Journal article
GP registrar consultations addressing menopause-related symptoms: A cross-sectional analysis
JM De Giovanni, A Tapley, PL Druce, AR Davey, ML Van Driel, KM Henderson, NF Catzikiris, KJ Mulquiney, S Morgan, NA Spike, RH Kerr, PJ Magin
Menopause | LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS | Published : 2018
Abstract
Objective: To investigate the prevalence and associations of general practitioner registrars' (trainees') management of women with menopause-related symptoms. Methods: A cross-sectional analysis from the Registrar Clinical Encounters in Training (ReCEnT) cohort study. In ReCEnT registrars collected data of 60 consecutive consultations on three occasions during training. The outcome factor was menopause-related problems/diagnoses (compared with other problems/diagnoses). Associations of registrar, patient, practice, and consultation-independent variables were assessed by univariate and multivariable logistic regression. Results: In all, 1,333 registrars conducted 189,774 consultations involvi..
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Funding Acknowledgements
During the data collection period 2010 to 2015, funding of the ReCEnT study was by the participating educational organizations: General Practice Training Valley to Coast, the Victorian Metropolitan Alliance, General Practice Training Tasmania, Tropical Medicine Training, and Adelaide to Outback GP Training Program. These organizations were funded by the Australian Department of Health. Since 2016, the ReCEnT study is funded by an Australian Commonwealth Department of Health Commissioned Research Grant, and supported by GP Synergy, the general practice Regional Training Organization for New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory. GP Synergy is funded by the Australian Department of Health. The particular study reported in this manuscript was supported by Ms De Giovanni's GP Synergy Medical Student Research Scholarship.