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General practitioners' support and implementation concerns for Australia's proposed aged care primary care model: a cross-sectional survey. 全科医生对澳大利亚提出的老年护理初级保健模式的支持和实施问题:一项横断面调查。
IF 2.4 4区 医学
Family practice Pub Date : 2025-06-04 DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmaf047
Kate H Marshall, Oliver Smith, Joel J Rhee
{"title":"General practitioners' support and implementation concerns for Australia's proposed aged care primary care model: a cross-sectional survey.","authors":"Kate H Marshall, Oliver Smith, Joel J Rhee","doi":"10.1093/fampra/cmaf047","DOIUrl":"10.1093/fampra/cmaf047","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The 2021 Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety proposed a new primary care model to address the growing healthcare needs of Australia's aging population.This study explored the views of general practitioners (GPs) working in residential aged care homes on the proposed model and identified potential implementation challenges.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A cross-sectional survey was conducted between December 2023 and April 2024, recruiting GPs through professional networks and social media. The survey used a 5-point Likert scale to gauge agreement with the proposed model and an open-ended question to explore potential implementation barriers.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>One hundred and fifteen GPs (48.7% male; 59.2% aged 30-49) with an average of 12.2 ± 10.4 years' experience in aged care participated. Respondants indicated broad support for extending practice accreditation to aged care-focused practices, with strong endorsement for criteria such as formal accreditation and telehealth integration. Yet, GPs expressed substantial concerns about the practical implementation of capitation payments and other systemic changes, citing underfunding and increased administrative burdens as major obstacles. Reservations were also raised about the adequacy of support for managing increasingly complex aged care needs. Notably, 46% doubted the feasibility of implementing the recommendations, highlighting challenges in funding, after-hours care, and collaboration.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This study highlights key factors influencing the feasibility of implementing the proposed primary care model in aged care, offering valuable insights applicable globally. Addressing GP concerns and fostering collaboration appear crucial, while further stakeholder consultation involving GPs, practice nurses, patients, and their families should guide the implementation of proposed reforms.</p>","PeriodicalId":12209,"journal":{"name":"Family practice","volume":"42 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-06-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12215310/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144474410","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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Chronic disease clusters and health-related quality of life among individuals with musculoskeletal pain: a Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966 study. 慢性疾病群与肌肉骨骼疼痛患者的健康相关生活质量:1966年芬兰北部出生队列研究
IF 2.4 4区 医学
Family practice Pub Date : 2025-06-04 DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmaf057
Eveliina Heikkala, Jaro Karppinen
{"title":"Chronic disease clusters and health-related quality of life among individuals with musculoskeletal pain: a Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966 study.","authors":"Eveliina Heikkala, Jaro Karppinen","doi":"10.1093/fampra/cmaf057","DOIUrl":"10.1093/fampra/cmaf057","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Musculoskeletal (MSK) pain is known to influence health-related quality of life (HRQoL), but the role of co-occurring chronic diseases in HRQoL in a MSK pain population has been less studied. This study aimed to evaluate (i) whether chronic disease clusters are related to HRQoL and (ii) whether these relationships differ in magnitude from those between the number of chronic diseases and HRQoL among people with MSK pain.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>The Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966 and its 46-year data collection point were used. The chronic disease clusters for individuals reporting any MSK pain within the past year were previously formulated using latent class analysis and consisted of: Psychiatric (co-existing mental health disorder, substance use disorder, and asthma), Metabolic (referring to the burden of metabolic diseases), and Relatively healthy. HRQoL was measured with a 15-dimension questionnaire. General linear regression model was used.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Among 4490 participants, both the Psychiatric and Metabolic clusters associated with clinically significantly reduced HRQoL, when contrasted with the Relatively healthy cluster, but the association was stronger for the Psychiatric cluster. Similarly, the adjusted mean difference in HRQoL was higher for the Psychiatric cluster than for the multimorbidity (two or more diseases) category when compared with the reference categories (Relatively healthy cluster and no chronic diseases, respectively).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The present findings imply the clinical relevance of the previously identified chronic disease clusters and suggest that pure counts of chronic diseases may not be enough to describe the role of chronic diseases in HRQoL in MSK pain.</p>","PeriodicalId":12209,"journal":{"name":"Family practice","volume":"42 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-06-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12268870/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144648940","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 eliciting treatment priorities on analgesic prescribing in older patients with high levels of polypharmacy. 诱导治疗优先级对老年高水平多药患者镇痛处方的影响。
