komaromy, Katherine Watkins, Karen Chan Osilla
{"title":"Provider experiences delivering collaborative care for co-occurring opioid and mental health disorders: a qualitative study.","authors":"Jasen Christensen, Grace Hindmarch, Lizeth Cueto, Maya Rabinowitz, Valerie Carrejo, Scott Jeansonne, John Bettler, Seth Williams, Miriam Komaromy, Katherine Watkins, Karen Chan Osilla","doi":"10.1093/fampra/cmaf007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/fampra/cmaf007","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Opioids are the primary contributor to overdose death in the USA and represent a major public health crisis despite the availability of highly effective evidence-based treatments. A co-occurring mental health disorder further complicates efforts to utilize effective treatments and leads to poorer outcomes. Collaborative care has shown promise in improving care for those with substance use disorders and those with mental health disorders. This study explores the experiences of providers participating in a randomized controlled trial of collaborative care for both opioid use disorder (OUD) and co-occurring depression and/or posttraumatic stress disorder (COD).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Semi-structured interviews were conducted with healthcare providers of collaborative care as part of a randomized controlled trial at two health systems. Interviewed participants included primary care providers, care coordinators, behavioral health providers, clinic administrators, and psychiatric consultants. Data was analyzed with content analysis to identify common themes and subthemes among experiences.</p><p><strong>Findings: </strong>Participants perceived differences between patients diagnosed with only OUD and those with COD, such as heightened stigma, greater symptom severity, and more barriers to treatment. They perceived the positive impacts of the collaborative care intervention for patients with COD and the clinics and providers caring for this population, and identified considerations for future implementation efforts.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Although participants noted challenges in treating patients with COD compared to those with only OUD, they also perceived the benefits of using collaborative care in this complex population. Participants supported using collaborative care in the future, but noted important systems and policy suggestions needed for successful implementation.</p>","PeriodicalId":12209,"journal":{"name":"Family practice","volume":"42 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143656433","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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The patient experience in a virtual peer support group for patients with type 2 diabetes and obesity during the corona virus disease 19 pandemic: interview themes from a pilot study.
IF 2.4 4区 医学
Family practice Pub Date : 2025-02-07 DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmaf014
Kelsey E Ufholz, James J Werner, Goutham Rao
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Knowledge, attitudes, and practice of primary care professionals regarding community activities: a descriptive study. 基层医疗专业人员对社区活动的认识、态度和实践:一项描述性研究。
IF 2.4 4区 医学
Family practice Pub Date : 2025-02-07 DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmae056
Diego G Mosteiro-Miguéns, Maruxa Zapata-Cachafeiro, Silvia Novío, Natalia Vieito-Pérez, Tania Alfonso-González, Almudena Rodríguez-Fernández
{"title":"Knowledge, attitudes, and practice of primary care professionals regarding community activities: a descriptive study.","authors":"Diego G Mosteiro-Miguéns, Maruxa Zapata-Cachafeiro, Silvia Novío, Natalia Vieito-Pérez, Tania Alfonso-González, Almudena Rodríguez-Fernández","doi":"10.1093/fampra/cmae056","DOIUrl":"10.1093/fampra/cmae056","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Promoting health via a community approach is one of the most effective strategies for reducing the current incidence of chronic diseases. Primary care (PC), through the implementation of community activities (CA), has the potential to achieve this goal. Yet the implementation of CA at health centers is not standardized and is often thanks only to the voluntariness of health professionals.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To ascertain the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of PC professionals regarding the implementation of CA.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We carried out a cross-sectional study by circulating a self-administered online questionnaire on CA, across the period December 2022 through June 2023 in Galicia (Spain). All health professionals working in the Galician Health Service PC setting were invited to participate.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 521 health professionals participated in the study. They included all types of PC health professionals (physicians, general and specialist nurses -midwives, pediatrics, family and community, mental health- and social workers), including residents in training. Only 14.8% and 12.5% of professionals correctly identified CAs and social prescription (SPr) interventions, respectively. Furthermore, 93.9% recognized that the development of CA in health centers was deficient. Despite this, 76.5% showed a good attitude toward participation in CA.