Table Of ContentFamily Practice Research Journal
Volume 11, Number 1 March 1991
EDITORIALS
Panic Disorder in Primary Care Settings: Research Agenda for the ’90s
David A. Katerndahl, M.D., M.A.
Computer Literature Searching—Will Docs Byte?
Gary N. Fox, M.D.
Notes from an ASPN Practitioner
Mary Jo Jacobs, M.D.
Measuring Family
Frank deGruy, M.D., M.S.F.M., and Perry Dickinson, M.D.
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Self-Report Family Assessment Instruments: An Evaluative Review
John G. Halvorsen, M.D., M.S.
ARTICLES
The Cytobrush Effect on Pap Smear Adequacy
Barbara Davey-Sullivan, B.S., Judith Gearhart, M.D.,
Carl G. Evers, M.D., Zelma Cason, B.S., §.C.T. (ASCP),
and William H. Replogle, Ph.D.
Social Stressors, Social Supports, and Self-Esteem
as Predictors of Morbidity in Adults with Chronic Lung Disease
Robert L. Blake, Jr., M.D.
Acute Bronchitis in Children: Building a Clinical Definition
Daniel C. Vinson, M.D., M.S.P.H.
Computerized Literature Searching in
a Teaching Family Practice Center
Marjorie A. Bowman, M.D., Timothy E. Poe, Pharm. D.,
Stephen W. Davis, M.A., Mark B. Dignan, Ph.D.,
and Janine S. Tillett, M.S.L.S.
Patients’ Willingness to Discuss Phobic Avoidance Symptoms
David A. Katerndahl, M.D., M.A.
Changes in the Characteristics of
Myocardial Infarction Patients: 1980 vs 1988
Martin Urberg, M.D., Ph.D., Maria Victoria Cano, M.P.H.,
and Dana Yuzon, B.S.
Does a Behavioral Science Rotation Change Residents’
Self-Assessed Psychosocial Attitudes and Behavior?
Johanna Shapiro, Ph.D.
RESEARCH NEWS
Family Practice Research Journal
Volume 11, Number 2 June 1991
EDITOR’S NOTE 123
EDITORIALS
Communicating in Numbers: Speaking the Statistical Language 125
David A. Katerndahl, M.D., M.A.
Effecting Health Maintenance
Thomas E. Kottke, M.D., M.S.P.H.
Reliability of Pap Smear Reports
Mack T. Ruffin IV, M.D., M.P.H.
ARTICLES
Physician Follow-Up of a Community Cholesterol-Screening Project
David Kass, M.T., and John Hickner, M.D.
Sacroiliac Subluxation: A Common, Treatable Cause
of Low-Back Pain in Pregnancy
Jeffrey M. Daly, Paul §. Frame, M.D., and Paul A. Rapoza, M.D.
Family Physicians’ Attitudes about Dietary Advice
Roger H. Secker-Walker, M.D., F.R.C.P..,
Ardythe L. Morrow, M.Sc., Marcie-jo Kresnow, M.S.,
Brian §. Flynn, Sc.D., and Louis I. Hochheiser, M.D.
Laboratory Differences in Cervical Cytology
Carolyn Rutledge, R.N., M.S.,
Raymond V. van Wolkenten, M.D., Ph.D., and
Jeffrey §. Levin, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Aspirin in Transient Ischemic Attacks
and Minor Stroke: A Meta-Analysis
Sylvie J. Stachenko, M.D., S.M., Gina Bravo, Ph.D..,
Robert Cété, M.D., Jean Boucher, M.Sc., and
Renaldo N. Battista, M.D., Sc.D.
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation of Measles
Immunization Strategies on a College Campus
Deborah Matchar Shlian, M.D., M.B.A.,. David Matchar, M.D.,
F.A.C.P., and Gregory B. Seymann, B.S.
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA)
Bacteriuria in Nursing-Home Residents
Patrick P. Coll, M.D., and Patrick J. O'Connor, M.D.
Attitudes of Family Practice Residents
about Speech-Language-Hearing Referrals
Julie W. Scherz, Ph.D., Ken J. Kallail, Ph.D.,
and Harold T. Edwards, Ph.D.