IF 2.2 4区 医学
Family practice Pub Date : 2025-06-04 DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmaf056
Caroline McCarthy, Barbara Clyne, Susan M Smith, Fiona Boland, Emma Wallace, Michelle Flood, Frank Moriarty
{"title":"Impact of eliciting treatment priorities on analgesic prescribing in older patients with high levels of polypharmacy.","authors":"Caroline McCarthy, Barbara Clyne, Susan M Smith, Fiona Boland, Emma Wallace, Michelle Flood, Frank Moriarty","doi":"10.1093/fampra/cmaf056","DOIUrl":"10.1093/fampra/cmaf056","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Multimorbidity guidelines recommend tailoring care to patients' priorities. The Supporting Prescribing in Multimorbidity in Primary Care (SPPiRE) trial focused on optimizing medicines use in older adults with significant polypharmacy and tailoring prescribing and deprescribing to individual priorities. This study aimed to compare self-reported and general practitioner (GP)-recorded patient priorities and examine the impact of prioritizing pain on analgesic prescribing.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This secondary cohort analysis of the SPPIRE trial and process evaluation assessed baseline participant-identified priorities and intervention group GP-recorded priorities during medication reviews with agreement assessed using Cohen's kappa. Analgesic prescribing patterns and daily morphine milligram equivalents changes during the study period were summarized. The impact of pain (self-reported, GP-recorded, and severe or extreme pain on the baseline EQ5D) on opioid intensification was analysed using multi-level models accounting for GP practice clustering and intervention effects.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 403 patients (mean age 76.5 years) were included; 178 (44.2%) reported pain as a priority at baseline. Agreement between self-reported and GP-recorded pain was poor (kappa 0.118, P = 0.05). Most analgesic prescriptions decreased during the study, except for potent opioids, which increased in both trial arms. All three pain variables were associated with increased odds of opioid intensification at follow-up.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>In this older population of patients with significant polypharmacy, identifying pain as a priority was associated with an increased likelihood of opioid intensification, despite guidelines advising against their use for chronic pain. This study highlights the challenges faced by GPs treating pain in older adults with multimorbidity.</p>","PeriodicalId":12209,"journal":{"name":"Family practice","volume":"42 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-06-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12302712/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144729047","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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Getting started with search filters in primary care literature reviews. 开始使用初级保健文献综述中的搜索过滤器。
IF 2.4 4区 医学
Family practice Pub Date : 2025-06-04 DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmaf037
Thomas Morel, Vera Granikov, Ambar Kulshreshtha, Richard Young, Jean-Pascal Fournier
{"title":"Getting started with search filters in primary care literature reviews.","authors":"Thomas Morel, Vera Granikov, Ambar Kulshreshtha, Richard Young, Jean-Pascal Fournier","doi":"10.1093/fampra/cmaf037","DOIUrl":"10.1093/fampra/cmaf037","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Primary care researchers and clinicians are facing an ever-growing evidence base, more options to access research evidence, and increasingly limited time. Incorporating search filters into primary care systematic reviews can significantly improve the efficiency and confidence of the search process. Search filters, or hedges, are predeveloped search strategies that combine controlled vocabulary and free text terms using Boolean operators (words like \"AND,\" \"OR\"). Search filters help to manage the diverse terminology in the literature, such as the various synonyms for primary care, and can be tailored to the specific needs of the review, whether it aims to be exhaustive or more focussed. Resources such as specialized librarians, databases such as PubMed, and repositories such as the InterTASC Information Specialists Sub-Group provide access to these valuable tools. However, as primary care terminology continues to evolve, regular updates to these filters are necessary to maintain their relevance and effectiveness. This method brief presents search filters and highlights their value for finding research literature in primary care.</p>","PeriodicalId":12209,"journal":{"name":"Family practice","volume":"42 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-06-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144283095","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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Adherence to antibiotic prescribing guidelines in Dutch primary care: an analysis of national prescription data on ear and respiratory tract symptoms and conditions among 384 general practices. 荷兰初级保健对抗生素处方指南的遵守:384个全科医生中关于耳部和呼吸道症状和状况的国家处方数据分析