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>PC professionals find it difficult to identify CA and SPr interventions. Therefore, it is necessary to improve the training of these professionals in the implementation of CA with a view to enhancing population health, reducing the incidence of chronic diseases, and helping lessen the healthcare burden of the health system.</p>","PeriodicalId":12209,"journal":{"name":"Family practice","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11809258/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142497735","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Patient safety in general practice during COVID-19: a descriptive analysis in 38 countries (PRICOV-19). COVID-19 期间全科医生的患者安全:38 个国家的描述性分析(PRICOV-19)。
IF 2.4 4区 医学
Family practice Pub Date : 2025-02-07 DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmae059
Esther Van Poel, Pierre Vanden Bussche, Claire Collins, Susan Lagaert, Sara Ares-Blanco, Maria Pilar Astier-Pena, Jonila Gabrani, Raquel Gomez Bravo, Kathryn Hoffmann, Zalika Klemenc-Ketis, Christian Mallen, Ana Luisa Neves, Zlata Ožvačić, Victoria Tkachenko, Dorien Zwart, Sara Willems
{"title":"Patient safety in general practice during COVID-19: a descriptive analysis in 38 countries (PRICOV-19).","authors":"Esther Van Poel, Pierre Vanden Bussche, Claire Collins, Susan Lagaert, Sara Ares-Blanco, Maria Pilar Astier-Pena, Jonila Gabrani, Raquel Gomez Bravo, Kathryn Hoffmann, Zalika Klemenc-Ketis, Christian Mallen, Ana Luisa Neves, Zlata Ožvačić, Victoria Tkachenko, Dorien Zwart, Sara Willems","doi":"10.1093/fampra/cmae059","DOIUrl":"10.1093/fampra/cmae059","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>This article aims to examine patient safety in general practice during COVID-19.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>In total, 5489 GP practices from 37 European countries and Israel filled in the online self-reported PRICOV-19 survey between November 2020 and December 2021. The outcome measures include 30 patient safety indicators on structure, process, and outcome.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The data showed that structural problems often impeded patient safety during COVID-19, as 58.6% of practices (3209/5479) reported limitations related to their building or infrastructure. Nevertheless, GP practices rapidly changed their processes, including the appointment systems. Implementation proved challenging as, although 76.1% of practices (3751/4932) developed a protocol to answer calls from potential COVID patients, only 34.4% (1252/3643) always used it. The proportion of practices reported having sufficient protected time in general practitioners' schedules to review guidelines remained consistent when comparing the pre-COVID (34.2%,1647/4813) with the COVID period (33.2%,1600/4813). Overall, 42.8% of practices (1966/4590) always informed home care services when patients were diagnosed with COVID-19, while this decreased to 30.1% for other major infectious diseases (1341/4458). Most practices reported at least one incident of delayed care in patients with an urgent condition, most often because the patient did not come to the practice sooner (60.4%, 2561/4237). Moreover, 31.1% of practices (1349/4199) always organized a team discussion when incidents happened. Overall, large variations were found across countries and patient safety indicators.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The results demonstrated that European GP practices adopted numerous measures to deliver safe care during COVID-19. However, multilayered interventions are needed to improve infection control and GP practice accessibility in future pandemics.</p>","PeriodicalId":12209,"journal":{"name":"Family practice","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142544546","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Changing the antibiotic prescribing of Australian general practice registrars' for acute respiratory tract infections: a non-randomized controlled trial.
IF 2.4 4区 医学
Family practice Pub Date : 2025-02-07 DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmaf005
Alexandria Turner, Mieke L van Driel, Benjamin L Mitchell, Joshua S Davis, Amanda Tapley, Elizabeth Holliday, Jason Dizon, Paul Glasziou, Mina Bakhit, Katie Mulquiney, Andrew Davey, Katie Fisher, Emma J Baillie, Alison Fielding, Dominica Moad, Anthea Dallas, Parker Magin
{"title":"Changing the antibiotic prescribing of Australian general practice registrars' for acute respiratory tract infections: a non-randomized controlled trial.","authors":"Alexandria Turner, Mieke L van Driel, Benjamin L Mitchell, Joshua S Davis, Amanda Tapley, Elizabeth Holliday, Jason Dizon, Paul Glasziou, Mina Bakhit, Katie Mulquiney, Andrew Davey, Katie Fisher, Emma J Baillie, Alison Fielding, Dominica Moad, Anthea Dallas, Parker Magin","doi":"10.1093/fampra/cmaf005","DOIUrl":"10.1093/fampra/cmaf005","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Inappropriate antibiotic prescription for self-limiting respiratory tract infections (RTIs) by general practitioner (GP) registrars (trainees) is less common than by established GPs but still exceeds evidence-based benchmarks. A 2014 face-to-face educational intervention for registrars and supervisors reduced registrars' acute bronchitis antibiotic prescription by 16% (absolute reduction). We aimed to establish the efficacy of an updated registrar/supervisor RTI-management intervention (delivered at distance) on antibiotic prescribing.