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Prescriptions of Essentially Placebo Treatments Among General Practitioners in ...
Wolters, Fabian; Peerdeman, Kaya; Gussekloo, Jacobijn; Adler, Limor; Asenova, Radost; Kánská, Petra Bomberová; Collins, ClaireImportance: General practitioners (GPs) sometimes initiate a treatment despite not expecting it to improve patients' symptoms by any physiological mechanism. These essentially placebo treatments are ethically controversial, and their frequency is unclear. They involve risks for patients, but to estimate these, more data are needed. Objective: To develop a more precise overview of the rate at which GPs prescribe...
General practitioners’ deprescribing decisions in older adults with polypharmacy
Jungo, Katharina Tabea; Mantelli, Sophie; Rozsnyai, Zsofia; Missiou, Aristea; Kitanovska, Biljana Gerasimovska; Weltermann, Birgitta; Mallen, ChristianFunding: The work of Katharina Tabea Jungo was supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) (NFP 407440_167465, PI Prof. Streit) and the work of Zsofia Rozsnyai by the Swiss Society of General Internal Medicine (SGAIM) Foundation (PI Prof. Streit). The SGAIM Foundation reviewed the study protocol but did not give us feedback or help usplan, conduct, interpret results, or write this manuscript. The ...
Managing hypertension in frail oldest-old-The role of guideline use by general ...
Roulet, Céline; Rozsnyai, Zsofia; Jungo, Katharina Tabea; Van Der Ploeg, Milly; Floriani, Carmen; Kurpas, Donata; Vinker, ShlomoBACKGROUND: The best management of hypertension in frail oldest-old (≥80 years of age) remains unclear and we still lack guidelines that provide specific recommendations. Our study aims to investigate guideline use in general practitioners (GPs) and to examine if guideline use relates to different decisions when managing hypertension in frail oldest-old. DESIGN/SETTING: Cross-sectional study among currently act...
Burden of cardiovascular disease across 29 countries and GPs' decision to treat...
Streit, Sven; Gussekloo, Jacobijn; Burman, Robert A.; Collins, Claire; Kitanovska, Biljana Gerasimovska; Gintere, Sandra; Bravo, Raquel Gomez