IF 2.4 4区 医学
Family practice Pub Date : 2025-06-04 DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmaf031
Maarten Lambert, Renee Veldkamp, Yvette Weesie, Anke Lambooij, Jochen W L Cals, Katja Taxis, Liset van Dijk, Karin Hek
{"title":"Adherence to antibiotic prescribing guidelines in Dutch primary care: an analysis of national prescription data on ear and respiratory tract symptoms and conditions among 384 general practices.","authors":"Maarten Lambert, Renee Veldkamp, Yvette Weesie, Anke Lambooij, Jochen W L Cals, Katja Taxis, Liset van Dijk, Karin Hek","doi":"10.1093/fampra/cmaf031","DOIUrl":"10.1093/fampra/cmaf031","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Mapping general practitioners' antibiotic prescribing practices is essential to optimize antibiotic use in primary care and mitigate antibiotic resistance.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>The objective of this study was to examine the adherence of Dutch general practitioners to prescribing guidelines for ear and respiratory tract symptoms and conditions.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A cross-sectional study was conducted on Dutch electronic health records from 2018 to 2021. Antibiotic prescribing frequency and type were examined for ear and respiratory tract symptoms and conditions based on professional prescribing guidelines. Descriptive statistics and multilevel logistic regression analyses were applied.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Patient records from up to 384 general practices were analysed for 15 ear and 27 respiratory tract conditions. For 11 of the 15 (73%) ear and 17 of the 27 (63%) respiratory tract conditions, more than 95% of patients were treated according to the prescribing guidelines. Most potential non-adherence to antibiotic prescribing guidelines occurred for acute otitis media (31%-34%), acute bronchitis/bronchiolitis (26%-39%), and acute sinusitis (25%-34%). Several other respiratory tract conditions showed non-indicated prescribing rates above 10%. For otitis externa, many broad-spectrum antibiotics were prescribed, which rarely happened for respiratory conditions. High variation in prescribing frequency and type between general practices occurred.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>For most conditions, Dutch general practitioners adhere well to antibiotic prescribing guidelines. There are conditions for which there is a high potential for inappropriate prescribing. High variation between practices suggests room for improvement. Stricter implementation of prescribing guidelines may help improve prescribing practice. Alternatively, a practice-specific approach could be effective. The Dutch setting may be exemplary for international antibiotic prescribing practice.</p>","PeriodicalId":12209,"journal":{"name":"Family practice","volume":"42 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-06-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12163312/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144283094","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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The Brain Care Score and its associations with cardiovascular disease and cancer. 脑保健评分及其与心血管疾病和癌症的关系。
IF 2.4 4区 医学
Family practice Pub Date : 2025-06-04 DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmaf034
Jasper R Senff, Cyprien A Rivier, Reinier Tack, Benjamin Y Q Tan, Tamara N Kimball, Hens Bart Brouwers, Amy Newhouse, Gregory Fricchione, Rudolph E Tanzi, Nirupama Yechoor, Zeina Chemali, Christopher D Anderson, Jonathan Rosand, Guido J Falcone, Sanjula Singh
{"title":"The Brain Care Score and its associations with cardiovascular disease and cancer.","authors":"Jasper R Senff, Cyprien A Rivier, Reinier Tack, Benjamin Y Q Tan, Tamara N Kimball, Hens Bart Brouwers, Amy Newhouse, Gregory Fricchione, Rudolph E Tanzi, Nirupama Yechoor, Zeina Chemali, Christopher D Anderson, Jonathan Rosand, Guido J Falcone, Sanjula Singh","doi":"10.1093/fampra/cmaf034","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/fampra/cmaf034","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The Brain Care Score (BCS) was developed in partnership with patients and practitioners to convey actionable knowledge to individuals everywhere that can motivate change in health-related behaviors and thereby reduce the risk of dementia, stroke, and late-life depression (LLD). Because diseases outside the brain share modifiable risk factors with dementia, stroke, and LLD, we investigated the associations of the BCS with other common age-related diseases, including cardiovascular disease (CVD) and cancer.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Among all UK Biobank (UKB) participants with complete BCS data, we performed Cox proportional hazard regression analyses between the BCS at baseline and incident CVD (ischemic heart disease, stroke, and heart failure) and the three most common cancer types (lung, colorectal, and breast cancer), adjusted for sex and stratified by age.