Study Design. Cost of illness study alongside a randomized controlled trial. Objective. To
describe the costs of care for patients with low back pain (1) and to identify patient …

PURPOSE We wanted to determine the effect of promoting the effective communication of
absolute cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk and shared decision making through …

Background/objective: Chest pain is a common complaint and reason for consultation. We
aimed to study the epidemiology of chest pain with respect to underlying aetiologies and to …

Background: Chest pain can be caused by various conditions, with life-threatening cardiac
disease being of greatest concern. Prediction scores to rule out coronary artery disease have …

In seven long-distance runners (42 km or more) the thermoregulatory responses to acute
external cooling and heating, under resting conditions, were recorded and compared with …

Objective Epidemiologic surveys frequently show that women more often and are more
affected by low back pain (LBP). The aim of this secondary analysis of a randomized controlled …

Study Design. Cluster randomized controlled trial. Objective. To improve quality of care for
patients with low back pain (LBP) a multifaceted general practitioner education alone and in …

Background Diagnosing the aetiology of chest pain is challenging. There is still a lack of
data on the diagnostic accuracy of signs and symptoms for acute coronary events in low-…

Background Tiredness is one of the most frequent complaints in primary care. Although
often self-limiting and frequently associated with psychosocial stress, patients but also their …

The study aims to report service use and costs for patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and
to explore the incremental influence of sociodemographic and illness-related determinants …