British Journal of General Practice

Article	Citations
Implementation of remote consulting in UK primary care following the COVID-19 pandemic: a mixed-methods longitudinal study	271
Impact of COVID-19 on loneliness, mental health, and health service utilisation: a prospective cohort study of older adults with multimorbidity in primary care	270
Primary medical care continuity and patient mortality: a systematic review	116
Impact of multimorbidity on healthcare costs and utilisation: a systematic review of the UK literature	109
Continuity in general practice as predictor of mortality, acute hospitalisation, and use of out-of-hours care: a registry-based observational study in Norway	107
Reorganisation of primary care for older adults during COVID-19: a cross-sectional database study in the UK	103
Impact of COVID-19 on migrants’ access to primary care and implications for vaccine roll-out: a national qualitative study	86
Transformation of primary care during the COVID-19 pandemic: experiences of healthcare professionals in eight European countries	80
Recommendations for the recognition, diagnosis, and management of long COVID: a Delphi study	75
Clinical coding of long COVID in English primary care: a federated analysis of 58 million patient records in situ using OpenSAFELY	75
Trends and clinical characteristics of COVID-19 vaccine recipients: a federated analysis of 57.9 million patients' primary care records in situ using OpenSAFELY	60
GP wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review	57
COVID-19: a danger and an opportunity for the future of general practice	57
Why do GPs rarely do video consultations? qualitative study in UK general practice	50
Understanding the role of GPs’ gut feelings in diagnosing cancer in primary care: a systematic review and meta-analysis of existing evidence	48
Comorbidity in chronic kidney disease: a large cross-sectional study of prevalence in Scottish primary care	48
Excess mortality in the first COVID pandemic peak: cross-sectional analyses of the impact of age, sex, ethnicity, household size, and long-term conditions in people of known SARS-CoV-2 status in Engla	48
Remote primary care consultations for people living with dementia during the COVID-19 pandemic: experiences of people living with dementia and their carers	47
Unintended consequences of online consultations: a qualitative study in UK primary care	42
Antimicrobial stewardship in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic: a population-based cohort study and interrupted time-series analysis	41
Contribution of paramedics in primary and urgent care: a systematic review	38
Five principles for pandemic preparedness: lessons from the Australian COVID-19 primary care response	37
Prevalence of burnout among GPs: a systematic review and meta-analysis	36
Changing media depictions of remote consulting in COVID-19: analysis of UK newspapers	33
Treatment burden for patients with multimorbidity: cross-sectional study with exploration of a single-item measure	31

Primary care consultation length by deprivation and multimorbidity in England: an observational study using electronic patient records	29
Is continuity of primary care declining in England? Practice-level longitudinal study from 2012 to 2017	29
Relational continuity and patients’ perception of GP trust and respect: a qualitative study	29
A wake-up call for preconception health: a clinical review	27
Which patients miss appointments with general practice and the reasons why: a systematic review	27
Continuity of GP care for patients with dementia: impact on prescribing and the health of patients	27
A real-time measurement of general practice workload in the Republic of Ireland: a prospective study	26
Remote by default general practice: must we, should we, dare we?	26
Accuracy of blood-pressure monitors owned by patients with hypertension (ACCU-RATE study): a cross-sectional, observational study in central England	25
OpenSAFELY NHS Service Restoration Observatory 1: primary care clinical activity in England during the first wave of COVID-19	24
Trends in diabetes medication use in Australia, Canada, England, and Scotland: a repeated cross-sectional analysis in primary care	24
Promoting physical activity in primary care: a systematic review and meta-analysis	24
Implementing social prescribing in primary care in areas of high socioeconomic deprivation: process evaluation of the ‘Deep End’ community Links Worker Programme	24
Attitudes of transgender men and non-binary people to cervical screening: a cross-sectional mixed-methods study in the UK	24
Trends in the prescription of drugs used for insomnia: an open-cohort study in Australian general practice, 2011–2018	24
Colchicine for COVID-19 in the community (PRINCIPLE): a randomised, controlled, adaptive platform trial	23
Reduction in face-to-face GP consultations	23
Cancer detection via primary care urgent referral and association with practice characteristics: a retrospective cross-sectional study in England from 2009/2010 to 2018/2019	23
Challenges of safeguarding via remote consulting during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative interview study	23
Integrating primary care and social services for older adults with multimorbidity: a qualitative study	22
Cancer incidence following a high-normal platelet count: cohort study using electronic healthcare records from English primary care	21
