All Outputs (73)

Patient experience of infertility management in primary care: an in-depth interview study (2009)
Journal Article
Wilkes, S., Hall, N., Crosland, A., Murdoch, A., & Rubin, G. (2009). Patient experience of infertility management in primary care: an in-depth interview study. Family Practice, 26(4), 309-316. https://doi.org/10.1093/fampra/cmp039

Background. GPs do not have a full range of diagnostic resources to help manage infertile couples. Little is known about the patient experience of infertility management in primary care. Objective. To explore the patient experience of infertility man... Read More about Patient experience of infertility management in primary care: an in-depth interview study.

Systematic review: adherence to a gluten-free diet in adult patients with coeliac disease (2009)
Journal Article
Hall, N., Rubin, G., & Charnock, A. (2009). Systematic review: adherence to a gluten-free diet in adult patients with coeliac disease. Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 30(4), 315-330. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2036.2009.04053.x

Background  Coeliac disease is increasingly diagnosed in adult patients who present with atypical symptoms or who are asymptomatic and detected by case screening. Its treatment, a gluten-free diet, can have a considerable impact on daily living. Unde... Read More about Systematic review: adherence to a gluten-free diet in adult patients with coeliac disease.

Cancer in Primary Care: an analysis of significant event audits (sea) for diagnosis of lung cancer and cancers in teenagers and young adults 2008-2009 (2009)
Report
Mitchell, E., Macleod, U., & Rubin, G. (2009). Cancer in Primary Care: an analysis of significant event audits (sea) for diagnosis of lung cancer and cancers in teenagers and young adults 2008-2009. Department of Health National Awareness and Early Diagnosis Initiative

Diagnosis in General Practice: Acute diarrhoea in adults (2009)
Journal Article
Jones, R., & Rubin, G. (2009). Diagnosis in General Practice: Acute diarrhoea in adults. eBMJ (London), 338, https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.b1877

Open access tubal assessment for the initial management of infertility in general practice (the OATS trial): a pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial (2009)
Journal Article
Wilkes, S., Murdoch, A., Steen, N., Wilsdon, J., & Rubin, G. (2009). Open access tubal assessment for the initial management of infertility in general practice (the OATS trial): a pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial. British Journal of General Practice, 59(562), 329-335. https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp09x420590

Background: GPs investigate approximately half of all infertile couples with semen analysis and endocrine blood tests. For assessment of tubal status, hysterosalpingography (HSG) is recommended as a first-line investigation for women not known to hav... Read More about Open access tubal assessment for the initial management of infertility in general practice (the OATS trial): a pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial.

Patient and professional views of open access hysterosalpingography for the initial management of infertility in primary care (2009)
Journal Article
Wilkes, S., Rubin, G., Crosland, A., Hall, N., & Murdoch, A. (2009). Patient and professional views of open access hysterosalpingography for the initial management of infertility in primary care. British Journal of General Practice, 59(562), 336-342. https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp09x420608

Background Hysterosalpingography (HSG) is recommended as a first-line investigation for tubal assessment of infertile women. This investigation is not routinely available to GPs.Aim To explore the perceptions and attitudes of patients and health prof... Read More about Patient and professional views of open access hysterosalpingography for the initial management of infertility in primary care.

Psychological treatments for the management of irritable bowel syndrome (2009)
Journal Article
Zijdenbos, I., de Wit, N., van der Heijden, G., Rubin, G., & Quartero, A. (online). Psychological treatments for the management of irritable bowel syndrome. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Article CD006442. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.cd006442.pub2

The management of common gastrointestinal disorders in general practice: A survey by the European Society for Primary Care Gastroenterology (ESPCG) in six European countries (2008)
Journal Article
Seifert, B., Rubin, G., de Wit, N., Lionis, C., Hall, N., Hungin, P., …Mendive, J. (2008). The management of common gastrointestinal disorders in general practice: A survey by the European Society for Primary Care Gastroenterology (ESPCG) in six European countries. Digestive and Liver Disease, 40(8), 659-666. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dld.2008.02.020

Background: Gastrointestinal (GI) disorders account for 10% of all consultations in primary care. Little is known about the management of GI disorders by general practitioners (GP) across different European countries. Aim and methods: We undertook a... Read More about The management of common gastrointestinal disorders in general practice: A survey by the European Society for Primary Care Gastroenterology (ESPCG) in six European countries.

Gastrointestinal and cardiovascular risks of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs: systematic review (2008)
Journal Article
Jones, R., Rubin, G., Berenbaum, F., & Scheiman, J. (2008). Gastrointestinal and cardiovascular risks of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs: systematic review. American Journal of Medicine, 121(6), 464-474. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2008.01.045

Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are widely prescribed but can have serious gastrointestinal (GI) and cardiovascular side effects, which have led to the withdrawal of some of these drugs and continuing uncertainty about the best approach... Read More about Gastrointestinal and cardiovascular risks of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs: systematic review.

Medication non-adherence in ulcerative colitis - strategies to improve adherence with mesalazine and other maintenance therapies (2008)
Journal Article
Hawthorne, A., Rubin, G., & Ghosh, S. (2008). Medication non-adherence in ulcerative colitis - strategies to improve adherence with mesalazine and other maintenance therapies. Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 27(12), 1157-1166. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2036.2008.03698.x

Background  Significant number of patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) fail to comply with treatment. Aims  To review issues surrounding medication non-adherence in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), including the clinical and health service implicat... Read More about Medication non-adherence in ulcerative colitis - strategies to improve adherence with mesalazine and other maintenance therapies.

Stepped treatment of older adults on laxatives. The STOOL trial (2008)
Journal Article
Mihaylov, S., Stark, C., McColl, E., Steen, N., Vanoli, A., Rubin, G., …Bond, J. (2008). Stepped treatment of older adults on laxatives. The STOOL trial. Health Technology Assessment, 12(13), 1-160. https://doi.org/10.3310/hta12130

Validation of a brief symptom questionnaire (ReQuest in Practice) for patients with gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (2008)
Journal Article
Rubin, G., Uebel, P., Brimo-Hayek, A., Hey, K., Doerfler, H., & Heading, R. (2008). Validation of a brief symptom questionnaire (ReQuest in Practice) for patients with gastro-oesophageal reflux disease. Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 27(9), 846-851. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2036.2008.03641.x

Background  A clinical need exists for a means of assessing symptom control in patients with gastro-oesophageal reflux disease. The ReQuest questionnaire has been extensively validated for symptom assessment in both erosive and non-erosive gastro-oes... Read More about Validation of a brief symptom questionnaire (ReQuest in Practice) for patients with gastro-oesophageal reflux disease.

Medication beliefs among patients with inflammatory bowel disease who report low quality of life: a qualitative study (2007)
Journal Article
Hall, N., Rubin, G., Hungin, A., & Dougall, A. (2007). Medication beliefs among patients with inflammatory bowel disease who report low quality of life: a qualitative study. BMC Gastroenterology, 7, Article 20. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-230x-7-20

Background: Non-adherence to drug therapy is common in Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD). Patients' beliefs about treatment have an important influence on adherence. An in-depth understanding of this area is, therefore, important for patient-centred c... Read More about Medication beliefs among patients with inflammatory bowel disease who report low quality of life: a qualitative study.