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To identify potential sources of hookworm infections in a Ghanaian community of endemicity that could be targeted to interrupt transmission, we tracked the movements of infected and noninfected persons to their most frequented locations. Fifty-nine participants (29 hookworm positives and 30 negatives) wore GPS trackers for 10 consecutive days. Their movement data were captured in real time and overlaid on a community grid map.
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NCN Health (Nathalia, Cobram, Numurkah), Numurkah, VIC, Australia.
This study investigated inpatient acceptance of a unique telemedicine clinical service piloted from December 2022 to June 2025 in 3 rural acute wards in Victoria, Australia. The use of virtual care was complementary to the visiting general practitioner (GP) model common in rural hospitals. The qualitative study employed 3 researcher-designed questions: Did you feel safe using the virtual healthcare doctor?; Did you feel the care you experienced was as it should be? And; If you were offered virtual care again, would you use it? Participants ( = 38) were predominantly over 65 years (95%).
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August 2024
School of Psychology, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom.
Background: Rates of burnout are currently at record high levels, and GPs experience higher burnout than many other specialties. Organisational interventions may reduce burnout, but few studies have investigated these in primary care.
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Assessing Decision Fatigue in General Practitioners' Prescribing Decisions Using the Australian BEACH Data Set.
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Background: General practitioners (GPs) make numerous care decisions throughout their workdays. Extended periods of decision making can result in decision fatigue, a gradual shift toward decisions that are less cognitively effortful. This study examines whether observed patterns in GPs' prescribing decisions are consistent with the decision fatigue phenomenon.
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HM Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad Camilo Jose Cela, 28692 Madrid, Spain.
The field of healthcare is increasingly adopting a humanistic perspective in the physician-patient relationship. One of the more salient aspects being studied is the communication between the two. This study serves a dual purpose.
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