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  1. Approximately 1.8 million people with dementia live in Germany and the number is expected to increase in the coming years. Between 360,000 and 440,000 new cases are diagnosed each year. General practitioners (...

    Authors: Kristin Rolke, Carolin Rosendahl, Klaus Weckbecker, Alexander Hanke, Michael Wagner, Leon Nissen, Lara Marie Reimer, Stephan Jonas, Philipp Schaper, Jochen René Thyrian, Florian Schweizer and Judith Tillmann
    Citation: BMC Primary Care 2025 26:174
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  2. Measures are needed to address recruitment and retention problems in general practice in England. A good team climate, the relational processes of team working, can mitigate pressured work environments, but li...

    Authors: Peter Williams, Heather Gage, Bridget Jones, Carole Aspden, Jessica Smylie, Thomas Bird, Morro M. L. Touray, Phelim Brady, John Campbell, Rupa Chilvers, Catherine Marchand, Stephen Peckham, Suzanne H. Richards, Karen Spilsbury, Mark Joy and Simon de Lusignan
    Citation: BMC Primary Care 2025 26:173
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  3. Treating children and youth with mental health problems in the primary care setting is challenging for many reasons. One barrier to care is a lack of physician knowledge of child psychiatry. Saskatchewan has i...

    Authors: Malin Clark, Madhav Sarda, Mariam Alaverdashvili, Thuy Le, Adrian Teare, James Barton, Peter S. Jensen and Anna Felstrom
    Citation: BMC Primary Care 2025 26:172
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  4. Although most of the management of type 2 diabetes (T2DM) occurs in primary care, and physicians are tasked with using a ‘whole person’ approach, there is currently a lack of research on psychosocial diagnosti...

    Authors: K. Umeh and S. Adaji
    Citation: BMC Primary Care 2025 26:171
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  5. The high turnover intentions among family doctos (FDs) in China have impacted the stability of teams and the quality of healthcare services in community health centers (CHCs). The factors influencing FDs’ turn...

    Authors: Ziyan Zhai, Chengsen Cui and Kai Meng
    Citation: BMC Primary Care 2025 26:170
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  6. Social prescribing allows clinicians to refer people to resources or activities in their community to improve their abilities and health. Implementation of social prescribing is growing. However, there is not ...

    Authors: Marina Pola-Garcia, Natalia Enríquez Martín, Alberto Turón Lanuza, Fátima Méndez-López, Ángel Gasch-Gallén, María Luz Lou Alcaine and Carmén Belén Benedé Azagra
    Citation: BMC Primary Care 2025 26:169
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  7. During the coronavirus 2019 pandemic, smoking cessation services were delivered by telephone instead of routine face-to-face care. The objective of this study was to (1) determine if telephone care increases s...

    Authors: Muslem M. Aljaafar, Silva Kouyoumjian, Gafar Mahmoud and Ahmad AlMulla
    Citation: BMC Primary Care 2025 26:168
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  8. General practitioners (GPs) play a crucial role in assessing and diagnosing suicidal ideation, often acting as the first person of contact for individuals with mental health concerns. Given the time constraint...

    Authors: Puya Younesi, Carolin Haas, Tobias Dreischulte, Andrea Schmitt, Jochen Gensichen and Karoline Lukaschek
    Citation: BMC Primary Care 2025 26:167
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  9. Anticoagulant treatment is recommended for most patients with atrial fibrillation. Yet, register studies show a persisting treatment gap, which may lead to preventable strokes. This study aimed to explore the ...

    Authors: Ina Grønkjaer Laugesen, Anna Mygind, Erik Lerkevang Grove and Flemming Bro
    Citation: BMC Primary Care 2025 26:166
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  10. Comparative analysis of literature on social prescribing implementation suggests that strategies for implementing social prescribing for people with (complex) multiple-problems may differ significantly from th...

