Skip to main content

Main menu

  • Home
  • Current Issue
  • Content
    • Current Issue
    • Early Access
    • Multimedia
    • Podcast
    • Collections
    • Past Issues
    • Articles by Subject
    • Articles by Type
    • Supplements
    • Plain Language Summaries
    • Calls for Papers
  • Info for
    • Authors
    • Reviewers
    • Job Seekers
    • Media
  • About
    • Annals of Family Medicine
    • Editorial Staff & Boards
    • Sponsoring Organizations
    • Copyrights & Permissions
    • Announcements
  • Engage
    • Engage
    • e-Letters (Comments)
    • Subscribe
    • Podcast
    • E-mail Alerts
    • Journal Club
    • RSS
    • Annals Forum (Archive)
  • Contact
    • Contact Us
  • Careers

User menu

  • My alerts

Search

  • Advanced search
Annals of Family Medicine
  • My alerts
Annals of Family Medicine

Advanced Search

  • Home
  • Current Issue
  • Content
    • Current Issue
    • Early Access
    • Multimedia
    • Podcast
    • Collections
    • Past Issues
    • Articles by Subject
    • Articles by Type
    • Supplements
    • Plain Language Summaries
    • Calls for Papers
  • Info for
    • Authors
    • Reviewers
    • Job Seekers
    • Media
  • About
    • Annals of Family Medicine
    • Editorial Staff & Boards
    • Sponsoring Organizations
    • Copyrights & Permissions
    • Announcements
  • Engage
    • Engage
    • e-Letters (Comments)
    • Subscribe
    • Podcast
    • E-mail Alerts
    • Journal Club
    • RSS
    • Annals Forum (Archive)
  • Contact
    • Contact Us
  • Careers
  • Follow annalsfm on Twitter
  • Visit annalsfm on Facebook
EditorialEditorials

In This Issue: Cohort Studies

Kurt C. Stange
The Annals of Family Medicine November 2008, 6 (6) 482; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.924
Kurt C. Stange
MD, PhD
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
  • Article
  • eLetters
  • Info & Metrics
  • PDF
Loading

This issue contains 6 studies based on a follow-up of cohorts of patients,1–6 3 studies from networks of practices,4,5,7 and 4 studies from national population samples.1,2,8 There is some overlap in these categories, which represent strong methods for the types of questions asked. Qualitative methods9 and an analysis of administrative data10 showcase other methods well suited to their research question.

The impact of ethnic and racial inequalities in hypertension is starkly portrayed by 2 studies,1,7 and commentaries from distinguished editorialists11,12 amplify and elucidate this important topic.

This issue’s Annals Journal Club featured study follows the course of a cohort of patients with fatigue identified in a network of 147 primary care practices. The discovery of comorbid symptoms and 4 different patterns of outcomes over time are useful for discussing prognosis and planning follow-up with patients.

Another prospective study develops a model to predict new-onset of depressive symptoms and depression in adolescents, allowing high-risk adolescents to be identified.2

A further follow-up study finds that 3% of visits by women are for breast symptoms, and 3% of these women subsequently have breast cancer diagnosed.5 This risk is increased by the presence of a mass.

A cost-effectiveness analysis of clinical trial data evaluates an automated telephone self-management support and nursing care intervention of safety net practice patients with diabetes.3

A study of representation of family medicine in US National Institutes of Health grants and scientific review committees finds low levels.10

A qualitative study identifies factors related to non-disclosure of health information by Latina patients.9 The identified factors are a reminder to attend to human and humanist approaches to enable the most important diagnostic test—the medical history—and a vital therapeutic intercession—the clinician-patient relationship.

In a study by Asplund and colleagues, a maternal body mass index increase of 25% and greater is associated with a shockingly high incidence of neonatal macrosomia.6

A new, empirically derived clinical tool to assess the likelihood of fasting glucose impairment8 may be useful in helping to focus resources for diet, activity, and possibly pharmacological interventions.

Please share your insights on these articles and your experience with the important topics they bring up by joining the Annals online discussion at http://www.AnnFamMed.org.

