The EGPRN Research Strategy for general practice in Europe

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Figure 1. Theoretical framework for the Research Strategy recommendations. Developed based on previous work [16,17].

Table 1. Bibliographic search summary.^f

	Broad topic areas	Total articles	Clinical trial/RCT	Systematic review/ meta analysis	Observational study/review
Instruments/outcome measures^a	Primary care management Patient-centred care Specific problem-solving competency Comprehensive and holistic approach Community orientation	1,008,543	132,606	30,539	95,330
Education and training^b	Patient education Training methodology Sustainability	45,481	7,623	2,492	6,235
Preferences and perceptions^c	Patient preferences Doctor perceptions Communication/Communication skills Patient involvement Public involvement Shared decision making Self-management Decision support Stakeholder engagement	36,248	5,706	1,993	5,276
Evaluating effectiveness/efficiency^d	Patient-centred approach Comprehensive approach Biopsychosocial care Community orientated healthcare Integrated primary care	21,847	6,614	2,037	4,214
Databases/electronic records^e	Research based on registries	16,443	1,082	4,776	4,546

^aDeveloping and validating instruments and outcome measures for each competency or domain (or components thereof), taking into account their complexity and interactions.

^bDeveloping methods of education and training for components of the different GP/FM competencies and evaluating their effectiveness, including the impact on health care and health outcomes, in the short and long term.

^cStudying patients’ and doctors’ perceptions, perspectives and preferences regarding specific components or aspects of each research domain.

^dEvaluating effectiveness and efficiency of a patient-centred approach, a comprehensive approach, a biopsychosocial care model, and community orientated healthcare (as compared to a biomedical and specialist approach), including different models or management strategies.

^eDeveloping primary care databases as a basic infrastructure for both health care and research, including studying and improving the utility and validity of data from electronic patient records in GP/FM.

^fThe search was conducted in PubMed for the period of 1 January 2010 to 31 December 2019. The full search terms are outlined in the Research Strategy document (see supplementary file) [3]. All searches were restricted to publications with an English language abstract available. Articles from the United States, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Russia, Africa, and South America were excluded. The following terms were applied to all searches: Primary health care OR Family Practice OR General Practice OR Family Physician.

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