    Authors: C. Bos, S. Vader, N. van Vooren, K. Jerković-Ćosić and B. Keij
    Citation: BMC Primary Care 2025 26:165
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  11. More than 55 million people worldwide have dementia, and every year, 10 million new cases are diagnosed. In the United States (U.S.) alone, 6.9 million Americans ages 65 and older have dementia. Health systems...

    Authors: Lusine Poghosyan, Maura Dougherty, Grant R. Martsolf, Kyle Featherston, Josh Porat-Dahlerbruch, Soo Borson, Tatiana Sadak, Siqing Wang and Monica O’Reilly-Jacob
    Citation: BMC Primary Care 2025 26:164
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  12. Global concerns regarding effective response strategies to the COVID-19 pandemic arose amid the swift spread of the virus to low- and middle-income country (LMIC) settings. Although LMICs instituted several me...

    Authors: Joseph Mumba Zulu, Adam Silumbwe, Margarate Munakampe, Malizgani Paul Chavula, Chama Mulubwa, Nathanael Sirili, Wanga Zulu, Charles Michelo and Moses Tetui
    Citation: BMC Primary Care 2025 26:163
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  13. Hearing impairment is a prevalent barrier to communication that significantly affects older adults. This study explores family physicians' knowledge and attitudes towards communicating with hearing-impaired ol...

    Authors: Ela Sadan, Anastasia Bakal, Tamar Freud, Tali Samson and Yan Press
    Citation: BMC Primary Care 2025 26:162
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  14. Evidence-based medicine(EBM) is widely used across various disciplines globally. However, in general practice, we need a more person-centered approach rather than a disease-centered one. The differentiation of...

    Authors: Yu Cheng, Chuan Zou, Chaojie Liu, Yu Jia, Rong Yang, Yonggang Zhang, Jianjun Han, Yi Lei and Xiaoyang Liao
    Citation: BMC Primary Care 2025 26:161
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  16. Bowel symptoms are common in general practice and though most often benign they can also indicate colorectal cancer where a colonoscopy often is required to rule out malignant disease. Colon capsule endoscopy ...

    Authors: Peter Haastrup, Jens Søndergaard, Thomas Bjørsum-Meyer, Benedicte Schelde-Olesen and Gunnar Baatrup
    Citation: BMC Primary Care 2025 26:159
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  17. Medical decision-making for older adults is becoming increasingly complex due to chronic conditions, multimorbidity, and expanding medical options in old age. As the aging population grows, medical decision-ma...

    Authors: Evelyn Kleinert, Laura Mohacsi, Lena Stange, Daniel Broschmann, Lisa Nebel and Eva Hummers
    Citation: BMC Primary Care 2025 26:158
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  18. Hepatitis C is a significant public health challenge in Australia, particularly in diagnosis, treatment access, and ongoing care among people who inject drugs. Despite the availability of highly effective dire...

    Authors: Jonathan Hallett, Tina Price, Corie Gray, Shoshana Rosenberg, Roanna Lobo and Gemma Crawford
    Citation: BMC Primary Care 2025 26:157
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  19. Many low-and middle-income countries, including Zambia experience a huge deficit of human resource for health, which affects the delivery of primary health care services such as maternal and child health (MCH)...

    Authors: Olatubosun Akinola, Nelia Banda, Adam Silumbwe, Chama Mulubwa, Malizgani Paul Chavula, Hilda Shakwelele, Sylvia Chila and Joseph Mumba Zulu
    Citation: BMC Primary Care 2025 26:156
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  20. Primary healthcare providers are increasingly challenged in supporting patients with psychosocial needs. Arts on Prescription (AoP) has been shown to improve primary healthcare patients’ mental health wellbein...

    Authors: Anita Jensen, Anders Halling, Mirnabi Pirouzifard and Martin Lindström
    Citation: BMC Primary Care 2025 26:155
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  21. Women and men seem to perceive shortness of breath (SOB) differently. However, it is unknown whether symptom presentation varies between genders during a life-threatening event (LTE).

