Considerations and experiences with healthcare-seeking during the first COVID-19 lockdown in Denmark.

Aim: To (1) examine considerations before and experiences with GP contact during the first COronaVIrus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) lockdown among Danish citizens; (2) analyse the associations with sex, age, chronic disease, and socioeconomic factors; and (3) explore changes in healthcare-seeking behaviour post-pandemic.

Method: A total of 100,000 Danes aged 20 years or older, randomly selected in the general population, were invited to participate in a survey examining considerations and experiences with healthcare seeking during the first COVID-19 lockdown. Data were collected in spring 2022 and linked to register data on socioeconomic factors.

Exploring colorectal cancer patients' diagnostic pathways and general practitioners' assessment of the diagnostic processes: a Danish survey study.

Introduction: Colorectal cancer (CRC) is among the most common cancers and the prognosis of CRC is highly dependent on stage at diagnosis. Although many cases are diagnosed swiftly, there is still room for improvement.

Aim: We aimed to explore CRC diagnostic pathways, encompassing (1) place of initial contact; (2) associations with symptom presentations, sex, and age with events in the diagnostic process and initial referrals and (3) the general practitioner's (GP's) evaluation of the diagnostic processes.

Revisiting the symptom iceberg based on the Danish symptom cohort - Symptom experiences and healthcare-seeking behaviour in the general Danish population in 2022.

Introduction: Healthcare-seeking behaviour may change over time, and some groups are more likely to avoid relevant help seeking, which possibly contributes to social inequity in health. Thus, we developed an expansion of and follow-up to the Danish Symptom Cohort (DaSC) from 2012 and formed the DaSC II, which encompassed a population-based questionnaire study investigating symptoms and healthcare-seeking behaviour. In this paper, we describe the conceptual framework, development and content validity of the questionnaire and a responder analysis of the participants in the DaSC II.

Exploring diagnostic events and first referrals in cancer patient pathways in primary care. A questionnaire survey.

Background: Cancer diagnostic pathways in general practice are often nonlinear, and several events can delay timely diagnosis.

Objectives: To explore cancer diagnostic processes in general practice, examining how patients' symptom presentations, sex, and age are associated with the occurrence of predefined potentially delaying events and the first referrals.

Method: General practices in 3 Danish Regions were invited to participate in a questionnaire survey, addressing patient's symptom presentation, diagnostic process events, and first referral.

Exploring GPs' assessments of their patients' cancer diagnostic processes: a questionnaire study.

Background: Most cancer diagnostic pathways start from primary care and several factors affect the diagnostic processes.

Aim: To analyse the associations between patient characteristics, symptom presentation, and cancer type and the GP's assessment of the diagnostic processes.

Design And Setting: General practices in the North, Central, and Southern regions of Denmark were invited to participate in a questionnaire survey.

Healthcare practices that increase the quality of care in cancer trajectories from a general practice perspective: a scoping review.

Objective: General practice plays an important role in cancer trajectories, and cancer patients request the continuous involvement of general practice. The objective of this scoping review was to identify healthcare practices that increase the quality of care in cancer trajectories from a general practice perspective.

Design, Setting, And Subjects: A scoping review of the literature published in Danish or English from 2010 to 2020 was conducted.

Consultation expectations among patients with respiratory tract infection symptoms.

Introduction: Antibiotic resistance is a growing threat to public health, and antibiotic prescribing increases. About 90% of antibiotics are prescribed in general practice, mostly for acute respiratory tract infections. It is well known that patient expectations and general practitioners' misinterpretation of patients' expectations are associated with antibiotic overuse.