Publications by authors named "A Windak"
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View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Person-centred care (PCC) is a fundamental principle in general practice, emphasising practices tailored to individual patient preferences, needs, and values. Despite the importance of PCC, general practitioners (GPs) face obstacles in effectively implementing it, with associated factors remaining unclear.
Objectives: The PACE GP/FP study aims to explore GPs' attitudes towards PCC and the factors facilitating or hindering its implementation in daily practice across European countries.
Background: Insulin resistance (IR) is an important risk factor for multiple chronic diseases, increasing mortality and reducing life expectancy. The associations between emerging surrogates for IR, triglyceride-glucose index (TyG) and TyG-related indicators, with all-cause mortality and life expectancy in middle-aged and older patients in primary care are unclear.
Methods: This study originated from the Polish primary care cohort LIPIDOGRAM2015, including patients aged ≥45 years.
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has caused psychological distress to the population and healthcare workers. Physicians' well-being is essential and contributes significantly to overall health. This study aimed to assess the strain on Polish general practitioners from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and to ascertain the potential predictors of their distress.
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- The COVID-19 pandemic significantly disrupted primary care services, particularly for patients with chronic diseases in Central and Eastern Europe.
- The PRICOV-19 study analyzed data from 978 primary care practices across seven countries to identify factors influencing active follow-up care for these patients during the pandemic.
- Results indicated that better follow-up rates were associated with having more general practitioners, a higher percentage of chronic patients, adequate government support, and GPs having sufficient time to read guidelines, highlighting the need for improved organizational support in healthcare systems.