Delivering brief physical activity interventions in primary care: a systematic review	19
Engagement with and delivery of the ‘parkrun practice initiative’ in general practice: a mixed methods study	19
GPs’ decisions about prescribing end-of-life anticipatory medications: a qualitative study	19
Psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on primary care workers: a cross-sectional study	19
Bullying during COVID-19: the impact on child and adolescent health	19
The Fast Track FIT study: diagnostic accuracy of faecal immunochemical test for haemoglobin in patients with suspected colorectal cancer	19
Domestic violence during COVID-19: the GP role	18
Postural tachycardia syndrome and long COVID: an update	18
Effectiveness of different post-diagnostic dementia care models delivered by primary care: a systematic review	18
Job stress among GPs: associations with practice organisation in 11 high-income countries	18
Integrating molecular point-of-care testing for influenza into primary care: a mixed-methods feasibility study	18
Impact of severe mental illness on healthcare use and health outcomes for people with type 2 diabetes: a longitudinal observational study in England	18
Natural history of uncomplicated urinary tract infection without antibiotics: a systematic review	17
Long COVID and the importance of the doctor–patient relationship	17
Touch matters: COVID-19, physical examination, and 21st century general practice	17
Unintended consequences of patient online access to health records: a qualitative study in UK primary care	17
Variability in size and characteristics of primary care networks in England: observational study	17
Remote primary care during the COVID-19 pandemic for people experiencing homelessness: a qualitative study	17
Protecting the health of doctors during the COVID-19 pandemic	17
Prostate-specific antigen testing and opportunistic prostate cancer screening: a cohort study in England, 1998–2017	17
Spirometry and FeNO testing for asthma in children in UK primary care: a prospective observational cohort study of feasibility and acceptability	17
Effectiveness and perceptions of using templates in long-term condition reviews: a systematic synthesis of quantitative and qualitative studies	17
Delegating home visits in general practice: a realist review on the impact on GP workload and patient care	16
Changes in patient experience associated with growth and collaboration in general practice: observational study using data from the UK GP Patient Survey	16
Health professionals’ identified barriers to trans health care: a qualitative interview study	16
Uncoded chronic kidney disease in primary care: a cross-sectional study of inequalities and cardiovascular disease risk management	16
Use of methenamine hippurate to prevent urinary tract infections in community adult women: a systematic review and meta-analysis	15
What mechanisms could link GP relational continuity to patient outcomes?	15
Identifying multimorbidity clusters with the highest primary care use: 15 years of evidence from a multi-ethnic metropolitan population	15

Impact of COVID-19 on primary care contacts with children and young people in England: longitudinal trends study 2015–2020	15
Matching depression management to severity prognosis in primary care: results of the Target-D randomised controlled trial	15
Constipation in autistic people and people with learning disabilities	14
Structured medication reviews: origins, implementation, evidence, and prospects	14
Hyperparathyroidism (primary) NICE guideline: diagnosis, assessment, and initial management	14
Influence of polypharmacy on patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: a retrospective analysis on adverse outcomes in the TOPCAT trial	14
Factors affecting the documentation of spoken safety-netting advice in routine GP consultations: a cross-sectional study	14
Collaborative improvement in Scottish GP clusters after the Quality and Outcomes Framework: a qualitative study	14
Primary care workforce composition and population, professional, and system outcomes: a retrospective cross-sectional analysis	14
Estimating lung cancer risk from chest X-ray and symptoms: a prospective cohort study	14
Prevalence of suspected COVID-19 infection in patients from ethnic minority populations: a cross-sectional study in primary care	14
The prevalence of musculoskeletal presentations in general practice: an epidemiological study	14
Prescription of suboptimal statin treatment regimens: a retrospective cohort study of trends and variation in English primary care	14
Identifying how GPs spend their time and the obstacles they face: a mixed-methods study	14
The content and conduct of GP consultations for dermatology problems: a cross-sectional study	14
Identifying opportunities for timely diagnosis of bladder and renal cancer via abnormal blood tests: a longitudinal linked data study	14
Non-speculum sampling approaches for cervical screening in older women: randomised controlled trial	13
Supporting autistic doctors in primary care: challenging the myths and misconceptions	13
Adults with intellectual disabilities and mental health disorders in primary care: a scoping review	13
Revealing the reality of undergraduate GP teaching in UK medical curricula: a cross-sectional questionnaire study	13
