Women's information needs about menopause: a cross-sectional survey in Norwegian general practice.

Background: Research has indicated that providing women with information about menopause can improve their attitudes towards it and symptom experience. Nevertheless, information shared on the menopause is often arbitrary.

Aim: To examine women's information needs about menopause, and understand if, when, and from whom they want information.

Factors associated with potential over- and undertreatment of hyperglycaemia and annual measurement of HbA in type 2 diabetes in norwegian general practice.

Aims: To identify individual and general practitioner (GP) characteristics associated with potential over- and undertreatment of hyperglycaemia in type 2 diabetes and with HbA not being measured.

Methods: A cross-sectional study that included 10233 individuals with type 2 diabetes attending 282 GPs. Individuals with an HbA measurement during the last 15 months were categorized as potentially overtreated if they were prescribed a sulphonylurea and/or insulin when the HbA was less than 53 mmol/mol (7%) when aged over 75 years or less than 48 mmol/mol (6.

Variation between general practitioners in type 2 diabetes processes of care.

Aims: To explore variation in general practitioners' (GPs') performance of six recommended procedures in type 2 diabetes patients <75 years without cardiovascular disease.

Methods: Cross-sectional study of quality of diabetes care in Norway based on electronic health records from 2014. GPs (clustered in practices) were divided in quintiles based on a composite measure of performance of six processes of care.

Experiences of self-management support in patients with diabetes and multimorbidity: a qualitative study in Norwegian general practice.

Aim: The purpose of this study was to explore how patients with diabetes and multimorbidity experience self-management support by general practitioners (GPs), nurses and medical secretaries in Norwegian general practice.

Background: Self-management support is recognised as an important strategy to improve the autonomy and well-being of patients with long-term conditions. Collaborating healthcare professionals (cHCPs), such as nurses and medical secretaries, may have an important role in the provision of self-management support.

The roles of healthcare professionals in diabetes care: a qualitative study in Norwegian general practice.

To explore the experiences of general practitioners (GPs), nurses and medical secretaries in providing multi-professional diabetes care and their perceptions of professional roles. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with six GPs, three nurses and two medical secretaries from five purposively sampled diabetes teams. Interviews were analysed thematically.

Ethnic and gender differences in the management of type 2 diabetes: a cross-sectional study from Norwegian general practice.

Background: Ethnic minority groups from Asia and Africa living in Western countries have a higher prevalence of type 2 diabetes (T2DM) than the general population. We aimed to assess ethnic differences in diabetes care by gender.

Methods: Population-based, cross-sectional study identified 10,161 individuals with T2DM cared for by 282 General Practitioners (GP) in Norway.

Exploring the relationship between coronary heart disease and type 2 diabetes: a cross-sectional study of secondary prevention among diabetes patients.

Background: Coronary heart disease (CHD) and stroke are the major causes of death among people with diabetes.

Aim: To describe the prevalence and onset of CHD and stroke among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in primary care in Norway, and explore the quality of secondary prevention.

Design & Setting: A cross-sectional study of data was undertaken from electronic medical records (EMRs) of 10 255 patients with T2DM in general practice.

Are general practitioners characteristics associated with the quality of type 2 diabetes care in general practice? Results from the Norwegian ROSA4 study from 2014.

Objective: To explore the associations between general practitioners (GPs) characteristics such as gender, specialist status, country of birth and country of graduation and the quality of care for patients with type 2 diabetes (T2DM).

Design: Cross-sectional survey.

Setting And Subjects: The 277 GPs provided care for 10082 patients with T2DM in Norway in 2014.

Type 2 diabetes in general practice in Norway 2005-2014: moderate improvements in risk factor control but still major gaps in complication screening.

Objective: To assess the status of type 2 diabetes care in general practice and changes in the quality of care between 2005 and 2014, and to identify areas of diabetes care requiring improvement.

Research Design And Methods: Two cross-sectional surveys were performed that included patients with type 2 diabetes in selected areas (n=9464 in 2014, n=5463 in 2005). Quality of care was assessed based on key recommendations in national guidelines.

Conflicts and dilemmas in prevention of cardiovascular disease. The new, Norwegian guidelines--a new approach to risk management.

Prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD) has been debated for many years, between an organ-specialist perspective versus a public health view. As an illustration, the Wonca Europe Council decided in 2004 to withdraw its support to the 2003 European Guidelines. This paper discusses the main sources of disagreement, most important the levels of risk when treatment should be offered.

Symptom prevalence during menopause and factors associated with symptoms and menopausal age. Results from the Norwegian Hordaland Women's Cohort study.

Objectives: To describe symptoms during the menopausal transition and age at menopause in a representative Norwegian female cohort over a ten year period, to analyze factors associated with frequency and burden of symptoms and influence on self-rated health.

Study Design: 2229 women aged 40-44 years at inclusion, randomly selected from a national health survey in Hordaland County, Norway, and followed with seven postal questionnaires from 1997 throughout 2009. Data for 2002 women (90%) were eligible for analyses.

[General practitioners' advice on hormone replacement therapy in menopause].

Background: Since 2002, new knowledge has emerged and changed the usage of hormone replacement treatment (HRT); in Norway it has been used significantly less since then. The aim of the study was to investigate Norwegian GPs' assessment of their role in advising women regarding HRT (during and after the menopause), and to identify important factors in the doctor's decision process.

Material And Method: A questionnaire was sent to 400 Norwegian GPs, randomly drawn from the membership list of GPs in the Norwegian Medical Association in May 2004.