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    Tailoring remote patient management in cardiovascular risk management for healthcare professionals using panel management: a qualitative study

    While remote patient management (RPM) has the potential to assist in achieving treatment targets for cardiovascular risk factors in primary care, its effectiveness may vary among different patient subgroups. P...

    Margot Rakers, Nicoline van Hattem, Iris Simic, Niels Chavannes in BMC Primary Care (2024)

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    Prioritising primary care respiratory research needs: results from the 2020 International Primary Care Respiratory Group (IPCRG) global e-Delphi exercise

    Respiratory diseases remain a significant cause of global morbidity and mortality and primary care plays a central role in their prevention, diagnosis and management. An e-Delphi process was employed to identi...

    Arwa Abdel-Aal, Karin Lisspers, Siân Williams in npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine (2022)

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    Development and evaluation of an eHealth self-management intervention for patients with chronic kidney disease in China: protocol for a mixed-method hybrid type 2 trial

    Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a significant public health concern. In patients with CKD, interventions that support disease self-management have shown to improve health status and quality of life. At the mom...

    Hongxia Shen, Rianne van der Kleij, Paul J. M. van der Boog, in BMC Nephrology (2020)

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    Helsinki by nature: The Nature Step to Respiratory Health

    The Nature Step to Respiratory Health was the overarching theme of the 12th General Meeting of the Global Alliance against Chronic Respiratory Diseases (GARD) in Helsinki, August 2018. New approaches are needed t...

    Tari Haahtela, Leena von Hertzen, Josep M. Anto in Clinical and Translational Allergy (2019)

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    Next-generation ARIA care pathways for rhinitis and asthma: a model for multimorbid chronic diseases

    In all societies, the burden and cost of allergic and chronic respiratory diseases are increasing rapidly. Most economies are struggling to deliver modern health care effectively. There is a need to support th...

    J. Jean Bousquet, Holger J. Schünemann, Alkis Togias in Clinical and Translational Allergy (2019)

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    National guidelines for smoking cessation in primary care: a literature review and evidence analysis

    National guidelines for smoking cessation in primary care can be effective in improving clinical practice. This study assessed which parties are involved in the development of such guidelines worldwide, which ...

    Marjolein Verbiest, Evelyn Brakema in npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine (2017)

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    The prevalence of comorbidities in COPD patients, and their impact on health status and COPD symptoms in primary care patients: a protocol for an UNLOCK study from the IPCRG

    Björn Ställberg, Pedro Teixeira, Coert Blom in npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine (2016)

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    Socio-economic factors, gender and smoking as determinants of COPD in a low-income country of sub-Saharan Africa: FRESH AIR Uganda

    In Uganda, biomass smoke seems to be the largest risk factor for the development of COPD, but socio-economic factors and gender may have a role. Therefore, more in-depth research is needed to understand the ri...

    Frederik van Gemert, Niels Chavannes in npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine (2016)

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    Morning and night symptoms in primary care COPD patients: a cross-sectional and longitudinal study. An UNLOCK study from the IPCRG

    COPD symptoms show a diurnal variability. However, morning and night variability has generally not been taken into consideration in disease management plans. The aims of this study were to cross-sectionally as...

    Ioanna Tsiligianni, Esther Metting in npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine (2016)

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    Are pharmacological randomised controlled clinical trials relevant to real-life asthma populations? A protocol for an UNLOCK study from the IPCRG

    Karin Lisspers, Pedro Teixeira, Coert Blom in npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine (2016)