‘I’m fishing really’ — inflammatory marker testing in primary care: a qualitative study

‘I’m fishing really’ — inflammatory marker testing in primary care: a qualitative study

BACKGROUND Inflammatory markers can be helpful as part of the diagnostic workup for specific diseases or for monitoring disease activity. A third use is as a screening and/or triage tool to differentiate between the presence or absence of disease. Most research into inflammatory markers looks at diagnosis of specific diseases and comes from secondary care. Qualitative studies to explore when an...

Public attitudes towards opt-out testing for HIV in primary care: a qualitative study.

UNLABELLED BACKGROUND; The rate of new HIV infections in the UK continues to rise, with one-quarter of cases undiagnosed. Opt-out HIV testing - in which tests are routinely offered to all patients, with the offer to decline - have proved effective in antenatal care. Pilot studies of HIV opt-out testing at GP registration and acute medical admission to hospital have described service-level issue...

Introducing genetic testing for cardiovascular disease in primary care: a qualitative study.

BACKGROUND While primary care systematically offers conventional cardiovascular risk assessment, genetic tests for coronary heart disease (CHD) are increasingly commercially available to patients. It is unclear how individuals may respond to these new sources of risk information. AIM To explore how patients who have had a recent conventional cardiovascular risk assessment, perceive additional...

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EBM in primary care: a qualitative multicenter study in Spain

BACKGROUND Evidence based medicine (EBM) has made a substantial impact on primary care in Spain over the last few years. However, little research has been done into family physicians (FPs)' attitudes related to EBM. The present study investigates FPs' perceptions of EBM in the primary care context. METHODS This study used qualitative methodology. Information was obtained from 8 focus groups c...