OBJECTIVES Consultation duration has previously been shown to be associated with patient, practitioner and practice characteristics. However, previous studies were conducted outside the UK, considered only small numbers of general practitioner (GP) consultations or focused primarily on practitioner-level characteristics. We aimed to determine the patient-level and practice-level factors associa...

OBJECTIVES To compare user experiences of 8 regional urgent and emergency care systems in the Republic of Ireland, and explore potential avenues for improvement. DESIGN A cross-sectional survey. SETTING Several distinct models of urgent and emergency care operate in Ireland, as system reconfiguration has been implemented in some regions but not others. The Urgent Care System Questionnaire w...

OBJECTIVE To identify practice strategies associated with higher flu vaccination rates in primary care. DESIGN Logistic regression analysis of data from a cross-sectional online questionnaire. SETTING 795 general practices across England. PARTICIPANTS 569 practice managers, 335 nursing staff and 107 general practitioners. PRIMARY OUTCOME MEASURES Flu vaccination rates achieved by each p...

OBJECTIVE To describe the effect of physicians' dress on patient confidence and trust. DESIGN A prospective crossover trial involving physicians dressed in "respectable" versus "retro" attire. SETTING A general medicine ward at a tertiary hospital. PARTICIPANTS 12 male general physicians and 1680 patients. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Patient trust and confidence as measured by a questionnaire...

In this study, we investigated the status of researching drug information online, and the type of Internet user who uses anonymous Web communities and websites. A Web-based cross-sectional survey of 10875 male and female Internet users aged 16 and over was conducted in March 2010. Of 10282 analyzed respondents, excluding medical professionals, about 47% reported that they had previously searche...

Politeness issues in virtual commercial contexts received rare attention from both practitioners and researchers. This work developed an instrument for gauging degree of politeness in online retailers’ storefronts. The instrument’s reliability and validity were confirmed through empirical data analysis. A second-order confirmatory factor analysis revealed that online consumers' tendency in payi...

OBJECTIVES To determine exposure to violence by a partner or spouse among women attending general practice and its association with respondents' demographic and personal characteristics; frequency of inquiry about violence by general practitioners; and women's views on routine questioning about domestic violence by general practitioners. DESIGN Cross sectional, self administered, anonymous su...

in this study, b12n12 nano ring has been selected because it consist of four 6-side rings and polar bonds b-n which in comparison with non-polar bonds c-c, is more suitable for the study of the absorption of other compounds. so reactivity and stability of benzene alone and in the presence b12n12 nano ring field checked. to determine the non-bonded interaction energies between benzene and b12n12...

A cross-sectional survey was conducted to look at different aspects of dermatology residency programmes in Saudi Arabia from the residents' perspective. Self-administered questionnaires about future plans, academic activities, examinations, training, workload, surgical procedures, residents' rights and satisfaction were distributed to all 27 residents in all training centres during March-May 20...