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{"title":"From trainee to general practitioner: A qualitative study of transition experiences of Flemish GP trainees.","authors":"Ellen Tisseghem, Joke Fleer, Melissa Horlait, Peter Pype, Emelien Lauwerier","doi":"10.1080/13814788.2024.2443603","DOIUrl":"10.1080/13814788.2024.2443603","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The transition from trainee to professional marks a key milestone in a family doctor's career, bringing both emotional and mental challenges. This critical period of specialisation shapes how young doctors adapt and influences their future career choices.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>We explored trainees' experiences during their first year of advanced medical training in family medicine/general practice, including barriers and facilitators.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Using qualitative methodology, we conducted ten focus group interviews with 111 trainees. These group interviews were held as part of small-group sessions integrated into a self-guided reflection course. All interviews were held between February 2021 and March 2021, conducted online via MS Teams, recorded, and transcribed verbatim for analysis.</p><p><strong>Findings: </strong>Our analysis uncovered two adaptational processes during this transition period: personal adaptation and professional socialisation. We interpreted this as a complex balancing act, with impact on mental health aspects such as energy, exhaustion, and self-confidence. Multiple elements at different levels influenced these processes, including the workplace (e.g. interactions with colleagues and patients), the educational program (e.g. assignments, courses), and societal expectations (e.g. role expectations, support).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The findings highlight the importance of understanding both personal adaptation and professional socialisation to support trainees effectively during their transition into practice. Future studies should validate these findings and explore their evolution over time, particularly in relation to adaptation and career choices.</p>","PeriodicalId":54380,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of General Practice","volume":"31 1","pages":"2443603"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11722024/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142958903","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}

{"title":"Correction.","authors":"","doi":"10.1080/13814788.2025.2477962","DOIUrl":"10.1080/13814788.2025.2477962","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54380,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of General Practice","volume":"31 1","pages":"2477962"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11963180/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143765934","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}

{"title":"Burnout among Catalan general practitioners. A repeated cross-sectional study, during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.","authors":"Maria Miñana- Castellanos, María Isabel Fernández-San-Martín, María Rodríguez-Barragán, Maria Teresa Santos E Silva Caldeira Marques, Antoni Sisó, Josep Basora, Enric Aragonès","doi":"10.1080/13814788.2025.2485073","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13814788.2025.2485073","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>COVID-19 pandemic caused a significant impact on healthcare workers' mental health and burnout, which continues after the pandemic.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To assess the levels of burnout in general practitioners (GP) in Catalonia at three different times.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Cross-sectional study involving members of the GPs' Catalan Society (<i>n</i> = 4700). A self-administered survey was sent via institutional email in June-July 2021 (T1), in March-April 2022 (T2), and in May-June 2023 (T3). Probable burnout was assessed through Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) test, with three independent dimensions: emotional exhaustion, depersonalisation, and personal achievement. A descriptive analysis was performed, as well as a comparison between T1, T2, and T3 results.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>500 GPs responded in T1, 454 in T2, and 386 in T3. Samples were similar in demographic variables. Regarding burnout dimensions, the level of emotional exhaustion was 67.5% in T1, with a statistically significant decrease in T2 and T3 (56.4 and 58.1%, respectively, <i>p</i> = 0.001); levels of depersonalisation were 42.7% in T1, 37.0% in T2 and 36.7% in T3 (<i>p</i> = 0.091); levels of personal achievement were 29.9% in T1, 30.4% in T2 and 24.2% in T3 (<i>p</i> = 0.086).  Starting at high levels of emotional exhaustion and depersonalisation, the prevalence decreased significantly over time in two groups: women and GPs who worked <10 years at the same workplace.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Catalan GPs experienced significant burnout during the COVID-19 pandemic with emotional exhaustion being particularly high. Although the prevalence of burnout decreased slightly over time, over half of the participants consistently reported high levels of emotional exhaustion.</p>","PeriodicalId":54380,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of General Practice","volume":"31 1","pages":"2485073"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11986852/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144021902","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}

{"title":"Pain and feasibility of capillary self-blood collection in general practice: A cross-sectional investigative study.","authors":"Christopher Schuchardt, Frank Müller, Angelika Hafke, Eva Hummers, Julie Schanz, Alexandra Dopfer-Jablonka, Georg M N Behrens, Dominik Schröder","doi":"10.1080/13814788.2025.2501309","DOIUrl":"10.1080/13814788.2025.2501309","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Capillary self-blood collection (SBC) with mailed samples enables remote laboratory monitoring without in-person healthcare visits. This approach may improve continuity of care for patients, especially with chronic conditions.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Compare pain perception between venous blood draws and capillary SBC and evaluate the usability and blood volume yield of SBC devices.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>In this cross-sectional study, general practice patients from mid of Germany, Germany performed SBC using the Tasso+^® upper-arm device and mailed samples to a laboratory. Pain, usability, SBC volume, and associated factors were analysed using bivariate and general linear models.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of 106 patients, 57.5% performed SBC without assistance. Self-perceived pain was lower among SBC draws (0.13, SD = 0.42) versus venous draws (1.21, SD = 1.60) (<i>p</i> < .001). 59.4% self-collected ≥130 μL blood plasma. Patient characteristics were not associated with SBC volume in regression analysis. Overall, the mean System Usability Scale (SUS) score was 86.2, indicating high usability. Lower school education was associated with lower usability scores, while lower fear of blood and needles were associated with higher usability scores in regression analysis.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Capillary SBC had high feasibility and usability and caused less pain than venous draws in the general practice setting. SBC shows promises for enabling remote laboratory monitoring.</p>","PeriodicalId":54380,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of General Practice","volume":"31 1","pages":"2501309"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12107643/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144132463","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}

