Does the doctor subscribe to database decision-support tools to help screen, diagnose, and manage health problems?
The importance of increasing risk perception is particularly necessary since the inclination to self-manage health problems is strongly associated with alternative medicine use [ 49, 50].
It is a direct indicator of potentially avoidable hospitalizations and an indirect indicator of access to PHC and its capacity to manage health problems.
The apparently important role of GPs for pregnant women during their pregnancy should result in the training of GPs to recognise and manage health problems during pregnancy and obstetric emergencies.
Furthermore a theory of person-centeredness, which emphasizes active involvement of the patient in planning the treatment, is suggested to enhance the patient's ability to manage health problems [ 30].
Because fertility begins to decline after 35 years in most women, many women preparing for pregnancy after 40 are balancing the need to manage health problems with a rapidly diminishing fertile period.
The burden of CFS is poorly recognized, and the illness remains an inadequately managed health problem.
To fit within the role of decision coaches, three items were modified (i.e., sources of information discussed, ways to manage health problem discussed, preferred option chosen) and the revised version was approved for use by the original author (GE).
Nevertheless, anecdotal evidence indicates that home remedies are used by patients for managing minor health problems and that this can be sufficient for symptom management while the body recovers from minor health problems.
