Management of Gastrointestinal Disorders in Central and Eastern Europe: Self-Reported Practice of Primary Care Physicians

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/sjph.2014.53.issue-4/sjph-2014-0032/sjph-2014-0032.xml?format=INT" target="_blank" >http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/sjph.2014.53.issue-4/sjph-2014-0032/sjph-2014-0032.xml?format=INT</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/sjph-2014-0032" target="_blank" >10.2478/sjph-2014-0032</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Management of Gastrointestinal Disorders in Central and Eastern Europe: Self-Reported Practice of Primary Care Physicians

Original language description

Background. Gastrointestinal disorders account for 7-10% of all consultations in primary care. General practitioners' management of digestive disorders in Central and Eastern European countries is largely unknown. Aims. To identify and compare variationsin the self-perceived responsibilities of general practitioners in the management of digestive disorders in Central and Eastern Europe. Methods. A cross-sectional survey of a randomized sample of primary care physicians from 9 countries was conducted. An anonymous questionnaire was sent via post to primary care doctors. Results. We received 867 responses; the response rate was 28.9%. Over 70% of respondents reported familiarity with available guidelines for gastrointestinal diseases. For uninvestigateddyspepsia in patients under 45 years, the "test and treat" strategy was twice as popular as "test and scope". The majority (59.8%) of family physicians would refer patients with rectal bleeding without alarm symptoms to a specialist (fro

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

FE - Other fields of internal medicine

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

N - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z neverejnych zdroju

Publication year

2014

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Zdravstveno Varstvo

ISSN

0351-0026

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

53

Issue of the periodical within the volume

4

Country of publishing house

SI - SLOVENIA

Number of pages

10

Pages from-to

294-303

UT code for WoS article

000345589400003

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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