Prevalence and management of patients using medication targeting obstructive lung disease: A cross-sectional study in primary healthcare in Greenland

For improving accomplished attempts to stop smoking, it is necessary to learn about the qualities of individuals who can willingly stop smoking. This study seeks to discover the willingness degree and associated determinants to stop smoking between adult visitors of a primary healthcare centre in an urban area of Alexandria in Egypt. In this single point and descriptive cross-sectional study, a semi-structured questionnaire was distributed to a sample of 53 adults aged ≥18 years in May 2019. Descriptive statistical analyses were conducted to evaluate the determinants influencing the willingness to stop smoking. Of the 53 respondents (with a mean age of 38.7 years old), 41.5% of them were males. Almost 18.9% of the respondents were ongoing smokers (36.4% of males and 6.5% of females), though 83.7% of those smokers were willing to stop smoking. The number of male smokers was significantly greater than female smokers (Pearson Chi-Square = 7.52, p-value = 0.006). Determinants, which can favourably influence the willingness to stop smoking, were believing that smoking is a health risk to them (100%) and the others around (94.3%). A bulk of participants (56.6%) doubted the need for nicotine supplements to help in smoking cessation. Smoker respondents were willing to stop smoking. Understanding that smoking is a health hazard for both smokers and the others around can motivate smoking cessation. Relying on nicotine supplements alone might not add favourably to a strong smoking cessation decision. Tailoring campaigns to raise awareness about smoking health hazards’ would support and sustain smoking cessation.

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Knowledge about and determinants for diagnosing hidradenitis suppurativa by ministry of health primary healthcare physicians in Jeddah city 2019: An analytical cross-sectional study

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care ◽

10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1151_19 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 9 (3) ◽

pp. 1448

Author(s):

EbtisamM. F Alhawsawi ◽

GhufranA Hariri ◽

RandaJ Alzuhayri ◽

Yahya Makhdoom

Keyword(s):

Primary Healthcare ◽

Hidradenitis Suppurativa ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Ministry Of Health ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Jeddah City

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Socio-demographic and Lifestyle Determinants of Insomnia among Adult Patients Attending Primary Healthcare Centres, Jeddah: A Cross-sectional Study

JOURNAL FOR CLINICAL AND DIAGNOSTIC RESEARCH ◽

10.7860/jcdr/2019/38403.12493 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Abeer Lafi Almohammadi ◽

Majed Alghamdi ◽

Emad Lafi Almohammadi

Keyword(s):

Primary Healthcare ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Adult Patients ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional

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The impact of general practitioners’ gender on process indicators in Hungarian primary healthcare: a nation-wide cross-sectional study

BMJ Open ◽

10.1136/bmjopen-2018-027296 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 9 (9) ◽

pp. e027296 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Nóra Kovács ◽

Orsolya Varga ◽

Attila Nagy ◽

Anita Pálinkás ◽

Valéria Sipos ◽

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Keyword(s):

Primary Care ◽

Primary Healthcare ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Gender Effect ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Process Indicators ◽

Wide Cross ◽

The Impact

ObjectivesThe objectives of our study were (1) to investigate the association between gender of the general practitioner (GP) and the quality of primary care in Hungary with respect to process indicators for GP performance and (2) to assess the size of the gender impact.Study designA nation-wide cross-sectional study was performed in 2016.Setting and participantsThe study covered all general medical practices in Hungary (n=4575) responsible for the provision of primary healthcare (PHC) for adults. All GPs in their private practices are solo practitioners.Main outcome measuresMultilevel logistic regression models were used to analyse the association between GP gender and process indicators of PHC, and attributable proportion (AP) was calculated.Results48% of the GPs (n=2213) were women in the study. The crude rates of care provided by female GPs were significantly higher for seven out of eight evaluated indicators than those provided by male GPs. Adjusted for practice, physician and patient factors, GP gender was associated with the haemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) measurement: OR=1.18, 95% CI (1.14 to 1.23); serum creatinine measurement: OR=1.14, 95% CI (1.12 to 1.17); lipid measurement: OR=1.14, 95% CI (1.11 to 1.16); eye examination: OR=1.06, 95% CI (1.03 to 1.08); mammography screening: OR=1.05, 95% CI (1.03 to 1.08); management of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: OR=1.05, 95% CI (1.01 to 1.09) and the composite indicator: OR=1.08, 95% CI (1.07 to 1.1), which summarises the number of care events and size of target populations of each indicator. The AP at the specific indicators varied from 0.97% (95% CI 0.49% to 1.44%) of influenza immunisation to 8.04% (95% CI 7.4% to 8.67%) of eye examinations.ConclusionFemale GP gender was an independent predictor of receiving higher quality of care. The actual size of the gender effect on the quality of services seemed to be notable. Factors behind the gender effect should receive more attention in quality improvement particularly in countries where the primary care is organised around solo practices.

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