{"title":"European general practitioners' attitudes towards person-centred care and factors that influence its implementation in everyday practice: The protocol of the cross-sectional PACE GP/FP study in 24 European countries.","authors":"Goranka Petriček, Zalika Klemenc-Ketiš, Zlata Ožvačić Adžić, Venija Cerovečki, Sara Willems, Zoi Tsimtsiou, Erika Zelko, Claire Collins, Kathryn Hoffmann, Torunn Bjerve Eide, Sara Ares Blanco, Thomas Frese, Heidrun Lingner, Radost Assenova, Péter Torzsa, Bohumil Seifert, Mehmet Ungan, Sabine Bayen, Adam Windak, Joana Azeredo, Katarina Stavrikj, Sanda Kreitmayer, Milena Kostić, Iliana-Carmen Busneag, Tuomas Koskela, Alice Serafini, Joanne Butterworth, Dorien Louise Maria Zwart, Jesús González-Lama, Gorka Vuletić, Esther Van Poel, Ksenija Tušek Bunc, Canan Tuz, Vildan Mevsim, Martin Seifert, Mina Dahli, Pero Hrabač, Miroslav Hanževački, Jelena Rakić Matić, Marion Tomičić, Marko Rađa, Bruno Heleno, Krzysztof Studzinski, Ádám Becze, Rosa Megallón-Botaya, Heather Lynn Rogers, Christine Brütting, Didem Kafadar, David Lerma Irureta, Davide Fornacciari, Katarzyna Nessler, Kiril Soleski, Fátima Méndez-López, Oğulcan Çöme, Abeer Ahmad, Davorina Petek","doi":"10.1080/13814788.2025.2463630","DOIUrl":"10.1080/13814788.2025.2463630","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Person-centred care (PCC) is a fundamental principle in general practice, emphasising practices tailored to individual patient preferences, needs, and values. Despite the importance of PCC, general practitioners (GPs) face obstacles in effectively implementing it, with associated factors remaining unclear.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>The PACE GP/FP study aims to explore GPs' attitudes towards PCC and the factors facilitating or hindering its implementation in daily practice across European countries. This paper outlines the PACE GP/FP study protocol.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The cross-sectional design with data collection <i>via</i> an online survey distribution to GPs in 24 European countries. Study instruments include two validated questionnaires (Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) and Patient Physician Orientation Scale (PPOS)) and additional items covering general information about the doctor and their practice, as well as facilitators and barriers to PCC. These additional items were specifically developed for the study, translated using the forward-backward method, evaluated through cognitive debriefing, and integrated into the REDCap platform to create language and country-specific survey links. The STROBE checklist guides the reporting of the manuscript.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The PACE GP/FP study will provide a comprehensive exploration of GPs' attitudes towards PCC and the factors shaping its practice in Europe. The findings from the PACE GP/FP study will provide evidence for designing future implementation strategies and guide targeted interventions to promote PCC in primary care across Europe.</p>","PeriodicalId":54380,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of General Practice","volume":"31 1","pages":"2463630"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11866646/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143505893","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}

{"title":"30th Anniversary of the <i>European Journal of General Practice</i>.","authors":"Jako S Burgers, An de Sutter, Adam Windak","doi":"10.1080/13814788.2025.2489981","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13814788.2025.2489981","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54380,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of General Practice","volume":"31 1","pages":"2489981"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12006937/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144026886","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}

{"title":"Cross-sectional study of partners' tobacco consumption during their spouse's pregnancy.","authors":"Frédéric Fortin, Coralie Verrez, Thomas Hacquart, Bruno Pereira, Catherine Laporte","doi":"10.1080/13814788.2024.2438632","DOIUrl":"10.1080/13814788.2024.2438632","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>A smoking partner is a major risk factor for passive smoking and continued maternal smoking.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To assess the smoking habits, knowledge, and information received to stop smoking of smoking partners during their spouse's pregnancy.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>This was a cross-sectional study of partners who smoked at the start of pregnancy and whose spouses had just given birth. Recruitment was carried out in maternity hospitals in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region from June 2021 to December 2021. Data were collected using a self-administered questionnaire.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 105 men using tobacco were recruited, average age 34 years (± 6.4). Of these, 46 (44%) had modified their consumption during pregnancy: 11 (10.5%) had stopped smoking until maternity hospital entry, 24 (23%) had cut down and 11 (10.5%) had relapsed after initial total cessation. A multivariate analysis revealed a statistically significant relationship between men's change in smoking behaviour during pregnancy and a first pregnancy, an overweight participant, not living in a rural area, and information provided by the General Practitioner (GP). GPs are the first point of contact for participants looking for help to quit smoking. Among men who have not changed their smoking habits, 46% have not received any information from health professionals.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Intervention and medical information provided by GPs to smoking partners may be associated with changes in smoking habits during pregnancy. Additional prospective, comparative studies are needed to support a robust conclusion.</p>","PeriodicalId":54380,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of General Practice","volume":"31 1","pages":"2438632"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11654036/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142839974","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}

