The well-being of polish general practitioners during the COVID-19 pandemic-cross-sectional questionnaire-based study.

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.

COVID-19 vaccine short-term adverse events in the real-life family practice in Krakow, Poland.

Background: In manufacturers' trials, vaccination against COVID-19 proved to be safe and effective. The officially reported frequency of vaccine adverse events (VAEs) in Poland is lower than that declared by the manufacturers. The anti-vaccination activists questioned the trustworthiness of official data.

Impact of family physicians on cervical cancer screening: cross-sectional questionnaire-based survey in a region of southern Poland.

Background: Despite worldwide efforts in encouraging routine pap smears for early detection of cervical cancer, Poland's screening rate lags behind the rest of the European Union at 20.2%. Family physicians (FPs) in Poland rarely perform pap smears, and little is known about the experiences and attitudes of Polish patients regarding pap smear screening in a primary healthcare (PHC) setting.

Treatment of hypertension in central and eastern European countries: self-reported practice of primary care physicians.

Objectives: To describe self-reported hypertension treatment among primary care physicians in central and eastern Europe and to investigate international differences.

Methods: A cross-sectional survey of primary care physicians with a questionnaire translated into various languages was carried out in nine central and eastern European countries. Three thousand physicians were randomly selected from the national registers.

[The influence of guidelines of asthma management in adults in reference to family physicians knowledge in the field of treatment].

Aim: Assessment of the influence of the guidelines on asthma for family physicians in reference to their knowledge in the field of patient's treatment.

Material And Methods: The assessed group consisted of 111 physicians before training in family medicine and guideline implemention of asthma for family physicians and four years later.

Results: The knowledge of the physicians accessment in the first part of the examination in the field of patient's treatment was low (compatibility with the guidelines was 42% in the part "General principles of treatment" and 65% in "Pharmacotherapy").