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Prevalence and Associations of General Practice Registrars’ Management of Impetigo: A Cross-Sectional Analysis From the Registrar Clinical Encounters in Training (ReCEnT) Study
BACKGROUND: Impetigo is a mild bacterial skin infection of childhood that is usually managed empirically in primary care. OBJECTIVE: To establish the prevalence and associations of impetigo in general practice (GP) registrars’ consultations. METHODS: Cross-sectional analysis of the Registrar Clinica...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7190460/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32363105 http://dx.doi.org/10.5826/dpc.1002a43 |
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author | Gorges, Hilary Heal, Clare van Driel, Mieke Tapley, Amanda Davis, Joshua Davey, Andrew Holliday, Elizabeth Ball, Jean Najib, Nashwa Spike, Neil Fitzgerald, Kristen Magin, Parker |
author_facet | Gorges, Hilary Heal, Clare van Driel, Mieke Tapley, Amanda Davis, Joshua Davey, Andrew Holliday, Elizabeth Ball, Jean Najib, Nashwa Spike, Neil Fitzgerald, Kristen Magin, Parker |
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description | BACKGROUND: Impetigo is a mild bacterial skin infection of childhood that is usually managed empirically in primary care. OBJECTIVE: To establish the prevalence and associations of impetigo in general practice (GP) registrars’ consultations. METHODS: Cross-sectional analysis of the Registrar Clinical Encounters in Training (ReCEnT) study data. RESULTS: Impetigo was managed in 0.24% of problems and 0.43% of consultations. Patient variables associated with impetigo presentations were younger age and impetigo as a new problem, while patients with non–English-speaking backgrounds were less likely to present with impetigo. Associated registrar variables were being new to the registrar and practicing in outer regional/remote locations. Compared with all other problems/diagnoses, impetigo more often involved information seeking, ordering pathology, and prescription of medication, but less often involved follow-up or referral. CONCLUSIONS: Impetigo accounts for 0.43 per 100 GP registrar consultations in Australia. Association with outer regional/remote areas may reflect climate and socioeconomic factors that predispose to impetigo. Associated pathology requests may reflect a lack of confidence in GP registrars’ management of impetigo. Cultural differences may exist regarding health-seeking behavior relating to impetigo. |
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spelling | pubmed-71904602020-05-01 Prevalence and Associations of General Practice Registrars’ Management of Impetigo: A Cross-Sectional Analysis From the Registrar Clinical Encounters in Training (ReCEnT) Study Gorges, Hilary Heal, Clare van Driel, Mieke Tapley, Amanda Davis, Joshua Davey, Andrew Holliday, Elizabeth Ball, Jean Najib, Nashwa Spike, Neil Fitzgerald, Kristen Magin, Parker Dermatol Pract Concept Articles BACKGROUND: Impetigo is a mild bacterial skin infection of childhood that is usually managed empirically in primary care. OBJECTIVE: To establish the prevalence and associations of impetigo in general practice (GP) registrars’ consultations. METHODS: Cross-sectional analysis of the Registrar Clinical Encounters in Training (ReCEnT) study data. RESULTS: Impetigo was managed in 0.24% of problems and 0.43% of consultations. Patient variables associated with impetigo presentations were younger age and impetigo as a new problem, while patients with non–English-speaking backgrounds were less likely to present with impetigo. Associated registrar variables were being new to the registrar and practicing in outer regional/remote locations. Compared with all other problems/diagnoses, impetigo more often involved information seeking, ordering pathology, and prescription of medication, but less often involved follow-up or referral. CONCLUSIONS: Impetigo accounts for 0.43 per 100 GP registrar consultations in Australia. Association with outer regional/remote areas may reflect climate and socioeconomic factors that predispose to impetigo. Associated pathology requests may reflect a lack of confidence in GP registrars’ management of impetigo. Cultural differences may exist regarding health-seeking behavior relating to impetigo. Derm101.com 2020-04-03 /pmc/articles/PMC7190460/ /pubmed/32363105 http://dx.doi.org/10.5826/dpc.1002a43 Text en ©2020 Gorges et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Articles Gorges, Hilary Heal, Clare van Driel, Mieke Tapley, Amanda Davis, Joshua Davey, Andrew Holliday, Elizabeth Ball, Jean Najib, Nashwa Spike, Neil Fitzgerald, Kristen Magin, Parker Prevalence and Associations of General Practice Registrars’ Management of Impetigo: A Cross-Sectional Analysis From the Registrar Clinical Encounters in Training (ReCEnT) Study |
title | Prevalence and Associations of General Practice Registrars’ Management of Impetigo: A Cross-Sectional Analysis From the Registrar Clinical Encounters in Training (ReCEnT) Study |
title_full | Prevalence and Associations of General Practice Registrars’ Management of Impetigo: A Cross-Sectional Analysis From the Registrar Clinical Encounters in Training (ReCEnT) Study |
title_fullStr | Prevalence and Associations of General Practice Registrars’ Management of Impetigo: A Cross-Sectional Analysis From the Registrar Clinical Encounters in Training (ReCEnT) Study |
title_full_unstemmed | Prevalence and Associations of General Practice Registrars’ Management of Impetigo: A Cross-Sectional Analysis From the Registrar Clinical Encounters in Training (ReCEnT) Study |
title_short | Prevalence and Associations of General Practice Registrars’ Management of Impetigo: A Cross-Sectional Analysis From the Registrar Clinical Encounters in Training (ReCEnT) Study |
title_sort | prevalence and associations of general practice registrars’ management of impetigo: a cross-sectional analysis from the registrar clinical encounters in training (recent) study |
topic | Articles |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7190460/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32363105 http://dx.doi.org/10.5826/dpc.1002a43 |
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