{"title":"Potential overtreatment in elderly patients with diabetes mellitus: Results from a cross-sectional study in German general practice.","authors":"Solveig Weise, Christiane Oelschläger, Susanne Unverzagt, Jens Abendroth, Marcus Heise, Thomas Frese","doi":"10.1080/13814788.2024.2447723","DOIUrl":"10.1080/13814788.2024.2447723","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>It is important for general practitioners (GPs) to protect elderly patients with diagnosis of diabetes type 2 (DM2) from overtreatment.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To analyse the metabolic control and treatment of elderly patients with DM2 in general practices.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This cross-sectional study involved 46 general practices in a federal state of Germany. Inclusion criteria for patients were diagnosis of DM2, age of 70 years or above, no palliative care and at least one practice contact within the last six months. A study nurse randomly selected 10 eligible patients and extracted data on haemoglobin A1c (HbA1c), diabetes treatment, secondary prevention and GP's characteristics. Risk of overtreatment was defined as having a HbA1c <47.5 mmol/mol (6.5%) and receiving glucose-lowering drugs, and overtreatment as being at risk of overtreatment and being aged 80 years or above or living in a nursing home.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Among 460 participants, 36.0% received oral-antidiabetic drugs, 16.7% insulin, 16.2% both and 31.1% received diet/exercise. Overtreatment occurred in 12% of elderly patients with DM2, risk of overtreatment in 24%. Overtreatment was significantly associated with urban residency (OR 2.17). Female elderly patients with DM2 were significantly less often at risk of overtreatment (OR 0.59). Cluster effects were evident between general practices' treatment and monitoring of elderly patients with DM2 in quantitative data.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Overtreatment is a relevant problem in elderly patients with DM2 for which GPs should regularly check and start deprescribing. Cluster effects suggest heterogeneity between general practices in diabetes management and monitoring.</p>","PeriodicalId":54380,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of General Practice","volume":"31 1","pages":"2447723"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11837937/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143442733","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}

{"title":"The revised European Definition of General Practice/Family Medicine. A pivotal role of One Health, Planetary Health and Sustainable Development Goals.","authors":"A Windak, A Rochfort, J Jacquet","doi":"10.1080/13814788.2024.2306936","DOIUrl":"10.1080/13814788.2024.2306936","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54380,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of General Practice","volume":"30 1","pages":"2306936"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10860453/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139708591","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}

{"title":"Task shifting to improve practice efficiency: A survey among general practitioners in non-urban Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany.","authors":"Heiner Averbeck, Jasmin Raedler, Raenhha Dhami, Simon Schwill, Joachim E Fischer","doi":"10.1080/13814788.2024.2413123","DOIUrl":"10.1080/13814788.2024.2413123","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Germany is challenged by an increasing shortage in general practice services, especially in non-urban areas. Task shifting from general practitioners (GPs) to other health professionals may improve practice efficiency to address this mismatch.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Exploring GPs' motives and beliefs towards task shifting in non-urban Germany and identifying potential factors influencing these.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The cross-sectional survey was disseminated by mail in three waves between July 2021 and August 2022 among all GPs in non-urban Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany. It included items on demographics and practice characteristics as well as 15 Likert-scale items addressing motives and beliefs towards task shifting, based on the Theoretical Domain Framework. Likert-scale items were analysed descriptively, influencing factors on motives and beliefs were identified using multiple linear regression.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Response rate was 24.2% (281/1162), with respondents comparable in age and gender to all GPs in Baden-Wuerttemberg. GPs' motives and beliefs towards task shifting are positive overall. The majority expects task shifting to reduce their workload (87.9%) and increase practice efficiency (74.7%). They are open to shift additional tasks to other professionals (69.1%), even in the currently prohibited form of substitution (51.2%). Motives and beliefs were significantly more positive among younger GPs and those participating in the GP-centred care programme.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This study describes GPs' motives and beliefs towards task shifting in non-urban Germany. Identifying younger GPs and those participating in the GP-centred care programme as particularly endorsing may help design future interventions aiming to improve efficiency in general practice in non-urban Germany.</p>","PeriodicalId":54380,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of General Practice","volume":"30 1","pages":"2413123"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11520091/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142523690","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}