Patient-based substudies from BEACH: abstracts and research tools 1999-2006

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General practice series no. 20

Patient-based substudies from BEACH: abstracts and research tools 1999-2006 is the 20th report in the general practice series produced by the Australian General Practice Statistics and Classification Centre, University of Sydney, a collaborating unit of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. This report includes abstracts for, and research tools used, in 104 general practice substudies conducted as part of the BEACH (Bettering the Evaluation and Care of Health) program. BEACH is a continuous national study of general practice activity. Since 1998 over 9,000 GPs have recorded details regarding approximately 900,000 GP-patient encounters on structured paper forms. The substudies are referred to as SAND (Supplementary Analysis of Nominated data). There is a SAND section at the bottom of every encounter form, in which we investigate aspects of patient health or health care delivery not covered by the encounter-based data. We hope that this report will assist GPs and other researchers by providing them with a wide range of tools that have demonstrated acceptability and utility, that are useable in the confines of general practice patient consultations, and which have already been approved by recognised ethics committees.

Authored by Bayram C, Britt H, Henderson J & Miller GC.

Published 25 July 2007; ISBN-13 978 1 74024 704 7; AIHW cat. no. GEP 20; 293pp.; $35.00

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  • Preliminary material (223KB PDF)
    • Half title and verso pages
    • Title and verso pages
    • Foreword
    • Acknowledgments
    • Contents
  • Main report
    1. Introduction (216KB PDF)
      1. Using this publication
      2. Interpreting the prevalence estimates
      3. Background
    2. Methods (159KB PDF)
      1. BEACH
      2. SAND - Supplementary Analysis of Nominated Data
    3. Lessons learnt (180KB PDF)
      1. 1 Rules of thumb in SAND tool design
      2. Methodological issues
    4. SAND substudies conducted continually since April 2000 (283KB PDF)
      1. Body mass index of adults
      2. Body mass index of children
      3. Smoking
      4. Alcohol consumption
      5. Length of consultation
    5. Abstracts and research tools
      • Items 1-10 (708KB PDF)
        1. Allergic rhinitis
        2. Anxiety/stress, consultation time, level of education
        3. Asthma
        4. Cardiovascular disease
        5. Depression
        6. Employment status and workers' compensation claims
        7. Health service utilisation, lifestyle status and chronicity
        8. Hormone replacement therapy (HRT)
        9. Influenza and absenteeism
        10. Length of consultation; after-hours arrangements; co-morbidity
      • Items 11-20 (740KB PDF)
        1. Patient employment status and occupation
        2. Smoking & passive smoking in general practice patients
        3. Perceived stress
        4. Co-medications
        5. Lipid lowering medication
        6. Effect of day and time of GP visit on billing method
        7. Private prescription products
        8. Drugs for the treatment of peptic ulcer and reflux
        9. Osteoporosis
        10. Screening and management of blood cholesterol
      • Items 21-30 (792KB PDF)
        1. Diabetes - prevalence, management and screening
        2. Asthma - prevalence, severity and management
        3. Depression
        4. Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD) in general practice patients
        5. Prevalence of diabetes, medications and control
        6. Prevalence of diagnosed hypertension and difficulties in treatment
        7. Prevalence and management of influenza
        8. Prevalence of Alzheimer's disease and dementia
        9. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and acid suppressant use
        10. Lipid lowering medications and coronary heart disease
      • Items 31-40 (703KB PDF)
        1. Prevalence and severity of chronic heart failure
        2. Patient use of after-hours medical services
        3. Prevalence and management of cardiovascular risk factors
        4. Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD)
        5. Smoking status of adults and their attempts to quit
        6. Patient use of complementary therapies
        7. Prevalence of common morbidities in patients encountered ingeneral practice
        8. Prevalence of chronic heart failure, management and control
        9. Severity of asthma, medications and management
        10. Type 2 diabetes mellitus, prevalence and management
      • Items 41-50 (696KB PDF)
        1. Time of visit and billing status
        2. Prevalence and management of chronic pain
        3. Initiation and purpose of pathology orders
