Factors Affecting Work Load in General Practice--II

Work load in general practice.

ALTHOUGH SEVERAL STUDIES HAVE ALREADY been made on this subject, e.g. Bradford Hill (1951), Fry and Dillane (1964), College of General Practitioners (1965), our information is far from complete, and this quantitative study in a relatively large list, outer suburban London practice may fill some of the gaps. At the same time the value to me has been to highlight the inefficiency of conventional ...

Treating depression in general practice: factors affecting patients' treatment preferences.

We performed a cross-sectional survey of general practice attenders to determine their preferences regarding treatment for depression and characteristics associated with such preferences. Counselling was more popular than drug therapy (antidepressants), particularly among women, those who believed antidepressants are addictive, and those who had received such treatment in the past.

Factors affecting evidence translation for general practice nurses.

This paper explores the domains of influence affecting practice nurses' ability to find, evaluate and use clinical evidence. A cross-sectional survey of general practice nurses (n = 590) in Victoria, Australia in 2008 provided data for a principal components analysis. The research replicates a study undertaken in the UK using the Developing Evidence-Based Practice Questionnaire. Five domains of...

Work load and morbidity in an urban general practice in 1967.

TWO SURVEYS have previously been carried out on work load and morbidity in general practice in Northern Ireland. Crawford (1954) in a two year study considered all aspects of work in his practice with special reference to the relationship of work load and morbidity with age. Maybin (1963) considered work load principally in connection with referral of patients to hospital and hospital admission...

Appointment systems in general practice. Do patients like them, and how do they affect work load?