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A non-randomized trial using a non-equivalent control-group nested within the ReCEnT cohort study. The intervention included online educational modules, registrar and supervisor webinars, and materials for registrar-supervisor in-practice educational sessions, and focussed on acute bronchitis as an exemplar RTI. The theoretical underpinning was the 'capability, opportunity, and motivation' (COM-B) framework. The intervention was delivered to registrars and supervisors of one large educational/training organization annually from mid-2021, with pre-intervention period from 2017, and with postintervention period ending 2023. Two other educational/training organizations served as controls. The primary outcome was antibiotics prescribed for acute bronchitis. Analyses used multivariable logistic regression with predictors of interest: time (before/after intervention), treatment group, and an interaction term for time-by-treatment group, adjusted for potential confounders. The interaction term P-value was used to infer statistical significance of the intervention effect.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of 4612 acute bronchitis presentations, 70% were prescribed antibiotics. There was a 6.9% absolute reduction (adjusted) of prescribing in the intervention-group compared with the control-group. This was not statistically significant (Pinteraction = .22).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Failure to find a significant effect on prescribing suggests difficulties with scalability of this (and similar educational) innovations.</p>","PeriodicalId":12209,"journal":{"name":"Family practice","volume":"42 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11911915/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143647826","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Correction to: Methodological quality and clinical recommendations of guidelines on the management of dyslipidaemias for cardiovascular disease risk reduction: a systematic review and an appraisal through AGREE II and AGREE REX tools. 更正:降低心血管疾病风险的血脂异常管理指南的方法学质量和临床建议:通过 AGREE II 和 AGREE REX 工具进行的系统综述和评估。
IF 2.4 4区 医学
Family practice Pub Date : 2025-02-07 DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmae055
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The effect and implementation of the COVID Box, a remote patient monitoring system for patients with a COVID-19 infection in primary care: a matched cohort study. COVID Box(一种针对基层医疗机构中 COVID-19 感染者的远程患者监控系统)的效果与实施:一项匹配队列研究。
IF 2.4 4区 医学
Family practice Pub Date : 2025-02-07 DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmae045
Nicoline E van Hattem, Niels J Mijnsbergen, Hendrikus J A van Os, Bart A Mertens, Just A H Eekhof, Niels H Chavannes, Douwe E Atsma, Tobias N Bonten
{"title":"The effect and implementation of the COVID Box, a remote patient monitoring system for patients with a COVID-19 infection in primary care: a matched cohort study.","authors":"Nicoline E van Hattem, Niels J Mijnsbergen, Hendrikus J A van Os, Bart A Mertens, Just A H Eekhof, Niels H Chavannes, Douwe E Atsma, Tobias N Bonten","doi":"10.1093/fampra/cmae045","DOIUrl":"10.1093/fampra/cmae045","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the pressure on hospitals increased tremendously. To alleviate this pressure, a remote patient monitoring system called the COVID Box was developed and implemented in primary care. The aim was to assess whether the COVID Box in primary care could reduce emergency department (ED) referrals due to a COVID-19 infection. A matched cohort study was performed between December 2020 and June 2021. Patients with a COVID-19 infection in need of intensive monitoring based on the clinical judgement of their own general practitioner received the COVID Box in primary care combining home monitoring of vital parameters with daily video consultations. The control group was retrospectively matched by propensity score matching. We conducted a subgroup analysis in higher-risk patients with oxygen saturation measurements, considering oxygen saturation as a critical parameter for assessing the risk of a complicated infection. We included 205 patients, of whom 41 patients were monitored with the COVID Box (mean age 70 and 53.7% male) and 164 in the control group (mean age 71.5 and 53% male). No difference was found in ED referrals between the intervention and control groups in our primary analysis. In the subgroup analysis, we found a nonsignificant trend that remote monitoring could reduce the ED referrals. While the overall study found comparable ED referrals between groups, the subgroup analysis suggested a promising prospect in reducing ED referrals due to remote monitoring of higher-risk patients with acute respiratory disease in primary care.</p>","PeriodicalId":12209,"journal":{"name":"Family practice","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11878381/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142282638","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Determination of subclinical atherosclerosis by total plaque area in patients with diabetes and hypertension.
