Patients’ action during their cardiac event: qualitative study exploring differences and modifiable factors

Objectives: To explore the circumstances and factors that explain variations in response to a cardiac event and to identify potentially modifiable factors.

Randomised controlled trial of the READER method of critical appraisal in general practice

Objective: To evaluate the READER model for critical reading by comparing it with a free appraisal, and to explore what factors influence different components of the model.

Outcome of low back pain in general practice: a prospective study

Objectives: To investigate the claim that 90% of episodes of low back pain that present to general practice have resolved within one month.

Diabetes care in general practice: meta-analysis of randomised control trials

Objective: To assess the effectiveness of care in general practice for people with diabetes.

Comparison of potency of inhaled beclomethasone and budesonide in New Zealand: retrospective study of computerised general practice records

Objective To determine whether inhaled budesonide and beclomethasone are equipotent in the treatment of asthma in primary care.