Contacts in general practice during the COVID-19 pandemic: a register-based study	13
Socioeconomic differences in help seeking for colorectal cancer symptoms during COVID-19: a UK-wide qualitative interview study	13
Prioritisation of treatment goals among older patients with non-curable cancer: the OPTion randomised controlled trial in Dutch primary care	13
Association of multimorbidity with higher levels of urinary incontinence: a cross-sectional study of 23 089 individuals aged ≥15 years residing in Spain	13
Long-term antidepressant use in general practice: a qualitative study of GPs’ views on discontinuation	13
Chest X-ray sensitivity and lung cancer outcomes: a retrospective observational study	13
Diagnosing community-acquired pneumonia via a smartphone-based algorithm: a prospective cohort study in primary and acute-care consultations	13
Measuring the complexity of general practice consultations: a Delphi and cross-sectional study in English primary care	13
Navigating possible endometriosis in primary care: a qualitative study of GP perspectives	13
Predicting asthma-related crisis events using routine electronic healthcare data: a quantitative database analysis study	12
Prevalence and predictors of potentially inappropriate prescribing in middle-aged adults: a repeated cross-sectional study	12
Diagnosing colorectal cancer in primary care: cohort study in Sweden of qualitative faecal immunochemical tests, haemoglobin levels, and platelet counts	12
NHS Health Checks: an observational study of equity and outcomes 2009–2017	12
CA125 test result, test-to-diagnosis interval, and stage in ovarian cancer at diagnosis: a retrospective cohort study using electronic health records	12
Implementing advance care planning in heart failure: a qualitative study of primary healthcare professionals	12
GPs’ use of gut feelings when assessing cancer risk: a qualitative study in UK primary care	12
Delays in referral from primary care worsen survival for patients with colorectal cancer: a retrospective cohort study	12
Effect of weight loss on cardiometabolic risk: observational analysis of two randomised controlled trials of community weight-loss programmes	12
Identification of barriers to safe opioid prescribing in primary care: a qualitative analysis of field notes collected through academic detailing	11
Behaviour change techniques in personalised care planning for older people: a systematic review	11
Implementation of the National Early Warning Score in UK care homes: a qualitative evaluation	11
Early implementation of the structured medication review in England: a qualitative study	11
COVID-19 vaccination programme: a central role for primary care	11
Experiences of general practice care for self-harm: a qualitative study of young people’s perspectives	11
Microcytosis as a risk marker of cancer in primary care: a cohort study using electronic patient records	11
Factors affecting the decision to investigate older adults with potential cancer symptoms: a systematic review	11
Primary care networks: are they fit for the future?	11
Non-specific symptoms-based pathways for diagnosing less common cancers in primary care: a service evaluation	11
Age, sex, and socioeconomic differences in multimorbidity measured in four ways: UK primary care cross-sectional analysis	11
Supporting patients with long COVID return to work	11
Barriers to postpartum diabetes screening: a qualitative synthesis of clinicians’ views	11
General practice in crisis: stop skinning the cat	11
COVID-19 cumulative mortality rates for frontline healthcare staff in England	10
Predictors for inappropriate proton pump inhibitor use: observational study in primary care	10
Exemplary medical care or Trojan horse? An analysis of the ‘lifestyle medicine’ movement	10
Operational failures and how they influence the work of GPs: a qualitative study in primary care	10
Inequalities in health-related quality of life: repeated cross-sectional study of trends in general practice survey data	10
Oseltamivir for coronavirus illness: post-hoc exploratory analysis of an open-label, pragmatic, randomised controlled trial in European primary care from 2016 to 2018	10
Addressing language as a barrier to healthcare access and quality	10
Inappropriate direct oral anticoagulant prescriptions in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation: cross-sectional analysis of the French CACAO cohort study in primary care	10
Suboptimal prescribing behaviour associated with clinical software design features: a retrospective cohort study in English NHS primary care	10
Out-of-hours services and end-of-life hospital admissions: a complex intervention systematic review and narrative synthesis	10
Addressing the elephant in the room: COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in Black and Asian communities	10
Experience of implementing and delivering group consultations in UK general practice: a qualitative study	10
Socioeconomic status and HRT prescribing: a study of practice-level data in England	10
Neuromuscular exercise for chronic musculoskeletal pain in older people: a randomised controlled trial in primary care in Hong Kong	10
Clinical prediction tools to identify patients at highest risk of myeloma in primary care: a retrospective open cohort study	10
The efficacy of PPE for COVID-19-type respiratory illnesses in primary and community care staff	10
