Objective: To develop a reliable, valid measure of patient satisfaction with out of hours care
suitable for large scale service evaluation. Design: Focus group meetings and …

Objectives: To estimate the prevalence of dysfunctional breathing in adults with asthma
treated in the community. Design: Postal questionnaire survey using Nijmegen questionnaire. …

Background: The effect of breathing modification techniques on asthma symptoms and
objective disease control is uncertain. Methods: A prospective, parallel group, single-blind, …

Functional breathing problems, including symptomatic hyperventilation, may impair quality of
life. Symptoms associated with functional breathing disorders have been reported as being …

Background It has been suggested that the quantity of exposure to general practice teaching
at medical school is associated with future choice of a career as a GP. Aim To examine the …

BACKGROUND: Although much has been written about what patients want when they contact
their general practitioner (GP), there are no published data from large cohort studies of …

Objective To develop generic criteria for the global assessment of clinical procedural
competence and to quantify the extent to which existing checklists allow for holistic assessment of …

Transitioning from student to doctor is notoriously challenging. Newly qualified doctors feel
required to make decisions before owning their new identity. It is essential to understand how …

Objective To assess the effect of patient completed agenda forms for the consultation and
doctors9 education on identifying patients9 agendas on the outcome of consultations. Design …

Objective: To compare the outcome of out of hours care given by general practitioners from
patients' own practices and by commercial deputising services. Design: Randomised …