Wayne Putnam

Evidence-based cardiovascular care in the community: A population-based cross-sectional study (2004)

Putnam, Wayne, Burge, Frederick I, Lawson, Beverley, Cox, Jafna L, Sketris, Ingrid, Flowerdew, Gordon, ...

Abstract Background Ischaemic heart disease and congestive heart failure are common and important conditions in family practice. Effective treatments may be underutilized, particularly in women and...

Group interviews in primary care research: advancing the state of the art or ritualized research? (2002)

Twohig, Peter L, Putnam, Wayne

Background. Focus groups have become an important data gathering technique in primary care research. Objectives. This study provides an integrated review of recent articles that used focus groups as...

Evidence-based cardiovascular care. Family physicians' views of obstacles and opportunities.

Putnam, Wayne, Twohig, Peter L., Burge, Frederick I., Jackson, Lois A., Cox, Jafna L.

OBJECTIVE: To explore obstacles to and opportunities for applying specific lifestyle and pharmacologic recommendations on chronic ischemic heart disease. DESIGN: Qualitative study. SETTING: Rural,...

Managing osteoarthritis. Medication use among seniors in the community.

Lawson, Beverley, Putnam, Wayne, Nicol, Kelly, Archibald, Greg, Mackillop, Jim, Conter, Howard, ...

OBJECTIVE: To determine what types of medication seniors in the community were using to manage osteoarthritis (OA). DESIGN: Mailed self-administered survey. SETTING: Three family medicine community...

Anticoagulation in atrial fibrillation. Is there a gap in care for ambulatory patients?

Putnam, Wayne, Nicol, Kelly, Anderson, David, Brownell, Brenda, Chiasson, Meredith, Burge, Frederick I., ...

OBJECTIVE: Atrial fibrillation (AF) substantially increases risk of stroke. Evidence suggests that anticoagulation to reduce risk is underused (a "care gap"). Our objectives were to clarify measures...