Journal•ISSN: 0300-8495
Australian Family Physician
Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
About: Australian Family Physician is an academic journal published by Royal Australian College of General Practitioners. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): MEDLINE & Health care. It has an ISSN identifier of 0300-8495. Over the lifetime, 5116 publications have been published receiving 46913 citations.
Topics: MEDLINE, Health care, Population, Poison control, Mental health
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TL;DR: It should be remembered that sexually transmitted infections may present with symptoms and signs not immediately referable to the genital tract, but all practitioners should be aware of the changes in incidence and prevalence.
Abstract: It should be remembered that sexually transmitted infections may present with symptoms and signs not immediately referable to the genital tract. All practitioners should be aware of the changes in incidence and prevalence of these important infections.
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TL;DR: There are various strategies that may be effective in increasing adherence to exercise and physical activity in patients suffering from CMP, and general practice scenarios are presented to show how the results can be applied in practice.
Abstract: Summary of review • This review assessed the effectiveness of different interventions to improve adherence to exercise therapy in people with chronic musculoskeletal pain.• 42 trials with 8243 participants, mainly with osteoarthritis and back pain, were included.• Interventions to improve adherence varied widely between trials, which differed in the types of exercise therapy, methods of delivery, exercise adherence-enhancing strategies, self-management programs and cognitive and/or behavioural therapy.• Seven trials were judged to be high quality, 29 moderate quality, six poor quality.• Most studies were not blinded.• Given the differing study populations, interventions and measured outcomes, meta-analysis could not be performed so results were presented narratively.• Overall, 18 of the 42 trials reported that the studied intervention improved adherence to exercise or physical activity. Types of exercise • Moderate-level* evidence from 17 trials suggests exercise type (eg aerobic versus resistance exercise, water-based versus land-based exercise, back-specific stabilisation versus general exercise, high- versus low-intensity exercise) does not affect adherence. Fifteen of the 17 trials that evaluated different types of exercise were unable to detect between-group differences in adherence.
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TL;DR: Cognitive behavioural therapy’s strength lies in that it is a psychological treatment that was developed through scientific research, which means that psychologists have tested ‘what works’ for specific problems, such as anxiety disorders or depression, using scientific studies.
Abstract: The author states that psychoanalysis is more useful than cognitive behavioural therapy in daily practice. (non-author abstract)
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