Publications by authors named "Ineke Welschen"
Background: SARS-CoV-2 real-time reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) is well suited for the diagnosis of clinically ill patients requiring treatment. Application for community testing of symptomatic individuals for disease control purposes however raises challenges. SARS-CoV-2 rapid antigen tests might offer an alternative, but quality evidence on their performance is limited.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: In Europe there are large variations in overall outpatient antibiotic use, even between two neighbouring countries as Belgium and the Netherlands. We aimed to compare the management of acute cough between Belgian and Dutch general practitioners (GPs).
Methods: In cross-sectional studies in Belgium and the Netherlands, 71 Belgian and 84 Dutch GPs included adult patients consulting for acute cough.
Objectives: To assess the effectiveness of a multiple intervention aimed at reducing antibiotic prescription rates for symptoms of the respiratory tract in primary care.
Design: Randomised controlled trial.
Subjects: Twelve peer review groups including 100 general practitioners with their collaborating pharmacists in the region of Utrecht, Netherlands.
Background: GPs often assume that prescribing antibiotics increases patient satisfaction.
Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the associations between receiving antibiotics and information/reassurance on the one hand and patients' satisfaction on the other in patients with acute respiratory tract symptoms, and to assess whether this relationship is influenced by patients' expectations.
Methods: Questionnaires were distributed among patients presenting with acute respiratory tract symptoms in 51 general practices (122 GPs) in the region of Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Objective: To explore the views of patients and doctors on respiratory tract symptoms.
Design: Transversal survey among patients and general practitioners.
Setting: Primary health care and community.