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Improving attendance for cardiovascular risk assessment in Australian general practice: an RCT of a monetary incentive for patientsNigel Stocks
Discipline of General Practice, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
BMC Fam Pract 13:54. 2012..Our objective was to investigate the use of a monetary incentive to increase patient attendance with their general practitioner for a cardiovascular risk assessment (CVRA)...- Ageing in general practice (AGP) trial: a cluster randomised trial to examine the effectiveness of peer education on GP diagnostic assessment and management of dementiaConstance D Pond
School of Medicine and Population Health, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia 2308
BMC Fam Pract 13:12. 2012..This trial examines the effectiveness of a peer led dementia educational intervention for GPs... 
Recruiting and retaining GPs and patients in intervention studies: the DEPS-GP project as a case studyMichelle K Williamson
Centre for Health Policy, Programs and Economics, School of Population Health, University of Melbourne, Australia
BMC Med Res Methodol 7:42. 2007..The paper aims to outline experiences that may be of interest to others considering engaging GPs and/or their patients in primary care studies...- Does chocolate reduce blood pressure? A meta-analysisKarin Ried
Discipline of General Practice, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
BMC Med 8:39. 2010..Recently, several additional trials have been conducted with conflicting results. Our study summarises current evidence on the effect of flavanol-rich cocoa products on blood pressure in hypertensive and normotensive individuals... - Patient acceptance and perceived utility of pre-consultation prevention summaries and reminders in general practice: pilot studyOliver R Frank
Discipline of General Practice, School of Population Health and Clinical Practice, University of Adelaide, South Australia
BMC Fam Pract 12:40. 2011..This pilot study explores patient acceptability and perceived utility of automatically generated prevention summary and reminder sheets provided to patients immediately before consultations with their general practitioners... - Does patient satisfaction of general practice change over a decade?James Allan
Hills Medical Service, Aldgate, South Australia, Australia
BMC Fam Pract 10:13. 2009..The survey was been undertaken by 3500 practices and over a million patients between 1994 and 2003. This study aimed to use pooled patient questionnaire data to investigate changes in satisfaction with primary care over time... - Dark chocolate or tomato extract for prehypertension: a randomised controlled trialKarin Ried
Discipline of General Practice, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
BMC Complement Altern Med 9:22. 2009..We investigated the effect of dark chocolate or tomato extract on blood pressure, and their acceptability as an ongoing treatment option in a prehypertensive population... - Effect of garlic on blood pressure: a systematic review and meta-analysisKarin Ried
Discipline of General Practice, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia
BMC Cardiovasc Disord 8:13. 2008..With interest in complementary medicine for hypertension increasing, it is timely to update a systematic review and meta-analysis from 1994 of studies investigating the effect of garlic preparations on blood pressure... 
Research on a shoestringNigel Stocks
Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Aust Fam Physician 40:413. 2011..While there has been significant growth in research dollars in recent years, as a percentage of gross domestic product it has remained the same for over a decade...- Prevalence of cataract in the Speedwell Cardiovascular Study: a cross-sectional survey of men aged 65-83N Stocks
Department of General Practice, Adelaide University, Australia
Eye (Lond) 16:275-80. 2002..To ascertain the prevalence of cataract in a representative group of men who have been followed since 1979 for cardiovascular disease... - Acute bronchitis in Australian general practice. A prescription too far?Nigel P Stocks
Department of General Practice, University of Adelaide, South Australia
Aust Fam Physician 33:91-3. 2004..To quantify how frequently general practitioners in Australia prescribe antibiotics for acute bronchitis, which antibiotics are used, and whether there are subgroups of patients who might benefit from their use... - The treatment of acute bronchitis by general practitioners in the UK. Results of a cross sectional postal surveyNigel P Stocks
Department of General Practice, University of Adelaide, South Australia
Aust Fam Physician 31:676-9. 2002..In Australia and the UK acute bronchitis is a common presenting problem in general practice. When symptoms persist management can be difficult and despite evidence that antibiotics are usually ineffective their use is widespread... - Statin prescribing in Australia: socioeconomic and sex differences. A cross-sectional studyNigel P Stocks
Department of General Practice, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA
Med J Aust 180:229-31. 2004..To assess if there are any differences in statin prescribing across Australia by socioeconomic status or sex and to relate prescribing rates to coronary heart disease (CHD) mortality rates... - Labelling of acute respiratory illness: evidence of between-practitioner variation in the UKNigel Stocks
Department of General Practice, University of Adelaide, Adelaide 5005, Australia
Fam Pract 19:375-7. 2002..It is unclear which symptoms and signs GPs use when attributing diagnostic labels to patients with acute respiratory illness (ARI)... - Lower respiratory tract infections and community acquired pneumonia in adultsNigel Stocks
Department of General Practice, University of Adelaide, South Australia
Aust Fam Physician 33:297-301. 2004..Acute bronchitis is often treated with antibiotics, although the cause is usually viral. Community acquired pneumonia may be fatal, particularly in the elderly, therefore appropriate assessment and management is essential... - Binners, fillers and filers--a qualitative study of GPs who don't return postal questionnairesNigel Stocks
Department of General Practice, University of Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
Eur J Gen Pract 10:146-51. 2004..We wanted to ascertain reasons why GPs identified as 'routine non-responders' to postal questionnaires, do not participate in this type of research... - Management of hyperlipidaemiaNigel Stocks
Department of General Practice, University of Adelaide, South Australia
Aust Fam Physician 34:447-53. 2005..In Australia, the use of cholesterol lowering drugs, mainly statins, consumes over 880 million dollars or 16% of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme drug budget and is growing... 
Identification of barriers that impede the implementation of nicotine replacement therapy in the acute cardiac care settingFiona C May
Discipline of General Practice, University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia
Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil 15:646-50. 2008....- Improving the learning needs survey by using four approachesJames A Allan
Department of General Practice, University of Adelaide, South Australia
Aust Fam Physician 34:84-6. 2005..They usually use questionnaires that have shortcomings regarding validity, relevance, breadth and detail. We tested a questionnaire using four questioning strategies to approximately 1762 general practitioners... - Gender, socioeconomic status, need or access? Differences in statin prescribing across urban, rural and remote AustraliaNigel Stocks
Discipline of General Practice, University of Adelaide, Aldelaide, Australia
Aust J Rural Health 17:92-6. 2009..To assess differences in statin prescribing across Australia by geographic area... - ASPREN surveillance system for influenza-like illness - A comparison with FluTracking and the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance SystemAdriana Parrella
ASPREN
Aust Fam Physician 38:932-6. 2009.... - An ethical justification for the Chronic Care Model (CCM)Liviu Oprea
Discipline of Public Health, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
Health Expect 13:55-64. 2010..The Chronic Care Model (CCM) is an evidence-based policy response to this practice gap, which uses multiple strategies to promote the quality of chronic care... - The challenges of teaching in a general practice settingRod Pearce
Adelaide to Outback GP Training Program, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Med J Aust 187:129-32. 2007.... - Muscle pain as an indicator of vitamin D deficiency in an urban Australian Aboriginal populationJill Benson
Migrant Health Service, Nunkuwarrin Yunti of South Australia Inc, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Med J Aust 185:76-7. 2006 - Vertical integration of teaching in Australian general practice--a survey of regional training providersNigel P Stocks
University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA nigel stocksATadelaide edu au
Med J Aust 194:S75-8. 2011..To examine vertical integration of teaching and clinical training in general practice and describe practical examples being undertaken by Australian general practice regional training providers (RTPs)... - Building research capacity. An exploratory model of GPs' training needs and barriers to research involvementAlison Jones
PHCRED Program, Department of General Practice, Flinders University, South Australia
Aust Fam Physician 32:957-60. 2003..To determine general practitioners' research training needs, and the barriers to involvement in research... - Hormone therapy, timing of initiation, and cognition in women aged older than 60 years: the REMEMBER pilot studyAlastair H MacLennan
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Stanford University, CA, USA
Menopause 13:28-36. 2006.... - General practice research training: impact of the Australian Registrar Research Workshop on research skills, confidence, interest and involvement of participants, 2002-2006Karin Ried
Discipline of General Practice, The University of Adelaide, South Australia
Fam Pract 25:119-26. 2008..An intensive 3-day training programme, the 'Registrar Research Workshop' (RRW), has aimed to build research capacity among Australian general practice registrars since 1994...