IF 2.4 4区 医学
Family practice Pub Date : 2025-02-07 DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmaf010
Mariana N Carrillo, Hernán A Pérez, Luis L Armando, J David Spence, Sonia E Muñoz, Nestor H Garcia
{"title":"Determination of subclinical atherosclerosis by total plaque area in patients with diabetes and hypertension.","authors":"Mariana N Carrillo, Hernán A Pérez, Luis L Armando, J David Spence, Sonia E Muñoz, Nestor H Garcia","doi":"10.1093/fampra/cmaf010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/fampra/cmaf010","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background/objective: </strong>the determination of the carotid total plaque area (TPA) is an indicator of subclinical atherosclerosis and a useful tool in early cardiovascular prevention. Classically, diabetes has been considered the most atherogenic disease, even more so than hypertension, but the incidence of stroke and heart attack is higher in patients with hypertension than in patients with diabetes alone. Therefore, in this study, we compared hypertension and diabetes with regard to the burden of atherosclerosis.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>a cross-sectional observational study was carried out on adults (n = 606). Those with a history of a cardiovascular event were excluded.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>median age was 65 years (IQR 17), 58.6% women. People with diabetes and hypertension had the highest TPA (β exponent: 1.64; 95% CI 1.20-2.26), followed by people with hypertension alone (β exponent: 1.39; 95% CI 1.05-1.86), while people with diabetes alone had no differences (P = .379) with respect to the control group.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This cross-sectional study, though limited, emphasizes the need for larger prospective studies to validate the clinical significance of these findings and highlights the importance of routine monitoring of subclinical atherosclerosis in hypertensive patients to assess the effectiveness of preventive therapy.</p>","PeriodicalId":12209,"journal":{"name":"Family practice","volume":"42 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143656418","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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General practice utilisation by Australian cancer patients in the last year of life. 澳大利亚癌症患者在生命最后一年的全科就诊情况。
IF 2.4 4区 医学
Family practice Pub Date : 2025-02-07 DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmae062
Matthew P Grant, Damien McCarthy, Chris Kearney, Anna Collins, Vijaya Sundararajan, Joel J Rhee, Jennifer A M Philip, Jon D Emery
{"title":"General practice utilisation by Australian cancer patients in the last year of life.","authors":"Matthew P Grant, Damien McCarthy, Chris Kearney, Anna Collins, Vijaya Sundararajan, Joel J Rhee, Jennifer A M Philip, Jon D Emery","doi":"10.1093/fampra/cmae062","DOIUrl":"10.1093/fampra/cmae062","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>General practice plays a key role in end-of-life care, yet the extent of this remains largely unknown due to a lack of detailed clinical data. This study aims to describe the care provided by General Practitioners (GPs) for people with cancer in their last year of life.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Retrospective cohort study using linked routine primary care and death certificate data in Victoria, Australia. Patients were included who died from cancer between 2008 and 2017.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In total 7025 cancer patients were included, mean age of 74.8 yrs. 95% of patients visited their GP in the last 6 months of life, with a median of 11 general practice contacts in this period. 72% of patients visited their GP in the second-last month prior to death, and 74% in the last month of life. The majority of patients (58%) were prescribed opioids, 19% anticipatory medications, 24% received a home visit, and a small proportion had imaging (6%) in the last month and pathology (6%) in the last fortnight. Patients in regional areas had more contact with general practices in the last year of life compared to metropolitan patients (median metropolitan = 16, inner regional = 25, and outer regional = 23, P < .001). The use of GP services did not differ by cancer type.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>GP's play a central role in end-of-life care provision for cancer patients, which intensifies in the last months of life. There is room for improvement, with a proportion having little or no engagement, and low rates of home visits and anticipatory medication prescribing.</p>","PeriodicalId":12209,"journal":{"name":"Family practice","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11809245/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142617230","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Impact of a multifaceted intervention programme on antibiotic prescribing and dispensing in four patient-centred settings in five European countries. The HAPPY PATIENT project. 在五个欧洲国家的四个以病人为中心的环境中,多方面干预计划对抗生素处方和配药的影响。快乐病人 "项目。
IF 2.4 4区 医学
Family practice Pub Date : 2025-02-07 DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmae064
Ana García-Sangenís, Jesper Lykkegaard, Malene Plejdrup Hansen, Beatriz González López-Valcárcel, Fabiana Raynal, Laura Vallejo-Torres, Lars Bjerrum, Athina Chalkidou, Jette Nygaard Jensen, Ingrid Rebnord, Bent Håkan Lindberg, Katja Taxis, Maarten Lambert, Ruta Radzeviciene, Lina Jaruseviciene, Pia Touboul Lundgren, Pascale Bruno, Vanessa Lesage, Anna Kowalczyk, Maciej Godycki-Cwirko, Christos Lionis, Maria-Nefeli Karkana, Marilena Anastasaki, Matilde Bøgelund Hansen, Jonas Kanstrup Olsen, Jens Søndergaard, Daniela Modena, Stella Mally, Laura Álvarez, Carl Llor
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