Gonorrhea Care in a Clinic for Low-Income Patients
Richard I. Haddy, M.D., Joan D. Chopik, M.D..,
and Robert J. Epting, Ph.D.
RESEARCH NEWS
Family Practice Research Journal
Volume 11, Number 3 September 1991
EDITORIALS
High Tech Is Most Effective When Blended
with High Touch and Vice Versa:
Office Technology in the 21st Century
Wm. MacMillan Rodney, M.D.
Cholesterol: Truth in Labeling
Gary N. Fox, M.D.
Chasing the Medical Literature
Jeffrey G. Jones, M.D., M.P.H.
Emotional Health in Nursing-Home Patients
Francis A. Salerno, M.D.
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
The Family Stress and Support Inventory (FSSI)
John G. Halvorsen, M.D., M.S.
CASE STUDY
Hyperemesis Gravidarum: A Case Report Suggesting
New Concepts and Research Needs
Neal F. Devitt, M.D.
ARTICLES
Experience with Colposcopy in a Family Practice Center
W. Douglas Everett, M.D., M.P.H.; Paul Solomon, M.D.;
and Lynda Wheeler, R.N.
Do Public Cholesterol Screenings Realty Screen?
Patrick E. McBride, M.D., M.P.H.; Joanne Leovy, M.D.;
Robert Houska, M.D.; J.E. Greene, M.D.; and Dan Meyer, Ph.D.
Utilization of MEDFILE—A Preprinted
Medical Literature Filing System
William E. Golden, M.D., and Ira R. Friedlander, M.D.
Primary Family Contacts and Emotional Health
in the Institutionalized Elderly
Harold J. Farber, M.D.; Meryl Brod, Ph.D.;
and Richard I. Feinbloom, M.D.
Predicting the Occurrence
of Antibiotic-Induced Candidal Vaginitis (AICV)
Daniel Bluestein, M.D., M.S.; Carolyn Rutledge, R.N., M.S.,
C.F.N.P.; and lo lumsden, Ed.D, G.N.P.
Physician Impairment: Physicians’ Exposure,
Attitudes, and Beliefs
Dennis J. Butler, M.S.W., and Alan S. Wolkenstein, M.S.W.
RESEARCH NEWS
Family Practice Research Journal
Volume 11, Number 4 December 1991
EDITOR’S NOTE
Of Practitioners, Reviewers, and the Future of
Family Practice Research
Leif I. Solberg, M.D.
EDITORIALS
Believing Everything You Read
David A. Katerndahl, M.D., M.A.
Incorporating Feminist Perspectives into Family Medicine Research
Sandra K. Burge, Ph.D.
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
A Practical Application of Reliability Theory
to Family Practice Research
James J. Diamond, Ph.D.
CASE REPORT
Possible Modification of Metastasis from Adenocarcinoma of the
Prostate by Colchicine: A Case Report
Richard J. McAlpine, M.D., Ph.D.
ARTICLES
Recurrent Otitis Media: A Cost-Utility Analysis of Simulated
Treatment Using Tympanostomy Tubes vs
Antibiotic Prophylaxis
Roberto S. Bisonni, M.D., Frank H. Lawler, M.D., and
Lisa Pierce, M.S.
Guiding Thyroid Nodule Management by Fine-Needle Aspiration
Shamil J. Morayati, M.D., M.Sc., and John E. Freitas, M.D.
Maternal Aerobic Exercise: Newborn Effects
Christine Botkin, B.S., and Charles E. Driscoll, M.D.
Age- and Sex-Biased Underdetection of Hypertension in a Rural Clinic
Daniel B. Doyle, M.D., Walt Lauterbach, Ph.D.,
Pat Samargo, R.N., Craig Robinson, M.P.H., and
and William Ludwig, M.P.H.
ViraPap®: Can It Help to Reduce the Need for Colposcopy?
Daniel G. Mareck, M.D., and
Deborah G. Woolard, M.S., R.N.C.
Interlaboratory Variability in Serum Lipid Measurements
Ronald F. Kahn, M.D., and Ronald S. McCord, M.D.
Patient Satisfaction with Gynecologic Care Provided by
Family Practice Resident Physicians
Kent J. Sheets, Ph.D., Barbara S. Caruthers, M.D., M.S.,
and Thomas L. Schwenk, M.D.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR