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Current Projects

  1. The PIPE Study
    Family Physicians' Informal Payment Central and Eastern Europe.
    A study on opinions of family physicians on informal payment (gratuity)- Central and Eastern European. Gratuity is a general term for any benefit the healthcare worker gets from the patient in turn to provide healthcare services that are otherwise fully reimbursed by the national health funds.
    Gratuity is a known phenomenon in the healthcare systems of a number of countries. (Ádám 1989; Lewis 2007) It is a particular characteristics of the former Eastern Block states, but is also present in African, South-American and some Asian healthcare systems and is also a live practice in Turkey, Greece and Italy. (Kankeu 2016; Souliotis 2016, Stepurko 2015; Tambor 2013; Stepurko 2010).
     
  2. The Örenäs Study.
    What are the most important ways of improving the early detection of cancer in primary care? A mixed methods study.
    The study design uses data from the Group’s existing 20-country survey that analyses the decision-making and reasoning of 1,833 GPs when faced with patient vignettes (cases where the patients could have early cancer). The three Work Packages include quantitative and thematic analyses, as well a consensus formation from a Delphi study. The focus is on analysing our data on health system factors affect GP/PCP decision-making and cancer survival rates, and using that to generate an evidence-based plan for improving early detection of cancer in primary care.
     
  3. The LESS Study
    S. Streit et al.
    Deprescribing is the process to stop or reduce medication in patients with polypharmacy to reduce inappropriate medication. Implementation to deprescribe in GP practice has been shown not to be trivial, since there are barriers for GPs and patients. In the LESS study, we present cases with oldest-old patients that differ in their level of dependency. We are interested in if and how GPs in Europe and beyond deprescribe and which factors they consider when deprescribing. The LESS Study is a cross-sectional survey study running in >30 countries that builds on previous studies on treating hypertension (ATTENTIVE) and stop statins (STATTENTIVE) in oldest-old.
     
  4. The ABC of family medicine research Study. An action research model for an EGPRN-supported international training course for early career family doctor researchers
    P. Kolesnyk , M. Harris, P. Torzsa, P. Bomberová Kánská
     
  5. The IMOCAFV Study. Improving Opportunities for Primary Care and Advocacy for Family Violence
    L. Pas, A. Claveria, C. Fernandez Alonso, S. Ares Blanco, R. Gomez Bravo, N. Kopcavar, J. Kenkre, Z. Azeredo, P. Franck, J. Usta
     
  6. Quality of care and patient safety in general practices in times of a pandemic
    Z. Klemenc Ketiš, S. Willems, P. vanden Bussche, W. Vantieghem, E. Van Poel
     
  7. Impact of COVID-19 on the Adoption of Digital-First Models in Primary Care
    A.L. Neves et al.
     
  8. What are the views of people without a healthcare qualification on COVID-19 vaccination in Europe? (PuV-CoVa Group)
    M. Harris, M. Zafirovska, A. Zafirovska, J. Danilenko, K. Coteur, L. Ramasaco, V. Lazić, C. Brütting, N. Buono
     
  9. European general practitioners attitudes towards person-centered care and factors that influence its implementation in everyday practice
    G. Petricek, K. Hoffmann, S. Willems, R. Assenova, Z. Ožvačić Adžić, V. Cerovečki, M. Hanževački, J. Rakić Matić, G. Vuletić, M. Tomičić, M. Rađa, B. Seifert, S. Bayen, T. Frese, Z. Tsimtsiou, P. Torzsa, C. Collins, D. Zwart, K. Stavrić, K. Soleski, M. Mihajlova, F. Lokvenec, T. Bjerve Eide, K. Lessner, B. Heleno, I-C. Busneag, M. Kostić, Z. Klemenc Ketiš, E. Zelko, S. Ares Blanco, J. González-Lama, R. Magallón, S. Streit, A. Gouveia, V. Mevsim, C. Tuz
     
  10. Learning Healthcare System (LHS) project
    Main applicant:Jean Karl Soler
     
  11. Primary Health Care data on COVID-19 Pandemic in Europe (PHC-Eurodata-Covid19)
    Main applicant:Sara Ares Blanco, raquel Gomez Bravo
    Participants/Investigators: M. Pilar Astier Peña, M. Guisado Clavero, K. Hoffmann, S. Willems, R. Assenova, G. Petricek, V. Trifon Karathanos, B. Seifert, S. Bayen, H. Lingner, P.R. Richard J. Domeyer, P. Torzsa, L. Adler, F. Petrazzuoli, A. Serafini, L. Kozlovska, G. Ticmane, S. Feldmane, M. Liubovė, J.K. Soler, Katarzyna Lessner, A. L Neves, B. Heleno, C. Busneag, D. Petek, M. van den Muijsenbergh, C. Tuz Yilmaz, О. Ільков, R. Gómez Bravo.
     
  12. What is the prevalence of anxiety and depression in internally and externally displaced Ukrainian refugees? A European survey.

