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| Malin AndreSummaryAffiliation: Falun Hospital Country: Sweden Publications
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Asking for 'rules of thumb': a way to discover tacit knowledge in general practiceMalin Andre
Centre for Clinical Research, Nissers väg 3, 791 82 Falun, Sweden
Fam Pract 19:617-22. 2002..Research in decision-making has identified heuristics (rules of thumb) as shortcuts to simplify search and choice...
Cohort differences in personality in middle-aged women during a 36-year period. Results from the Population Study of Women in GothenburgMalin Andre
Centre for Clinical Research, Dalarna, Falun, Sweden
Scand J Public Health 38:457-64. 2010..To investigate secular trends in personality traits in adult female populations...
A survey of public knowledge and awareness related to antibiotic use and resistance in SwedenMalin Andre
Centre for Clinical Research, Falun, Sweden
J Antimicrob Chemother 65:1292-6. 2010..To examine the level of knowledge about antibiotic treatment and awareness of antibiotic resistance among the general public in Sweden...
[General practitioners prescribed less antibiotics but used the CRP test more. Diagnosis-prescription studies in 2000-2005]Malin Andre
Centrum för klinisk forskning Dalarna
Lakartidningen 105:2851-4. 2008
Diagnosis-prescribing surveys in 2000, 2002 and 2005 in Swedish general practice: consultations, diagnosis, diagnostics and treatment choicesMalin Andre
Centre for Clinical Research, Dalarna, Falun, Sweden
Scand J Infect Dis 40:648-54. 2008..The results indicate a quite close adherence to current guidelines, with changes in the pattern of consultations as well as in the management of infectious diseases in general practice in Sweden...
[Decisions by the state, county council's money and my patient. Consequences of the LFN survey of antihypertensive agents]Malin Andre
Britsarvets vårdcentral, Falun, och Centrum för klinisk forskning, Falun
Lakartidningen 105:1549-50. 2008
More physician consultations and antibiotic prescriptions in families with high concern about infectious illness--adequate response to infection-prone child or self-fulfilling prophecy?Malin Andre
Centre for Clinical Research, Dalarna, Falun
Fam Pract 24:302-7. 2007..Respiratory tract infections (RTI) in children is the most common cause of prescription of antibiotics. It is important to describe and analyse non-medical factors in order to develop more rational use of antibiotics...
[Treatment of patients with skin and soft tissue infections. Results from the STRAMA survey of diagnoses and prescriptions among general practitioners]Malin Andre
Britsarvets vårdcentral, Falun och Centrum för klinisk forskning
Lakartidningen 103:3165-7. 2006
Use of rules of thumb in the consultation in general practice--an act of balance between the individual and the general perspectiveM Andre
Centre for Clinical Research, Nissers väg 3, 791 82 Falun, Sweden
Fam Pract 20:514-9. 2003..Rules of thumb used by GPs could be considered as empirical evidence of intuition and a link between science and practice in general practice...
The management of infections in children in general practice in Sweden: a repeated 1-week diagnosis-prescribing study in 5 counties in 2000 and 2002Malin Andre
Centre for Clinical Research, Falun, Sweden
Scand J Infect Dis 37:863-9. 2005..Further studies are needed in general practice to determine the optimal use of near-patient tests in children with RTI...
The use of CRP tests in patients with respiratory tract infections in primary care in Sweden can be questionedMalin Andre
Centre for Clinical Research, Nissers väg 3, Falun, Sweden
Scand J Infect Dis 36:192-7. 2004..001). However, 59% of the patients assigned viral diagnoses with CRP > or = 25 received antibiotics, which seems to indicate a misinterpretation of CRP and a non-optimal use of antibiotics...
Management of urinary tract infections in primary care: a repeated 1-week diagnosis-prescribing study in five counties in Sweden in 2000 and 2002Malin Andre
Centre for Clinical Research, Dalarna and Primary Care, Division of Medicine and Care, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linkoping, Sweden
Scand J Infect Dis 36:134-8. 2004..In contrast to the guidelines, few urine cultures were performed. The study highlights the necessity of updating the guidelines for the management of lower UTIs in general practice...
Upper respiratory tract infections in general practice: diagnosis, antibiotic prescribing, duration of symptoms and use of diagnostic testsMalin Andre
Center for Clinical Research, Falun, Sweden
Scand J Infect Dis 34:880-6. 2002..However, the study indicates some areas for improvement. The diagnosis of acute sinusitis seems to have been overestimated and used only to justify antibiotic treatment...
Infections in families with small children: use of social insurance and healthcareKatarina Hedin
Unit of R and D, Landstinget Kronoberg, Dalarna, Falun
Scand J Prim Health Care 24:98-103. 2006..To examine infectious symptoms on a daily basis in families with small children and how often these infections cause people to stay at home or seek healthcare...
GPs' decision-making--perceiving the patient as a person or a diseaseMalin Andre
Centre for Clinical Research, Falun, Sweden
BMC Fam Pract 13:38. 2012..The aim of this study was to analyse the clinical decision making strategies of GPs with regard to the whole range of problems encountered in everyday work...
Setting priorities in primary health care--on whose conditions? A questionnaire studyEva Arvidsson
Department of Medical and Health Sciences, National Centre for Priority Setting in Health Care, Linkoping University, Linkoping, Sweden
BMC Fam Pract 13:114. 2012....
Priority setting in primary health care - dilemmas and opportunities: a focus group studyEva Arvidsson
Department of Medicine and Health Sciences, Centre for Medical Technology Assessment, Linkoping University, Linkoping, Sweden
BMC Fam Pract 11:71. 2010..The objective of the study was to qualitatively assess how general practitioners (GPs) and nurses perceive the application of the three key priority-setting criteria...
Asymptomatic bacteriuria in the elderly: high prevalence and high turnover of strainsNils Rodhe
Centre for Clinical Research, Dalarna, Falun, Sweden
Scand J Infect Dis 40:804-10. 2008..019). ASB is common and often persistent, but we found a high turnover of strains, indicating a high rate of recolonization...
