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