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2025 Publications Involving College Staff

Audit Report Chronic disease management in Irish General Practice (2019 vs 2024): A retrospective audit of public and private patient records Audit Report Public vs Private Patient Monitoring in General Practice: A Comparative Audit Petriček G, Klemenc-Ketiš Z, Ožvačić Adžić Z, Cerovečki V, Willems S, Tsimtsiou Z, Zelko E, Collins C, Hoffmann K, Eide TB, Ares Blanco S, Frese T, Lingner H, Assenova R, Torzsa P, Seifert B, Ungan M, Bayen S, Windak A, Azeredo J, Stavrikj K, Kreitmayer S, Kostić M, Busneag IC, Koskela T, Serafini A, Butterworth J, Zwart DLM, González-Lama J, Vuletić G, Van Poel E, Tušek Bunc K, Tuz C, Mevsim V, Seifert M, Dahli M, Hrabač P, Hanževački M, Rakić Matić J, Tomičić M, Rađa M, Heleno B, Studzinski K, Becze Á, Megallón-Botaya R, Rogers HL, Brütting C, Kafadar D, Lerma Irureta D, Fornacciari D, Nessler K, Soleski K, Méndez-López F, Çöme O, Ahmad A, Petek D. European general practitioners' attitudes towards person-centred care and factors that influence its implementation in everyday practice: The protocol of the cross-sectional PACE GP/FP study in 24 European countries. Eur J Gen Pract. 2025 Dec;31(1):2463630. doi: 10.1080/13814788.2025.2463630. Epub 2025 Feb 26. Wolters F, Peerdeman K, Gussekloo J, Adler L, Asenova R, Kánská PB, Collins C, Dumitra GG, Howick J, Peštic SK, Kurpas D, Lazic V, Lingner H, Mallen CD, Missiou A, Peremans L, Petrazzuoli F, Pilv-Toom L, Poortvliet RKE, Thulesius HO, Torzsa P, Tsopra R, Tkachenko V, Viegas R, Evers AWM, Streit S. Prescriptions of Essentially Placebo Treatments Among General Practitioners in 21 Countries. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Sep 2;8(9):e2532672. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.32672. Odunlami WO, Li E, Greenfield G, Kerr G, El-Osta A, Tsopra R, Lingner H, Memarian E, Hoffman R, Nessler K, Jimenez G, Collins C, Petek D, Clavería A, Fernández MJ, Gusso G, Ungan M, Irving G, Laranjo L, Ghafur S, Fontana G, Car J, Hayhoe B, Majeed A, Neves AL. Factors influencing primary care physicians recommending patients to use digital health technologies for self-management: A cross-sectional study across 20 countries. Eur J Gen Pract. 2025 Dec;31(1):2555819. doi: 10.1080/13814788.2025.2555819. Epub 2025 Sep 15. PMID: 40948455. Vornhagen H, Garzón-Orjuela N, Stasiewicz K, Garcia Pereira A, Parveen S, Porwol L, Collins C, Blake C, Vellinga A. Action design research to develop an interactive dashboard to visualise and compare patient data from Irish general practice (CARA). BMJ Open. 2025 Sep 4;15(9):e086677. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-086677. PMID: 40908019; PMCID: PMC12414190. Mekonnen T, Staniford L, Connell S, Das-Gupta Z, DeSilva U, Saoud Y, Miller I, Mohan M, Nienhuijs S, Poddar M, Deshmukh VC, Conradie-Smit M, Teoh SH, Sockalingam S, Huvinen E, Sbraccia P, Liem R, Vallis M, Clare K, Zvenyach T, Coulman K, Ackermann MA, Vázquez-Velázquez V, Contreras YP, Vidal J, Urudinachi A, Tejeda-Muñoz MF, Patton I, Samuels TA, Gabriel Salmon Leguede ME, Rigas G, Salas XR, Crotty M, Halpern B, Bessesen D, Pizzi L, Al Hajeri OM, Sharma AM. Development of a core patient-centred outcome set for adults living with obesity: a modified delphi-based international consensus. EClinicalMedicine. 2025 Aug 20;87:103422. doi: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2025.103422. PMID: 40896463; PMCID: PMC12396397. Quinlan D, Sahm L, O'Keeffe L, Santer M, Layton AM, Foley T. Competencies and clinical guidelines for managing acne with isotretinoin in general practice: a scoping review. Br J Gen Pract. 