Pranav Singh, Jane Alty, Michele Callisaya, Lauren Giles, Frank Nicklason, Harley Stanton, Jan(ette) Radford
{"title":"Putting the patient first: Should general practitioners start people with probable Parkinson's disease on levodopa while awaiting diagnostic confirmation?","authors":"Pranav Singh, Jane Alty, Michele Callisaya, Lauren Giles, Frank Nicklason, Harley Stanton, Jan(ette) Radford","doi":"10.31128/AJGP-07-24-7345","DOIUrl":"10.31128/AJGP-07-24-7345","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Parkinson's disease poses challenges for timely diagnosis and specialist care, particularly in rural areas.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>This paper aims to assist general practitioners (GPs) who wish to collaborate with their patient with probable Parkinson's disease to improve access to appropriate medication when there might be a delay in obtaining a confirmatory diagnosis from a Parkinson's disease specialist. The feasibility and rationale for commencing levodopa as well as an approach to initiating and monitoring its response are discussed. The importance of educating patients and caregivers, encouraging exercise and building a multidisciplinary team to optimise care is also discussed.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>The literature supports early levodopa initiation in probable Parkinson's disease to improve a patient's quality of life. The presented approach offers GPs effective management strategies that enhance patient care and mitigate the risks of delayed treatment.</p>","PeriodicalId":54241,"journal":{"name":"Australian Journal of General Practice","volume":"54 7","pages":"427-430"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144555730","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}
Olivia J Rolfe, Annabelle S Baker, Varun Chandra, Thomas G Campbell
{"title":"Giant cell arteritis presenting as a unilateral sixth nerve palsy.","authors":"Olivia J Rolfe, Annabelle S Baker, Varun Chandra, Thomas G Campbell","doi":"10.31128/AJGP-05-24-7255","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31128/AJGP-05-24-7255","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54241,"journal":{"name":"Australian Journal of General Practice","volume":"54 7","pages":"445-447"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144555724","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}
{"title":"Just a GP: Diaries from a Career in General Practice.","authors":"Frances Pengelly","doi":"10.31128/AJGP-03-25-7625","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31128/AJGP-03-25-7625","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54241,"journal":{"name":"Australian Journal of General Practice","volume":"54 7","pages":"496"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144555726","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}
Chatnapa Yodkitudomying, Ahsan Saleem, Daniel Fineberg, Elizabeth Robinson, Kerry Rendell, Judith Lowthian, Kaylene Fiddes, Angela Yerolemou, Rajna Ogrin
{"title":"Promoting holistic wellbeing in general practice through social prescribing.","authors":"Chatnapa Yodkitudomying, Ahsan Saleem, Daniel Fineberg, Elizabeth Robinson, Kerry Rendell, Judith Lowthian, Kaylene Fiddes, Angela Yerolemou, Rajna Ogrin","doi":"10.31128/AJGP-04-24-7226","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31128/AJGP-04-24-7226","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54241,"journal":{"name":"Australian Journal of General Practice","volume":"54 7","pages":"490-491"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144555729","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}
{"title":"Changing the future of youth who have type 2 diabetes.","authors":"Farrah Rodrigues, Hazel Clothier, Malcolm Clark, Emily Papadimos, Jim Buttery, Danielle Longmore","doi":"10.31128/AJGP-09-24-7414","DOIUrl":"10.31128/AJGP-09-24-7414","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54241,"journal":{"name":"Australian Journal of General Practice","volume":"54 7","pages":"492-494"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144555721","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}
Stephanie Thomson, Isabella White, Rudy Goh, Stephen Bacchi, Luke Collins
{"title":"A false dichotomy: Functional gait overlay in neurological disorders.","authors":"Stephanie Thomson, Isabella White, Rudy Goh, Stephen Bacchi, Luke Collins","doi":"10.31128/AJGP-11-24-7466","DOIUrl":"10.31128/AJGP-11-24-7466","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54241,"journal":{"name":"Australian Journal of General Practice","volume":"54 7","pages":"448-451"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144555717","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}
{"title":"Australians' knowledge of general practice data sharing: Findings from a focus group study and cross-sectional survey.","authors":"Annette J Braunack-Mayer, Alberto Nettel Aguirre, Belinda Fabrianesi, Lucy Carolan, Justin Beilby, Carolyn Adams, Felicity Flack","doi":"10.31128/AJGP-04-24-7242","DOIUrl":"10.31128/AJGP-04-24-7242","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background and objectives: </strong>Relatively little is known about public understanding of the secondary use of general practice data. We investigated what the Australian public knows about the secondary use of information in their general practice records.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>The investigation used a mixed methods approach with four focus groups (n=22) and a cross-sectional survey that was weighted to be nationally representative (n=2604).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Participants broadly understood what was in their general practice record. Most believed it was shared with hospital health professionals and other medical staff to support their care. Fewer than 30% thought their health information was shared with health administrators, planners and researchers, and fewer than half believed it was used for planning, to improve health services generally or for research.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>The secondary use of general practice data outside the clinical encounter is poorly understood by the public. More and better information about how, where and with whom general practice data are shared is needed.</p>","PeriodicalId":54241,"journal":{"name":"Australian Journal of General Practice","volume":"54 7","pages":"471-476"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144555719","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}
{"title":"Neurological conditions.","authors":"Claire Denness","doi":"10.31128/AJGP-07-25-1234e","DOIUrl":"10.31128/AJGP-07-25-1234e","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54241,"journal":{"name":"Australian Journal of General Practice","volume":"54 7","pages":"421"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144555727","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}
{"title":"June 2025 correspondence.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54241,"journal":{"name":"Australian Journal of General Practice","volume":"54 6","pages":"329-330"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144227618","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}
{"title":"Infant and child health.","authors":"Brendon Evans","doi":"10.31128/AJGP-06-25-1234e","DOIUrl":"10.31128/AJGP-06-25-1234e","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54241,"journal":{"name":"Australian Journal of General Practice","volume":"54 6","pages":"325"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144227616","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}