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Among 416 370 UKB participants (mean age: 57 years; 54% female), 33 944 cases of CVD (8.8%) and 16 090 cases of cancer (4.0%) were identified over a median follow-up of 12.5 years. A 5-point higher BCS at baseline was associated with a lower incidence of CVD (hazard ratio [HR]: 0.57 [95% confidence interval {95% CI}: 0.55-0.59]) and lower incidence of the three most common cancer types (HR: 0.69 [95% CI: 0.66-0.72]).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>A higher BCS at baseline is associated with a lower incidence of CVD and three cancer types. Although developed specifically as an actionable tool to guide individuals in reducing their risk of common age-related brain diseases, we show that it may also offer ancillary benefits, providing a single place to start for guiding individuals toward improving their chances of healthy aging more generally.</p>","PeriodicalId":12209,"journal":{"name":"Family practice","volume":"42 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-06-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144215310","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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Bodies of Care. 护理机构。
IF 2.2 4区 医学
Family practice Pub Date : 2025-06-04 DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmaf052
Kira Neel
{"title":"Bodies of Care.","authors":"Kira Neel","doi":"10.1093/fampra/cmaf052","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/fampra/cmaf052","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12209,"journal":{"name":"Family practice","volume":"42 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-06-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144752822","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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Australian General practitioners' confidence in dermatology diagnosis and management: cross-sectional survey. 澳大利亚全科医生对皮肤病诊断和管理的信心:横断面调查。
IF 2.2 4区 医学
Family practice Pub Date : 2025-06-04 DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmaf053
Anneliese Willems, Alvin H Chong, Amanda Tapley, Sandra Grace, Parker Magin
{"title":"Australian General practitioners' confidence in dermatology diagnosis and management: cross-sectional survey.","authors":"Anneliese Willems, Alvin H Chong, Amanda Tapley, Sandra Grace, Parker Magin","doi":"10.1093/fampra/cmaf053","DOIUrl":"10.1093/fampra/cmaf053","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>General practitioner (GP) confidence in management and diagnosis across the range of dermatological conditions has not been well-explored.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>This study aimed to document Australian GPs' confidence and its associations in diagnosing and managing dermatological presentations.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A cross-sectional questionnaire-based study of Australian GPs. Recruitment was through the restricted Facebook group ('GPs Down Under') and 2022 Royal Australian College of General Practice conference attendees. Items elicited practitioner and practice demographics, dermatology educational experience, and confidence levels in diagnosing and managing 28 dermatological curriculum areas.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Respondents (n = 278) were most confident in managing eczema, bacterial skin infections, acne, contact dermatitis, and fungal skin diseases. They reported lower confidence for nail disease, connective tissue diseases, vasculitis, vascular tumours and malformations, and cutaneous manifestations of internal diseases. GPs reported greater confidence in managing, as opposed to diagnosing, melanoma and melanocytic lesions, premalignant and malignant keratinocyte skin cancers, sexually transmitted infections, and the skin and viral exanthems. Melanoma and melanocytic lesions, premalignant and malignant keratinocyte skin cancers were perceived as the greatest learning priorities.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>While Australian GPs report high confidence in diagnosing and managing common dermatological conditions, confidence declines for rarer, more complex presentations. Notably, GPs feel more confident in managing skin cancers than diagnosing them, indicating a need for enhanced training in diagnostic skills, particularly dermoscopy. These findings have implications for education delivery.</p>","PeriodicalId":12209,"journal":{"name":"Family practice","volume":"42 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-06-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12302714/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144729046","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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Risk factors and outcomes of not having a preferred doctor: a cross-sectional study based on data from the French main health insurance scheme. 没有首选医生的风险因素和结果:基于法国主要健康保险计划数据的横断面研究。
IF 2.4 4区 医学
Family practice Pub Date : 2025-06-04 DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmaf008
Jérôme Tourasse, Annaëlle Testud, Cyrille Colin, Marie Viprey, Laurent Letrilliart