2025 Aug 28;75(758):e597-e606. doi: 10.3399/BJGP.2025.0135. PMID: 40562445. Farrell A, McCarthy A, Tobin R, Bowen E, Russell A, Jennings A. Why do patients attend out-of-hours GP services in Ireland? Ir J Med Sci. 2025 Aug 19. doi: 10.1007/s11845-025-04071-7. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40828217. O'Neill A, Dhalaigh FN, Foley T, Daly O, Martin M, McHugh H, Jennings AA. How do General Practice trainees experience the transition from hospital to General Practice: a qualitative study. Educ Prim Care. 2025 Jul 7:1-11. doi: 10.1080/14739879.2025.2515927. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40622105. Kirk, U.B., Pellin, M.d.C.G., Hoffmann, K. et al. Trends in the use of video consultation in general practice during COVID-19: impact of practice and country characteristics based on the international, cross-sectional PRICOV-19 study. BMC Prim. Care 26, 205 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-025-02892-0 Garzón-Orjuela N, Roche K, Vornhagen H, Moran A, Walkin S, Cullen W, Blake C, Vellinga A. Setting targets for antibiotic use in general practice in Europe: A scoping review. Eur J Gen Pract. 2024 Dec;30(1):2430507. doi: 10.1080/13814788.2024.2430507. Epub 2024 Nov 28. Ravichandran N, Dillon E, McCombe G, Sietins E, Broughan J, O' Connor K, Gulati G, Frawley T, Kelly BD, Guérandel A, Osborne B, Cullen W. Prevalence of Mental Health Disorders in General Practice from 2014 to 2024: A literature review and discussion paper. Ir J Psychol Med. 2025 May 30:1-8. doi: 10.1017/ipm.2025.24. Linnane S, Mullarkey S, Kyne E, Healy M, Fallon J, Sharma S, Hannigan A, O'Regan A, O'Connor R. Does pay for performance promote inverse inequality in chronic disease management? Fam Pract. 2025 Apr 12;42(3):cmaf025. doi: 10.1093/fampra/cmaf025. Kerr G, Greenfield G, Li E, Beaney T, Hayhoe BWJ, Car J, Clavería A, Collins C, Gusso G, Hoffman RD, Jimenez G, Koskela TH, Laranjo L, Lingner H, Memarian E, Nessler K, Petek D, Tsopra R, Majeed A, Neves AL. Factors Associated With the Availability of Virtual Consultations in Primary Care Across 20 Countries: Cross-Sectional Study. J Med Internet Res. 2025 Mar 19;27:e65147. doi: 10.2196/65147. PMID: 40105882. Matthews C, Beecham GB, Khan M, Judge G, Afrasinei M, McCormack M, Hanley K. Exploring experiences of less-than-full-time postgraduate medical training in Ireland and options for future improvement: a qualitative study. BMJ Open. 2025 Feb 18;15(2):e093744. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-093744. PMID: 39965951; PMCID: PMC11836810. Keenan I, Stanley F, Homeniuk R, Gallagher J, O’Callaghan M, Collins C, Exploring Sex-Based Differences in Patient Outcomes: A Secondary Analysis of Heartwatch, an Irish Cardiovascular Secondary Prevention Programme, International Journal of Cardiology Cardiovascular Risk and Prevention,2025, 200376, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcrp.2025.200376. Lunova T, Kirk UB, Greenfield G, Rochfort A, Darzi A, Neves AL. Patient safety indicators for virtual consultations in primary care: A systematic review protocol. PLoS One. 2025 Jan 9;20(1):e0313639. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0313639. PMID: 39787093; PMCID: PMC11717205. Moodie P, Roskvist RP, Arnold J, Quinlin D, Arroll B. Widening access to isotretinoin in primary care: an evaluation of New Zealand national dispensing data for isotretinoin for acne, 2008-2023. BMJ Open. 2025 Jan 28;15(1):e093572. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-093572. PMID: 39880418; PMCID: PMC11781095.