Primary care contacts, continuity, identification of palliative care needs, and hospital use: a population-based cohort study in people dying with dementia	10
Prevalence of cancer risk factors among transgender and gender diverse individuals: a cross-sectional analysis using UK primary care data	10
Supporting patients with female genital mutilation in primary care: a qualitative study exploring the perspectives of GPs’ working in England	10
Withdrawing from SSRI antidepressants: advice for primary care	10
Use of a personalised depression intervention in primary care to prevent anxiety: a secondary study of a cluster randomised trial	9
Pre-diagnostic clinical features and blood tests in patients with colorectal cancer: a retrospective linked-data study	9
How to improve practice by means of the Audit Project Odense method	9
Continuity of care in diverse ethnic groups: a general practice record study in England	9
Development of a modified Cambridge Multimorbidity Score for use with SNOMED CT: an observational English primary care sentinel network study	9
Association of prior lymphopenia with mortality in pneumonia: a cohort study in UK primary care	9
Primary care transformation in Scotland: qualitative evaluation of the views of national senior stakeholders and cluster quality leads	9
GP workforce crisis: what can we do now?	9

Finding meaning in the consultation: introducing the hermeneutic window	9
Potential impact of NICE guidelines on referrals from primary care to nephrology: a primary care database and prospective research study	9
Prevalence of erectile dysfunction in male survivors of cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis of cross-sectional studies	9
Understanding the management of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: a qualitative multiperspective study	9
Resident and early-career family physicians’ focused practice choices in Canada: a qualitative study	9
Opioid reduction for patients with chronic pain in primary care: systematic review	9
Identifying patients at risk of psychosis: a qualitative study of GP views in South West England	9
Predicting the risk of prostate cancer in asymptomatic men: a cohort study to develop and validate a novel algorithm	9
Point-of-care testing for respiratory infections during and after COVID-19	9
Breast pain: assessment, management, and referral criteria	9
Drugs for chronic pain	9
Trends and variation in urgent referrals for suspected cancer 2009/2010–2019/2020	9
Role of locum GPs in antibiotic prescribing and stewardship: a mixed-methods study	9
Multicomponent interventions for enhancing primary care: a systematic review	9
Locum doctor use in English general practice: analysis of routinely collected workforce data 2017–2020	8
Post-bariatric surgery nutritional follow-up in primary care: a population-based cohort study	8
No association between breast pain and breast cancer: a prospective cohort study of 10 830 symptomatic women presenting to a breast cancer diagnostic clinic	8
The tapestry of reflux syndromes: translating new insight into clinical practice	8
Digital health in primary care: risks and recommendations	8
The professional resilience of mid-career GPs in the UK: a qualitative study	8
Accessing primary care and the importance of ‘human fit’: a qualitative participatory case study	8
Medical education and war in Ukraine	8
Role of the prescriber in supporting patients to discontinue benzodiazepines: a qualitative study	8
COVID-19, primary care, and paediatrics: winter is coming	8
Effect of the OPTIMAL programme on self-management of multimorbidity in primary care: a randomised controlled trial	8
Rapid Diagnostic Centres and early cancer diagnosis	8
Strengthening the integration of primary care in pandemic response plans: a qualitative interview study of Canadian family physicians	8
Accuracy of the NICE traffic light system in children presenting to general practice: a retrospective cohort study	8
Recognising and bearing the burden of long COVID-related disability	8
Helping GPs to diagnose children’s cancer	8
National Cancer Diagnosis Audits for England 2018 versus 2014: a comparative analysis	8
Urine collection devices to reduce contamination in urine samples for diagnosis of uncomplicated UTI: a single-blind randomised controlled trial in primary care	8
MULTIPAP Study: Improving healthcare for patients with multimorbidity	8
A crisis of identity: what is the essence of general practice?	8
How parents and children evaluate emollients for childhood eczema: a qualitative study	8
Trends and variation in unsafe prescribing of methotrexate: a cohort study in English NHS primary care	8
Rise in prescribing for anxiety in UK primary care between 2003 and 2018: a population-based cohort study using Clinical Practice Research Datalink	8
Long COVID: supporting people through the quagmire	7
Effect of pre-existing conditions on bladder cancer stage at diagnosis: a cohort study using electronic primary care records in the UK	7
Anxiety problems in children and adolescents: a population-based cohort study on incidence and management in Dutch primary care	7
Managing older people’s perceptions of alcohol-related risk: a qualitative exploration in Northern English primary care	7
Trends and clinical characteristics of COVID-19 vaccine recipients: a federated analysis of 57.9 million patients’ primary care records in situ using OpenSAFELY	7
