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A comparison of the CARATKids and CARAT10 questionnaires for the evaluation of ...

[Excerpt] The Control of Allergic Rhinitis and Asthma Test (CARAT) was introduced to assess control of allergic rhinitis and asthma (ARA) simultaneously. It is the first tool to implement ARIA guidelines in clinical practice [1-5].CARAT10 was developed for adults [5], and CARATKids was designed for children aged 6 to 12 years [6]. There is no validated questionnaire to assess control of ARA in patients between ...

Mapping Portuguese research on respiratory diseases in primary care: a systemat...

Stress e burnout em internos de medicina geral e familiar da zona Norte de Port...

Objetivos: Determinar a prevalência de burnout em internos de medicina geral e familiar da zona Norte de Portugal e testar possíveis associações com fatores sociodemográficos, profissionais e stress. Tipo de estudo: Observacional, transversal, com componente analítica. Local: Zona Norte de Portugal. População: Médicos internos de medicina geral e familiar. Métodos: Amostra de conveniência constituída pelos inte...

Stress and burnout in family medicine trainees in the North of Portugal: a cros...

Objectives: To determine the prevalence of burnout among family medicine trainees in the north region of Portugal and to test possible associations of burnout with sociodemographic and occupational factors and stress. Type of study: Cross-sectional. Location: Northern Portugal. Population: Family medicine trainees. Methods: We used a convenience sample of the trainees attending meetings of the residency program...

The ideal site for provision of out-of-hours care in primary care: An analysis ...

Objective: This study aims to compare the costs of out-of-hours services and patient Perceptions of Service Quality (PSQ), between a regular primary care units and a specialized unit only opened to perform this kind of care. Type of study: Cross-sectional – analytical and observational. Local: Unidade de Saúde Familiar (USF) Serpa Pinto, USF Ramalde and Serviço de Atendimento de Situações Urgentes (SASU) do Por...

Placebo prescription and empathy of the physician: a cross-sectional study

Background: Empathy in the patient-physician relationship is a major component in an effective placebo treatment, as in every medical treatment. Understanding the role of empathy of the physician in the placebo effect may help dissect some of the context variables responsible for the effectiveness of the placebo. Objectives: To determine the frequency of placebo prescription, doctors' beliefs, motivation, and a...

Twenty-five years of the international Bled course for teachers of family medic...

The international Bled course for teacher training has played a central role in faculty development in family medicine for the past 25 years. The course was originally designed to promote faculty development for family medicine teachers in the new academic discipline of family medicine in Slovenia in 1990 and to introduce new topics into the family medicine curriculum. In this background paper, we perform a SCO...

The respiratory research agenda in primary care in Portugal: a Delphi study

Background: A research agenda can help to stimulate and guide research. The International Primary Care Respiratory Group (IPCRG) published a Research Needs Statement (RNS) in 2010 in which 145 research questions were identified. In 2012, priorities for respiratory research were established, based on these questions. To date, there has been no statement on primary care respiratory research needs in Portugal. The...

A quarter century of teacher training in family medicine in Europe: homage to t...

[Excerpt] If it isn’t broken, don’t fix it.’ This advice can apply to many situations. It can certainly apply to the annual Janko Kersnik International EURACT Bled Course for teacher training in family medicine. This course will convene for the 25th time in September of this year. It is worth pausing to examine the remarkable path this course has taken, to assess its influence, and to speculate on how it can co...

The case for and against subspecialization in family medicine

[Excerpt] Family doctors take pride in delivering a broad range of services to varied populations; however there are challenges to this strongly held view. Robert Heinlen argued in favour of generalism, saying that that a competent person should be able to (among other skills) “change a diaper, balance accounts, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, and ...