P Bovier

..To study the situation in Switzerland, data of a national survey were analysed to determine the prevalence of smoking and alcohol drinking among primary care physicians...

..Interventions designed to increase vaccination coverage in adults must help providers incorporate immunisation in routine health care...

..To determine how recommended vaccinations in adults are perceived and used by primary care physicians in Switzerland...

..Six-year follow-up data did not reveal any significant differences between the vaccination groups...

..Following this project, several changes have been made to improve aspects of care that were problematic...

..Hospitalized patients commonly experience pain. We investigated the association between patients' reported use of recommended pain management practices and overall pain relief...

..Uncertainty shapes many decisions made by physicians everyday. Uncertainty and physicians' inability to handle it may result in substandard care and unexplained variations in patterns of care...

..To assess adherence to recommended standards of diabetes care by Swiss primary care physicians...

..While psychiatric morbidity of populations has been studied extensively, the role of perceived stress, social support, and internal resources as determinant of health is still poorly understood...

..In this study, a brief work satisfaction questionnaire was developed, its validity was assessed, and it was used to examine the determinants of work-related satisfaction among a sample of Swiss physicians...

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..Many decisions regarding medical tests and treatments are influenced by factors other than the expected benefit to the patient, including the doctor's demographic characteristics and concerns about cost and income...

..According to this model, 95% of the volunteers should have anti-HAV titres above the minimum protective threshold for 20 years or more following immunisation with two doses of this aluminium-free vaccine...

..Psychological resources and social support are important determinants of health, but brief and validated scales measuring these dimensions in French are lacking...

..The results suggest that responding to medium-term and long-term mental health consequences of conflict is a necessary task for the global rehabilitation of health care systems in a war devastated country...

..Further research should focus on the importance of appropriate lifestyle counselling by Swiss primary care physicians, ideally in prospective trials using objective and reproducible measures of patients' observance...

..Communication between physicians and patients is particularly challenging when patients do not speak the local language (in Switzerland, they are known as allophones)...

..In conclusion, Epaxal can be considered an immunogenic and safe hepatitis A vaccine in HIV-positive patients...

..Further studies are necessary to assess the real duration of seroprotection and whether an additional booster is necessary later...

..To adapt the PTSD and MDE sections of a validated psychiatric diagnostic instrument, we used the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI) during an initial health assessment into a primary care facility for asylum seekers...

..Our results underline the importance of taking into account PTSD when restoring health services in postwar countries...

..These characteristics remained stable despite cultural differences and use of interpreters. This instrument could be used for systematic screening of MDE and PTSD in refugees from various origins...

..We assessed doctors' opinions about the expected impact of eight managed care tools on quality of care, control of health care costs, professional autonomy and relations with patients...

..In this study, the authors sought to understand the position of Swiss physicians toward rationing using a previously developed rationing scenario...

..To determine how the use of trained and ad hoc interpreters during a medical screening interview affects referral to medical and psychiatric care...

..These results suggest the importance of addressing language barriers in primary care centres in order to adequately detect and refer traumatised refugees. To address this problem, the use of professional interpreters is recommended...

..To explore whether self-reported happiness is associated with mental and physical health status among young adults...

..In conclusion, treatment with pentamidine should be considered for all serologically suspected individuals with a CATT-P end-dilution titer >/= 1:16 in areas of a moderate to high prevalence of HAT...

..2 and experienced significantly fewer cutaneous and neurological adverse effects than did patients who were treated with melarsoprol in 2001 and 2002 (n = 708)...

..Clinical epidemiology and statistics skills of clinical researchers are often limited. We assessed methodological skills of medical researchers and identified factors associated with higher skill levels...

..As causal relationship cannot be proven with this cross-sectional design, non-compliance with intake recommendations requires additional experimental research on the impact of nutrient intake on field performance...

..Incomplete participation is of particular concern for surveys of patient perceptions of care because patients who have negative opinions may be least likely to participate...

..To measure medical care and pharmaceutical drug use among Swiss primary care physicians and its determinants...

..CONCLUSION: Patients are able to report undesirable events that occur during hospital care. Such events occur in about a half of the hospitalizations, and have a negative impact on satisfaction with care...

..Epaxal, a virosomal vaccine against hepatitis A virus (HAV) infection, has been in use for nearly 15 years, especially among at-risk adults. Recent studies have shown that it is also a potent vaccine for children...

..To evaluate the reliability of anthropometric measurements (weight, height, Body Mass Index (BMI), waist and hip circumferences (WC; HC) and waist-to-hip ratio (WHR)) performed by doctors to assess obesity...

..However, little is known about differences across medical specialties and the importance of work characteristics...

..Recent studies in children have demonstrated that Epaxal Junior is also an excellent HAV vaccine for mass vaccination programs...

..However, little is known about the effect of gender in consultations with foreign language-speaking patients and in interpreter-mediated consultations...

..Public health interventions should focus on improving victims' rapid access to anti-snake venom serum by promoting immediate and fast transport to adequate treatment centers, particularly for bites occurring at night...