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Understanding patients' perceptions of asthma control: a qualitative study.
(2018-06)
Asthma control is suboptimal for many sufferers despite the existence of effective treatments. Patients' self-management is influenced by their perceptions of asthma and its treatment. This study explored sufferers' ...
The use of electronic alerts in primary care computer systems to identify the excessive prescription of short-acting beta2-agonists for people with asthma: a systematic review.
(2018-04-16)
Computers are increasingly used to improve prescribing decisions in the management of long-term conditions however the effects on asthma prescribing remain unclear. We aimed to synthesise the evidence for the use of ...
Case finding and therapy for chronic viral hepatitis in primary care (HepFREE): a cluster-randomised controlled trial.
(2019-01)
BACKGROUND: The prevalence of viral hepatitis (hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus) in migrants is higher than among the general population in many high-income countries. We aimed to determine whether incentivising and ...
"Tossing a coin:" defining the excessive use of short-acting beta2-agonists in asthma-the views of general practitioners and asthma experts in primary and secondary care.
(Nature Research (part of Springer Nature), 2018-07-18)
The National Review of Asthma Deaths (NRAD) identified high prescribing of short–acting beta2-agonists (SABAs) as a key factor in over 40% of deaths. We interviewed asthma experts from both a hospital background (n = 5) ...
Author Correction: "Tossing a coin:" defining the excessive use of short-acting beta2-agonists in asthma-the views of general practitioners and asthma experts in primary and secondary care.
(Nature Publishing Group, 2019-01-14)
In the PDF and HTML versions of this Brief Communication a couple of words are not shown in a sentence in the penultimate sentence of the first paragraph of the Results, changing the meaning. This sentence should have been ...
Cost-effectiveness of a domestic violence and abuse training and support programme in primary care in the real world: updated modelling based on an MRC phase IV observational pragmatic implementation study.
(2018-08-29)
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the cost-effectiveness of the implementation of the Identification and Referral to Improve Safety (IRIS) programme using up-to-date real-world information on costs and effectiveness from routine ...