    Authors: Michelle Spek, Dorien L. Zwart, Gerardus J. H. M. Reijers, Esther de Groot, Geert-Jan Geersing, Maarten van Smeden, Hester M. den Ruijter, Anna S. M. Dobbe, Mathé Delissen, Frans H. Rutten and Roderick P. Venekamp
    Citation: BMC Primary Care 2025 26:154
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  23. Although primary care providers have a major role to play in combating risk factors, preventive practices can still be improved. The development of coordinated practice is considered as an opportunity to integ...

    Authors: Estelle Clet, Anais Essilini, Céleste Cornet, Jean-Philippe Joseph, Christine Cohidon and François Alla
    Citation: BMC Primary Care 2025 26:152
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  24. Though primary healthcare (PHC) is an essential component of a robust health system, it remains under-developed and under-resourced in many fragile and conflict affected settings. In Syria, even pre-conflict, ...

    Authors: Sara Basha, Aravinda Guntupalli, Diana Rayes, Abdulkader Mohammad, Mahmoud Hariri, Lena Basha, Safwan Alchalati, Yamama Bdaiwi and Aula Abbara
    Citation: BMC Primary Care 2025 26:151
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  25. Osteoporosis holds significant clinical importance as a major risk factor for fractures and the associated consequences of chronic pain, disability, loss of independence, decreased quality of life, and increas...

    Authors: Jacqueline Giovanna De Roza, Dana Hui Min Koh and Ling Jia Goh
    Citation: BMC Primary Care 2025 26:150
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  26. There is growing evidence for the role of culture in supporting health and wellbeing, including as part of social prescribing provision. This study set out to explore the existing cultural provision and mechan...

    Authors: Anna Dadswell and Hilary Bungay
    Citation: BMC Primary Care 2025 26:149
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  27. Polypharmacy is a major safety concern, associated with adverse outcomes, higher health services utilization, and healthcare costs. However, there is limited data on polypharmacy in the outpatient settings in ...

    Authors: Nixson Oyoo, David Musoke, Ritah Nantale, Jolly Joe Lapat, Jimmyy Opee, Daniel S. Ebbs and Felix Bongomin
    Citation: BMC Primary Care 2025 26:148
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  28. Low back pain (LBP) is a common musculoskeletal disorder with distinct clinical features. Direct access to physiotherapy (PT), with physiotherapists (PTs) acting as primary care providers, can improve the mana...

    Authors: Ron Shavit, Talma Kushnir, Yaniv Nudelman, Asaf Weisman and Shmuel Springer
    Citation: BMC Primary Care 2025 26:147
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  29. There is a need to strengthen interprofessional collaborative practice (IPCP) through interprofessional education (IPE) to improve patient outcomes. To contextualise IPE in primary care, there is a need to und...

    Authors: Cia Sin Lee, Zhimin Poon, Jeremy Cong En He, Bandy Quiling Goh, Cindy Xin Yi Poh, Muthulakshimi Paulpandi, Ee Guan Tay and Jascha De Nooijer
    Citation: BMC Primary Care 2025 26:146
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  30. Osteoporosis is a common chronic condition and a cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Currently, osteoporosis is under-diagnosed and under-treated. There is an important role for the general practitione...

    Authors: Elize Heymans, Elisabeth Segaert, Bert Vaes and Steve Van den Bulck
    Citation: BMC Primary Care 2025 26:145
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  31. Accurate diagnosis and management of bronchial asthma are complex processes guided by national and international asthma guidelines, particularly the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA). However, adherence to t...

    Authors: Mauro Maniscalco, Claudio Candia, Marta Coppola, Silvestro Ennio D’Anna, Carmen Lombardi, Claudia Merola, Antonio Iovine, Pasquale Ambrosino, Antonio Molino and Salvatore Fuschillo
    Citation: BMC Primary Care 2025 26:144
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  32. The treatment approaches of type 2 diabetes (T2D) are being transformed, due to the availability of novel antidiabetic medications, sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2ins), and glucagon-like pept...