{"title":"Risk factors and outcomes of not having a preferred doctor: a cross-sectional study based on data from the French main health insurance scheme.","authors":"Jérôme Tourasse, Annaëlle Testud, Cyrille Colin, Marie Viprey, Laurent Letrilliart","doi":"10.1093/fampra/cmaf008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/fampra/cmaf008","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>In France, 90.1% of the population was registered with a preferred doctor in 2019.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To explore the risk factors and healthcare utilization associated with not being registered with a preferred doctor.</p><p><strong>Design and setting: </strong>Population-based cross-sectional study conducted among insured individuals aged 16 years or above in the Lyon metropolitan area.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Data was extracted from the French health insurance information system for the year 2019. Univariate and multivariate models were used to analyse the risk factors and healthcare utilization associated with not being registered with a preferred doctor.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Among 878 030 individuals, 12.2% were not registered with a preferred doctor. In multivariate analysis, individuals not registered with a preferred doctor were younger (OR up to 18.2 between 16 and 30 years, compared to those aged ≥ 75 years), more often male (OR = 1.13), lived more often in a high medical accessibility area (OR up to 1.13 in the fourth quartile, compared to the first quartile), had less often a low income (OR = 0.64) or a long-term condition status (OR = 0.30), than those registered. Individuals without a preferred doctor had fewer visits to a GP (OR = 0.09), to a specialist (OR = 0.15), and to an emergency department (OR = 0.35), fewer hospitalizations (OR for no hospitalization = 4.54), and fewer selected prevention procedures (OR as low as 0.06 for breast cancer screening).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Not having a preferred doctor may limit access to primary and secondary care. Strategies to enhance registration should be considered, particularly for individuals with a long-term condition and those living in medically underserved areas.</p>","PeriodicalId":12209,"journal":{"name":"Family practice","volume":"42 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-06-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144283097","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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Nicotine dependence, quit intentions, and cessation efforts among daily tobacco-using healthcare students, professionals, and staff in Eastern India: insights from a multicentric study. 东印度日常吸烟保健学生、专业人员和工作人员的尼古丁依赖、戒烟意图和戒烟努力:来自一项多中心研究的见解
IF 2.4 4区 医学
Family practice Pub Date : 2025-06-04 DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmaf029
Bijit Biswas, Saurabh Varshney, G Jahnavi, Venkata Lakshmi Narasimha, Santanu Nath, Vinayagamoorthy Venugopal, Sudip Bhattacharya, Arshad Ayub, Benazir Alam, Ujjwal Kumar, Niwedita Jha
{"title":"Nicotine dependence, quit intentions, and cessation efforts among daily tobacco-using healthcare students, professionals, and staff in Eastern India: insights from a multicentric study.","authors":"Bijit Biswas, Saurabh Varshney, G Jahnavi, Venkata Lakshmi Narasimha, Santanu Nath, Vinayagamoorthy Venugopal, Sudip Bhattacharya, Arshad Ayub, Benazir Alam, Ujjwal Kumar, Niwedita Jha","doi":"10.1093/fampra/cmaf029","DOIUrl":"10.1093/fampra/cmaf029","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Tobacco use among healthcare workers compromises their role as cessation advocates. This study focuses on nicotine dependence, quit intentions, and cessation efforts among daily tobacco-using healthcare students, professionals, and staff in Eastern India.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A multicentric cross-sectional study using a structured questionnaire was conducted in 24 healthcare institutions across Bihar and Jharkhand during July-August 2023, analysing data from 729 daily tobacco users among a total of 7619 participants.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The mean nicotine dependence score was 4.6 ± 2.3, with 49.2% showing moderate dependence, 38.4% low, and 12.3% high. Among daily users, 63.1% expressed quit intentions. Two-thirds (67.9%) attempted to quit in the past year, with 36.6% using nicotine replacement therapy and 62.0% trying unaided. Participants without quit intentions had higher odds of moderate dependence [adjusted odds ratio (AOR) = 9.36] and high dependence (AOR = 28.8). Receiving no cessation advice increased the odds of moderate (AOR = 5.30) and high dependence (AOR = 16.15). Quit intentions were associated with lower nicotine dependence (AOR = 29.9 for low and 4.04 for moderate), receiving quit advice (AOR = 2.03), and awareness of tobacco control laws (AOR = 1.08 per unit). Quit attempts were influenced by quit intentions (AOR = 13.03), lower nicotine dependence (AOR = 2.68 for moderate), and receiving cessation advice (AOR = 2.82).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The study population showed moderate nicotine dependence and substantial quit intentions, emphasizing the need for stronger healthcare-led cessation efforts to enhance success and empower healthcare workers as tobacco control advocates.</p>","PeriodicalId":12209,"journal":{"name":"Family practice","volume":"42 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-06-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144474411","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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