Publicaties

© 2000 Maney Publishing. A national practice guideline (NPG) for physiotherapy management of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has been developed. This guideline aims to decrease the variation in practice patterns and to i...

BACKGROUND: The effectiveness of three different organizational approaches to cervical cancer screening (community based, family practice based, and a combination) was evaluated in nationally representative family practices. METHOD: We selected 12...

The development of national practice guidelines (NPGs) is an issue of much concern in healthcare policies world-wide to guarantee and to improve the quality and efficiency of care. The development and implementation of NPGs constitutes an importan...

OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of alcohol problems in first-year college students. DESIGN: Cross-sectional. METHOD: Data on the prevalence of alcohol abuse or dependence according to DSM-IV criteria were collected in the period November 19...

BACKGROUND: Diagnosing dermatomycosis from a clinical image is not always easy. Microscopy of a potassium hydroxide preparation (KOH-test) and culturing are seldomly used in general practice. Cyanoacrylate surface skin scraping (CSSS) is a new dia...

The study objective was to describe the GP's referrals of patients to diagnostic evaluation of dementia and the GP's perception of the organization of this process++. The study is based on postal questionnaire mailed to all GPs in Denmark, spring ...

OBJECTIVE: To assess the effects of a Dutch national prevention programme, aimed at general practitioners (GPs), on the adherence to organizational guidelines for effective cervical cancer screening in general practice. To identify the characteris...

Diagnosis of dementia in primary care is both difficult and important. The recommendations by several authors to improve the diagnosis of dementia by general practitioners are important, but insufficient. It is argued that perhaps the disease conc...