Motivational interview training improves self-efficacy of GP interns in vaccination consultations: A study using the Pro-VC-Be to measure vaccine confidence determinants.

Immunization-specific motivational interviewing (MI), a patient-centered communication style used to encourage internal motivation for attitudinal and behavioral change, can provide healthcare professionals (HCPs) with the skills and practice required to respond to patients' doubts and concerns related to vaccines. We sought to assess the impact of an MI-training of General Practitioner (GP) interns on the psychosocial determinants of their vaccine confidence and behaviors. French GP interns participated in a virtual three-day MI-workshop in southeastern France.

Assessment of training of general practice interns in motivational interviews about vaccination.

The effectiveness of motivational interviewing (MI) for reducing vaccine hesitancy (VH) has been demonstrated in Quebec. We conducted a study to evaluate the acquisition of MI skills after MI training via videoconferencing for interns training as general practitioners (GPs) in southeastern France. A vaccination-specific MI training workshop was offered to interns in 2021, consisting of two separate Zoom videoconference sessions.

Incidence of leptospirosis in the French armed forces from 2004 to 2018: Retrospective analysis.

Background: The French military personnel may be exposed to leptospirosis during their training or on duty on the field in continental France, and most of all, in intertropical areas in the French departments and in Africa. The aim of this study was to assess the incidence of leptospirosis from epidemiological surveillance and cases data from 2004 to 2018, and to propose tools to assess leptospirosis risk prior to any mission or leisure activity.

Method: A retrospective epidemiological study on leptospirosis cases among French Armed Forces was conducted.

Level of agreement between physician and patient assessment of non-medical health factors.

Background: GPs need to consider assorted relevant non-medical factors, such as family or work situations or health insurance coverage, to determine appropriate patient care. If GPs' knowledge of these factors varies according to patients' social position, less advantaged patients might receive poorer care, resulting in the perpetuation of social inequalities in health.

Objective: To assess social disparities in GPs' knowledge of non-medical factors relevant to patient care.

Effectiveness of seasonal influenza vaccination in patients with diabetes: protocol for a nested case-control study.

Introduction: Seasonal influenza vaccination (SIV) is recommended for people with diabetes, but its effectiveness has not been demonstrated. All of the available studies are observational and marred with the healthy vaccine bias, that is, bias resulting from the generally better health behaviours practised by people who choose to be vaccinated against influenza, compared with those who do not. This protocol is intended to study the effectiveness of SIV in people with treated diabetes and simultaneously to control for bias.

Effect of Automobile Travel Time Between Patients' Homes and Ophthalmologists' Offices on Screening for Diabetic Retinopathy.

Purpose: The accessibility of ophthalmologists appears to influence the quality of screening for diabetic retinopathy (DR). The principal objective of this study was to analyze the effect of automobile travel time to the closest ophthalmologist on the time to DR screening.

Methods: This historical cohort study used reimbursement databases from the principal national health insurance fund.

[Effectiveness of preventive treatment by Influenzinum in the winter period against the onset of influenza-like illnesses].

Aim: In vitro Influenzinum induce a cellular change. We present the results of the first study examining the effectiveness of Influenzinum against influenza-like illnesses.

Method: Retrospective cohort study during winter 2014-2015.

Membership in a diabetes-care network and adherence to clinical practice guidelines for treating type 2 diabetes among general practitioners: A four-year follow-up.

Objectives: To assess whether private general practitioners (GPs) belonging to a diabetes-care network adhered more closely to clinical practice guidelines for diabetes care than GPs not in such a network, for all their patients with type 2 diabetes treated with medication (patients with diabetes), regardless of whether they received care through a network (that is, whether a halo effect occurred).

Research Design And Measures: The study, based on health insurance reimbursement databases in southeastern France, included 468 GPs in two networks and 468 non-network GPs in the same geographical area, matched one-to-one by propensity scores. We followed up their patients with diabetes (n=22,808) from 2008 through 2011, conducting multivariate time-to-event analyses (Cox models) that took the matching design into account to evaluate time from inclusion until performance of the given number of each of six recommended examinations/tests.

Bias in the measure of the effectiveness of seasonal influenza vaccination among diabetics.

Background: The influenza virus is an important cause of morbidity and mortality for diabetics. The seasonal influenza vaccine's immunologic effectiveness is proven within the type 1 and type 2 diabetic populations, but the level of evidence is low. This article presents a systematic review for the bias in the measure of the effectiveness of seasonal influenza vaccination among diabetics.

Factors associated with GPs' knowledge of their patients' socio-economic circumstances: a multilevel analysis.

Background: To determine appropriate management for individual patients, GPs are supposed to use their knowledge of the patient's socio-economic circumstances.

Objective: To analyse factors associated with GPs' knowledge of these circumstances.

Methods: Observational survey of GPs who were internship supervisors in the Paris metropolitan area.