        4. Severity of illness
        5. Diabetes mellitus prevalence, management and risk factors
        6. Coronary heart disease, risk factors and lipid lowering medication
        7. Management of depression and anxiety
        8. Asthma prevalence and management
        9. Health status and management of patients on non-steroidal anti-inflammatorydrugs
        10. ---
      • Items 51-60 (811KB PDF)
        1. Use of proton pump inhibitors for gastrointestinal problems
        2. Language and cultural background of patients
        3. Smoking status of adults and their attempts to quit
        4. Secondary prevention of heart attack or stroke
        5. Patient weight, perception of weight and weight loss
        6. Prevalence, cause and severity of adverse pharmacological events
        7. Prevalence and management of chronic heart failure in general practice patients
        8. Lipid lowering medications: patient eligibility under the PBS
        9. Hypertension management and control in general practice patients
        10. Prevalence of GORD and associated proton pump inhibitor use
      • Items 61-70 (882KB PDF)
        1. Prevalence of chronic illnesses identified as National Health Priority Areas among general practice patients
        2. Use of proton pump inhibitors by general practice patients
        3. Asthma - prevalence, management and medication side-effects
        4. Current use of statins by general practice patients
        5. Language and cultural background of general practice patients
        6. Anti-psychotic medication use by general practice patients
        7. Risk factors of patients on lipid lowering medications
        8. Patient weight, perception of weight and weight loss in adults
        9. Patient weight, methods and medications tried for weight loss in adults
        10. Inhaled corticosteroid use for asthma management
      • Items 71-80 (707KB PDF)
        1. Patient BMI, morbidity and medication use in adults
        2. Contraception use among female general practice patients aged 16-44 years
        3. Warfarin use in patients with qualifying morbidity
        4. Smoking and passive smoking in the home
        5. Prevalence, management and investigations for chronic heart failure
        6. Patients with risk factors for metabolic syndrome
        7. Heart failure - underlying causes and medication management
        8. NSAID & acid suppressant use in general practice patients
        9. Hypertension and dyslipidaemia - comorbidity and management in general practice patients
        10. Employment status and workers compensation claims in general practice patients
      • Items 81-90 (820KB PDF)
        1. Prevalence and indications for gabapentin use by patients attending general practice
        2. Prevalence and management of chronic pain
        3. Prevalence and management of migraine
        4. Menopausal status, symptoms and treatment of women aged 18 and over
        5. Management of osteoporotic fractures in general practice patients
        6. Diabetes Types 1 and 2 and coronary heart disease
        7. Management of cardiovascular or diabetes related conditions
        8. Arthritis rates and NSAID use in general practice patients
        9. Estimates of the prevalence of chronic illnesses identified as Health Priority Areas among patients attending general practice
        10. Prevalence, management and investigations for chronic heart failure in general
      • Items 91-100 (972KB PDF)
        1. Prevalence and management of gastrointestinal symptoms
        2. Prevalence of metabolic syndrome
        3. Sexual dysfunction - premature ejaculation
        4. Type 2 diabetes - investigations and related conditions
        5. Cultural background of patients attending general practice
        6. Inhaled corticosteroid use for asthma management
        7. Statin medication use among high CHD risk patients attending general practice
        8. Management of hypertension and angina in general practice patients
        9. Lipid management in patients with high risk conditions
        10. Gastrointestinal symptoms in patients attending general practice practice patients
      • Items 101-104 (445KB PDF)
        1. Types of medicine use and patient use of medicines list
        2. Alzheimer's disease or dementia in patients attending general practice
        3. Cardiovascular risk in patients attending general practice
        4. Asthma management and medication use among patients attending general practice
  • End matter (212KB PDF)
    • Reference list
    • Glossary
    • Abbreviations
    • Subject bibliography

Notes and corrections

  • 30 July 2007: The acknowledgments (p.vi) has been updated. Previous version: (Full Publication: 7.6M PDF; Part PDF: 15.9M RTF)

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