ArticleBMJ open2022
Usual source of primary care and preventive care measures in the COVID-19 pandemic: a nationwide cross-sectional study in Japan.
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- Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on utilization of mental health services among children and adolescents using an interrupted time series analysis.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Patient perceived service quality profiles of primary health care associated with usual source of care: a latent profile analysis.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- Primary health care in practice: usual source of care and health system performance across 14 countries.The Lancet. Global health · 2024Review
- Factors associated with the status of usual source of care during the COVID-19 pandemic: a nationwide survey in Japan.BMC primary care · 2023Article
- The relationship between having a usual source of primary care and COVID-19 parental vaccine hesitancy: A nationwide survey among Japanese mothers.Journal of general and family medicine · 2023Article
- Association between family caregivers' primary care experience when they report as patients and their stress related to caregiving: A pilot cross-sectional study.Journal of general and family medicine · 2023Article
- Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Utilization of Inpatient Mental Health Services in Shanghai, China.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Patient experience of residents with restricted primary care access during the COVID-19 pandemic.Family medicine and community health · 2022Article
- Impact of Primary Care Attributes on Hospitalization During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Nationwide Prospective Cohort Study in Japan.Annals of family medicineArticle
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Abstract
objectivesTo assess multiple preventive care measures and to examine their associations with having a usual source of primary care and primary care performance during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan.
designNationwide cross-sectional study.
settingJapanese general adult population.
participants1757 adult residents. PRIMARY OUTCOME MEASURES: Fourteen preventive care measures aggregated the overall screening, immunisation and counselling composites.
resultsDepression screening, zoster vaccination and tetanus vaccination had low implementation rates even among participants with a usual source of primary care. After adjustment for possible confounders, having a usual source of primary care was positively associated with all preventive care composites. Primary care performance assessed by the Japanese version of Primary Care Assessment Tool Short Form was also dose dependently associated with an increase in all composites. Results of the sensitivity analyses using a different calculation of preventive care composite were similar to those of the primary analyses.
conclusionsReceipt of primary care, particularly high-quality primary care, contributed to increased preventive care utilisation even during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the rate of mental health screening in primary care was at a very low level. Therefore, addressing mental health issues should be a major challenge for primary care providers during and after the pandemic.
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