    Authors: Tomislav Kurevija, Dunja Šojat, Ines Bilić-Ćurčić, Silvija Canecki-Varžić and Ljiljana Trtica-Majnarić
    Citation: BMC Primary Care 2025 26:143
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  33. Being a caregiver can be demanding. Therefore, we developed the Caregiver Care Model for general practice. The model consists of a mandatory dialogue questionnaire, which is used to identify support needs in c...

    Authors: Mette Kjaergaard Nielsen, Marie Cecilie Vinther, Mai-Britt Guldin, Kaj Sparle Christensen and Anna Mygind
    Citation: BMC Primary Care 2025 26:142
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  34. Smoking significantly increases the risk of cardiovascular diseases (CVD), yet quitting smoking after diagnosis of CVD can mitigate further negative impacts. However, encouraging smoking cessation remains a ch...

    Authors: Angela Difeng Wu, Nicola Lindson, Rafael Perera, Min Gao, Paul Aveyard, Rachna Begh and Jamie Hartmann-Boyce
    Citation: BMC Primary Care 2025 26:141
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  35. Patient-centered care (PCC) and patient satisfaction are pivotal in healthcare provision for patients with diabetes. This study investigates the link between perceived PCC and satisfaction with care among pati...

    Authors: Nizar Alsubahi, Wim Groot, Ahmed Ali Alzahrani, Ala’eddin Ahmad and Milena Pavlova
    Citation: BMC Primary Care 2025 26:140
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  36. Cancer is increasing worldwide. Palliative care can help reduce the suffering of patients with cancer. Providing palliative care with a primary health care (PHC) approach can lead to greater patient access to ...

    Authors: Hadisossadat Hosseini, Maryam Rassouli, Hadi Hayati and Heshmatolah Heydari
    Citation: BMC Primary Care 2025 26:139
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  37. The Dietary Guidelines for the Brazilian Population provide recommendations for healthy diets to prevent noncommunicable chronic diseases, emphasizing the golden rule: always prefer natural or minimally proces...

    Authors: Vanessa Del Castillo Silva Couto, Rafael Marques Soares and Patrícia Constante Jaime
    Citation: BMC Primary Care 2025 26:138
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  38. Physical activity offers significant health benefits, yet many people in the United Kingdom do not meet recommended guidelines. Primary care plays a crucial role in physical activity promotion, but barriers ca...

    Authors: Callum J. Leese, Ross Clarke, Robert H. Mann, Rosina Cross, Hussain Al-Zubaidi, Blair H. Smith and Emma J. Cockcroft
    Citation: BMC Primary Care 2025 26:137
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  39. Mental health problems are highly prevalent worldwide and the mental health system faces significant gaps in treatment coverage due to stigma, professional shortages and accessibility issues. In the Netherland...

    Authors: Ans Tordoir, Veerle van Laarhoven, Noortje van Duijnhoven, Peter Coolen, Enzio Boeijen, Maud van Vlerken, Carla Jutte, Miranda Laurant and Anneke van Vught
    Citation: BMC Primary Care 2025 26:136
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  40. Safety netting advice (SNA) is an essential component of the management of acutely ill children in ambulatory care. However, healthcare professionals use a variety of SNA methods, leading to inconsistencies wi...

    Authors: Ruben Burvenich, Stefan Heytens, David A.G. Bos, Kaatje Van Roy, Thomas Struyf, Jaan Toelen, An De Sutter and Jan Y. Verbakel
    Citation: BMC Primary Care 2025 26:135
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  41. Outcome heterogeneity reported in Acute Otitis Media (AOM) research hinders evidence accumulation. Identification of a Core Outcome Set (COS) to report on in future studies in AOM is warranted.

