Study on management of headache by general practitioners in South Italy
| Autor: | A. La Vitola, E. De Caro, Francesco Peltrone, Rosario Iannacchero, Umberto Cannistrà |
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| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
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Male Evidence-based medicine medicine.medical_specialty Migraine Disorders South Italy education Clinical Neurology MEDLINE General practitioners Surveys and Questionnaires Epidemiology Health care medicine Humans Practice Patterns Physicians' Migraine Aged Response rate (survey) business.industry Public health Physicians Family General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease Clinical trial Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine Health Care Surveys Family medicine Headache and Continuity in Health Care Education Medical Continuing Female Neurology (clinical) business |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of Headache and Pain |
| ISSN: | 1129-2377 1129-2369 |
| Popis: | The impact of migraine headaches is one of the major public health problems in several industrialised countries, with many patients reporting frequent and significant disability. Previous studies have assessed general practitioners' (GPs) perceptions towards evidence-based medicine (EBM) and its influence on health care decisions. Of 500 questionnaires distributed, responses were received from 455 for a response rate of 91%. Respondents' awareness of technical terms used in EBM indicated that only 27.2% of GPs agreed that clinical trials are needed to evaluate the efficacy of treatments and this awareness was higher in those who learned about migraine from scientific journals or continuing education courses and who attended courses on epidemiology or EBM. Training and continuing educational programmes on EBM and guidelines in terms of treatments of headache for GPs are strongly needed. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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