    Main applicant: Nataliia Ponzel
    Participants/Investigators: O.Ilkov, I. Gefael, J. Blumfelds, M. Harris, A. Claveria, A. Aguilar Latorre, S.Vinker, L.Adler, R.Hoffman, M. Zafirovska, A. Zafirovski, P.R. Domeyer

  13. Personality Type and their clinical diagnosis. A cross sectional survey. GP Personality Type study.
    Main applicant: Ileana Gefaell
    S. Ares Blanco, M.Guisado Clavero, L. Calvo García, M. Castelo Jurado, M. Soledad Kassem, A. Peñalver Andrada, L.Ramos del Río, M.Pérez Álvarez, A.C. San Martín, L.Adler, A.Kamienska, Z.Lakó-Futó,     Aleksandar Zafirovski, Maria Bakola, E.Jelastopulu, M.Zafirovska, L.M. Santiago, J.Sousa, C.Santos, Carla Gouveia, A.L. Baptista, C. Silva, T.M.Fernandes Moinhos, D. Kafadar, J. Blumfelds

  14. Cancer Screening in Europe and the role of Primary Care Physicians (CaSEPriCaP) Study
    Main applicant: Michale Harris
    Participants/Investigators: A. Puia, D.I.Papageorgiou, E.Smyrnakis, I.Skuja, H.Thulesius, K.Buczkowski, R.Hoffman, M. Petek Šter, M.Zafirovska, M. Marzo-Castillejo, N.Buono, Z.Ožvačić Adžić

  15. Recipes for successful approaches to social prescribing in primary care: A Delphi study on best practices in Europe
    Main applicant: Ferdinando Petrazzuoli
    Participants/Investigators: N.Mrduljaš - Đujić , D.Kurpas,     J.J.Pierre, K.Javorska, W.Herrmann, M Dolan, J.Robins, P.Ouvrard, J.Kenkre, T.Kloppe, J.M.Mendive, C.L. Fando, J.Randall-Smith, S.Evers, J. Vidal-Alaball

  16. What are the effects of open-label placebo in managing major depressive disorder? A randomised controlled trial.
    Main applicant: Andrii Kolesnyk
    Participants/Investigators: M. Harris, P. Kolesnyk, H. Thulesius, O. Devinyak

  17. Perspectives of the impact of primary health care on the climate in Europe: A collaborative study on environmental Sustainability
    Main applicant: Paul van Royen
    Participants/Investigators: L. Peremans, R. Asenova, S. Streit, N. Lopez Ley, M. Bourne, D. Kafadar, A. Fenercioglu, Jens Wilkens, T.Frese

  18. Co-design of a checklist for evaluation and monitoring of the implementation of virtual consultations in Primary Care
    Main applicant: Ana Luisa Neves
    Participants/Investigators: D. Petek, H. Lingner, M. Jose Fernandez, T. Koskela, S. Streit, C. Collins, M. Ungan, R. Asenova, V.Lazic, R. Hoffman,R.G.Bravo, R.Tsopra, A. Serafini, M. Iacob, K.Buczkowski, K.Nessler, M.G.Conde, H. Bastiens, J.Burgers, E. Li, O. Lounsbury, G.Gusso, G. Irving, M. Ensieh, L. Laranjo, K. Thompson, G. Jimenez, E. Surafal, N.K. Ayisi-Boateng, M.Wanjala

  19. Evaluation of different aspects of hypertension care in the mirror of time needed to treat: how clinicians prioritize?”
    Main applicant: János Nemcsik
    Participants/Investigators: P. Torzsa, M.Johansson, S.Vinker, T.Frese, R.Assenova, A.Stromby, R.de Pinho, J.M.Boivin, F. Albini, E. Rodilla,     M. Doumas, R. Kreutz, T.Weber

  20. Family Medicine (FamM) Training in European Universities (EU) — FaMedEu. Presence and Importance of Family Medicine Education in European Medical Schools”
    Main applicant: Rosa Magallón Botaya
    Participants/Investigators: A. Claveria Fontána, V. Casado Vicente, S. Aldecoa, D. Lerma, G. Viguera, Y. Ortega, K. Suija, P. Topsever, D.Kafadar, C.Lionis, A.Harding, G.Petriček, L. Schürmann

  21. The EGPRN Grant Funding Approval for the “Clinicians’ perspectives on routine screening for intimate partner violence during antenatal care. A European qualitative study”
    Main applicant: Sherihane Bensemmane, Husna Sarica Cevik
    Participants/Investigators: M. Harris, E.Pasdeloup, M. Depraz, R.G.Bravo, E. Sanchez-Gamborino-Del-Río, I. Gefaell-Larrondo,

  22. Prescriptions of long-term beta blockers after myocardial infarction in European primary care settings (PRACTITIONER study) – a case vignette study
    Main applicant: Sven Streit, Martina Zangger
    M.Seifert, D. Taraj, Patrick Erber, E. Zelko, M. Moussa, O. Batic-Mujanovic, R. Asenova, V. Lazic, T. Koskela, C. Brütting, P. Torzsa, A. Jennings, L. Adler, L. Bracchitta, J. Danilenko, T. R. Johannessen, C. Viegas Dias, I.Gefaell Larrondo, S. Mannheimer, O. Ilkov, K. Buczkowski, D.Kurpas