    Authors: Esther T. van der Werf, Rachel Perry, Thomas Ostermann, Henrik Szőke and Alyson L. Huntley
    Citation: BMC Primary Care 2025 26:134
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  42. The SPIKES (Setting, Perception, Invitation, Knowledge, Empathy, and Strategy) protocol has been widely used in many developed countries for breaking bad news (BBN), however, serious uncertainty remains in its...

    Authors: Tope Michael Ipinnimo, Olumide Temitope Asake, Oluwafemi Oreoluwa Olowoselu, Taofeek Adedayo Sanni, Abolaji Paul Adekeye, Rasheed Adeyemi Adepoju, Gbenga Damilola Akinlua, Paul Oladapo Ajayi, Oluwole Michael Adeojo, Christiana Aderonke Afolayan, Tolulope Ayodeji Bamidele, Olaoye Michael Faleke, Shina Emmanuel Akomolafe, Olabode Nelson Akingunloye, Akinleye Lawrence Alo, Moses Blessing Dada…
    Citation: BMC Primary Care 2025 26:133
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  44. Chronic conditions are extremely common, with approximately 1 million people in Ireland currently affected by the four most common chronic conditions alone. This is expected to significantly increase in the ne...

    Authors: Laura O’Connor, Sarah Delaney, Michelle Hanlon, Peter Hayes, Caroline McCarthy, Brian E McGuire, Denis Mockler, Patrick J Murphy, Louise O’Grady, Maryrose Tarpey, Andrew W. Murphy and Susan M. Smith
    Citation: BMC Primary Care 2025 26:131
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  45. Empathy in general practice is important because it contributes to patient satisfaction and clinical outcomes. However, few studies have examined the perceptions of empathy of attending physicians, who are ski...

    Authors: Eishin Muramatsu, Noriyuki Takahashi, Muneyoshi Aomatsu, Mina Suematsu and Kei Miyazaki
    Citation: BMC Primary Care 2025 26:130
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  46. Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of mortality among individuals with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM). This study developed a simple tool to predict the 10-year risk of major adverse cardiovascular e...

    Authors: D. Ribas Seguí, MJosé Forcadell, Angel Vila-Córcoles, Cinta de Diego-Cabanes, Olga Ochoa-Gondar, Francisco Martin Lujan and Eva Satué Gracia
    Citation: BMC Primary Care 2025 26:129
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  47. Our study aimed to explore the health care needs of older adults with multimorbidity assessed as multidimensional frailty from their perspective in Beijing, China, in primary health-care settings.

    Authors: Linlin Zhao, Bingjie Chang, Qinghua Hu, Xiaolei Chen, Juan Du and Shuang Shao
    Citation: BMC Primary Care 2025 26:128
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  48. General practices experience high workloads and increasing volume of patients. But not all patients require GP care. We previously reported that GPs observed that allied health professionals frequently request...

    Authors: Laura J. Damen, Britt Beerman, W. M. Meijer, B. J. Knottnerus, J. D. De Jong and L. H. D. Van Tuyl
    Citation: BMC Primary Care 2025 26:127
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  49. Authors: Clarisse Dibao-Dina, Lydia Nasri, Céline Dagot, Jean-Philippe Fouquet, Sophie Rideau, Vincent Dumas, Guillaume Neff, Véronique Payen, Delphine Rube-Millon, Marie Lemaile, Jacques-Alexis Nkodo, Vincent Camus, Bertrand Fougère, Bruno Giraudeau, Dominique Beauchamp, Laura Foucault-Fruchard…
    Citation: BMC Primary Care 2025 26:126
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    The original article was published in BMC Primary Care 2025 26:48

  50. Depression often has a recurrent course, but knowledge about the impact of treatment trajectories is scarce. We aimed to estimate treatment trajectories for patients with recurrent depression, and to explore a...

    Authors: Sharline Riiser, Tone Smith-Sivertsen, Valborg Baste, Inger Haukenes, Øystein Hetlevik and Sabine Ruths
    Citation: BMC Primary Care 2025 26:123
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