Chronic non-communicable diseases: a sacrifice on the altar of COVID-19?	7
Still ‘being bothered about Billy’: managing the physical health of people with severe mental illness	7
Effectiveness of preconception interventions in primary care: a systematic review	7
Adverse drug reactions and associated patient characteristics in older community-dwelling adults: a 6-year prospective cohort study	7
Persistently normal blood tests in patients taking methotrexate for RA or azathioprine for IBD: a retrospective cohort study	7
Oral ondansetron for paediatric gastroenteritis in primary care: a randomised controlled trial	7
Provision of services in primary care for type 2 diabetes: a qualitative study with patients, GPs, and nurses in the East of England	7
Emergency admission risk stratification tools in UK primary care: a cross-sectional survey of availability and use	7
Focused action is required to protect ethnic minority populations from COVID-19 post-lockdown	7
Regional lymphadenopathy following COVID-19 vaccination: considerations for primary care management	7
Identifying symptoms associated with diagnosis of pancreatic exocrine and neuroendocrine neoplasms: a nested case-control study of the UK primary care population	7
Supporting families managing childhood eczema: developing and optimising eczema care online using qualitative research	7
Home visits for vulnerable older people: journeys to the ‘Far End’	7
Triage of patients with COVID-19	7
Tackling the complexity of gender bias in primary care	7
Holistic management of symptomatic reflux: rising to the challenge of proton pump inhibitor overuse	7
Long COVID in children: the perspectives of parents and children need to be heard	7
Vaccination roll-out: a time to develop and maintain trust in science and health care	7
Change in glomerular filtration rate over time in the Oxford Renal Cohort Study: observational study	7
Improving pain management in childhood acute otitis media in general practice: a cluster randomised controlled trial of a GP-targeted educational intervention	7
COVID-19: a magnifying glass for gender inequalities in medical research	6
Emotional distress, anxiety, and depression in South Asians with long-term conditions: a qualitative systematic review	6
War in Ukraine: the impacts on child health	6
Primary care of children and young people with asthma during the COVID-19 era	6
Tapering antidepressants: why do tens of thousands turn to Facebook groups for support?	6
Medical treatment for heavy menstrual bleeding in primary care: 10-year data from the ECLIPSE trial	6
GP home visits: essential patient care or disposable relic?	6
parkrun and the promotion of physical activity: insights for primary care clinicians from an online survey	6
Patient-centred innovation for multimorbidity care: a mixed-methods, randomised trial and qualitative study of the patients’ experience	6
Patient–clinician communication research for 21st century health care	6
GPs’ and patients’ views on the value of diagnosing anxiety disorders in primary care: a qualitative interview study	6
Finding meaning in the consultation: working in the hermeneutic window	6
Measuring continuity of care in general practice: a comparison of two methods using routinely collected data	6
The cost of living crisis: how can we tackle fuel poverty and food insecurity in practice?	6
Women in medicine: increasing in number but not regard	6
The difference an end-of-life diagnosis makes: qualitative interviews with providers of community health care for frail older people	6
Liver disease management as routine work in primary care: a qualitative interview study to guide implementation	6
Risk factors for unplanned hospital admission in a specialist homeless general practice population: case–control study to investigate the relationship with tri-morbidity	6
Timing of GP end-of-life recognition in people aged ≥75 years: retrospective cohort study using data from primary healthcare records in England	6
Are more GPs associated with a reduction in emergency hospital admissions? A quantitative study on GP referral in England	6
Managing lower urinary tract symptoms in primary care: qualitative study of GPs’ and patients’ experiences	6
Was enough, and is enough, being done to protect the primary care workforce from COVID-19?	6
Herpes simplex ophthalmia neonatorum: a sight-threatening diagnosis	6
Modernising continuity: a new conceptual framework	6
Orthopaedic corticosteroid injections and risk of acute coronary syndrome: a cohort study	6
Targeted encouragement of GP consultations for possible cancer symptoms: a randomised controlled trial	6
Self-ageism among older rural people	6
Mapping opportunities for the earlier diagnosis of psoriasis in primary care settings in the UK: results from two matched case–control studies	6
Factors influencing symptom appraisal and help-seeking of older adults with possible cancer: a mixed-methods systematic review	6
Finding meaning in the consultation: supporting the hermeneutic window in practice	6
Improving GP registration and access for migrant health	6
Chronic care services and variation between Danish general practices: a nationwide cohort study	6
Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on incidence of long-term conditions in Wales: a population data linkage study using primary and secondary care health records	6