Obesity management in primary care: assessment of readiness to change among 284 family practice patients.

Improving Care for the Frail in Nova Scotia: An Implementation Evaluation of a Frailty Portal in Primary Care Practice

Background Understanding and addressing the needs of frail patients has been identified as an important strategy by the Nova Scotia Health Authority (NSHA). Primary care (PC) providers are in a key position to aid in the identification of, and response to frailty as part of routine care. Unlike singular chronic conditions such as diabetes and hypertension which garner a disease-based appr...

Targeting physical activity promotion in general practice: Characteristics of inactive patients and willingness to change

BACKGROUND Counselling in routine general practice to promote physical activity (PA) is advocated, but inadequate evidence is available to support this intervention, and its sustainable implementation over time is difficult. OBJECTIVES To describe the characteristics of physically inactive adults visiting GPs and the factors associated with their willingness to change PA. METHODS A cross-se...

Future Directions for the Organizational Readiness for Knowledge Translation (OR4KT) Tool: Response to Recent Commentaries

Letter to Editor: Positive predictive value of diabetes mellitus risk assessment

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is an important public health challenge [1 ].Different studies predicted that the frequency of diabetic patients will be increased to 642 million throughout the world by 2040 [2]. A notable percentage of diabetic patients are not aware of their disease (approximately 30% in Iran) [3]. Lag in the diagnosis of DM raises the expense of controlling disease and makes the progn...

Assessment of Primary Healthcare System in Areas Covered by Family Physician Project in Southeastern Iran

Background: Community's health depends on the primary healthcare sector of a country. In recent years, health systems have sought to assess the quality of services provided. Therefore, this study was conducted to evaluate the primary health care system with the Primary Care Assessment Tool (PCAT) in areas covered by the family physician in southeastern Iran. Methods: This was a descriptive-ana...