A NEW ANNALS EDITOR

We are delighted to announce that the Annals has a new associate editor. Patricia A. Carney, PhD, is currently Professor of Family Medicine and of Public Health and Preventive Medicine and Associate Director for Population Studies at the Cancer Institute at Oregon Health Sciences University. Dr Carney received her doctoral degree from the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington. She obtained bachelor’s and master’s degrees and experience in nursing before launching a distinguished research career. Her doctoral training includes 2 specialty areas: health services research (public health and community medicine) and educational psychology. She leads a number of studies that have been funded by the National Cancer Institute and the Agency for Research in Healthcare Quality. She is widely recognized as a strong methodologist, an expert in breast cancer screening research and educational research, and a leader in the use of standardized patients in clinical research and medical education. We look forward to her wisdom in the editing process.

  • © 2008 Annals of Family Medicine, Inc.

REFERENCES

  1. ↵
    Fiscella K, Holt K. Racial disparity in hypertension control: tallying the death toll. Ann Fam Med. 2008;6(6):497–502.
    OpenUrlAbstract/FREE Full Text
  2. ↵
    Van Voorhees BW, Paunesku D, Gollan J, Kuwabara S, Reinecke M, Basu A. Predicting future risk of depressive episode in adolescents: the Chicago Adolescent Depression Risk Assessment (CADRA). Ann Fam Med. 2008;6(6):503–511.
    OpenUrlAbstract/FREE Full Text
  3. ↵
    Handley MA, Shumway M, Schillinger D. Cost-effectiveness of automated telephone self-management support with nurse care management among patients with diabetes. Ann Fam Med. 2008;6(6):512–518.
    OpenUrlAbstract/FREE Full Text
  4. ↵
    Nijrolder I, van der Windt D, van der Horst H. Prognosis of fatigue and functioning in primary care: a 1-year follow-up study. Ann Fam Med. 2008;6(6):519–527.
    OpenUrlAbstract/FREE Full Text
  5. ↵
    Eberl MM, Phillips RL Jr, Lamberts H, Okkes I, Mahoney MC. Characterizing breast symptoms in family practice. Ann Fam Med. 2008;6(6):528–533.
    OpenUrlAbstract/FREE Full Text
  6. ↵
    Asplund C, Seehusen DA, Callahan T, Olsen C. Percentage change in antenatal body mass index as a predictor of neonatal macrosomia. Ann Fam Med. 2008;6(6):550–554.
    OpenUrlAbstract/FREE Full Text
  7. ↵
    Millett C, Gray J, Bottle A, Majeed A. Ethnic disparities in blood pressure management in patients with hypertension after the introduction of pay for performance. Ann Fam Med. 2008;6(6):490–496.
    OpenUrlAbstract/FREE Full Text
  8. ↵
    Koopman RJ, Mainous AG III, Everett CJ, Carter R. Tool to assess likelihood of fasting glucose impairment (TAG-IT). Ann Fam Med. 2008;6(6):555–561.
    OpenUrlAbstract/FREE Full Text
  9. ↵
    Julliard K, Vivar J, Delgado C, Cruz E, Bellask J, Sabers H. What Latina patients don’t tell their doctors: a qualitative study. Ann Fam Med. 2008;6(6):543–549.
    OpenUrlAbstract/FREE Full Text
  10. ↵
    Lucan SC, Phillips R, Bazemore AW. Off the roadmap? Family medicine’s grant funding and committee representation at NIH. Ann Fam Med. 2008;6(6):534–542.
    OpenUrlAbstract/FREE Full Text
  11. ↵
    Cené CW, Cooper LA. Death toll from uncontrolled blood pressure in ethnic populations: universal access and quality improvement may not be enough. Ann Fam Med. 2008;6(6):486–489.
    OpenUrlFREE Full Text
  12. ↵
    Satcher D. Examining racial and ethnic disparities in health and hypertension control. Ann Fam Med. 2008;6(6):483–485.
    OpenUrlFREE Full Text
PreviousNext
Back to top

In this issue

The Annals of Family Medicine: 6 (6)
The Annals of Family Medicine: 6 (6)
Vol. 6, Issue 6
1 Nov 2008
  • Table of Contents
  • Index by author
  • Annual Indexes
  • In Brief
Print
Download PDF
Article Alerts
Sign In to Email Alerts with your Email Address
Email Article

Thank you for your interest in spreading the word on Annals of Family Medicine.

NOTE: We only request your email address so that the person you are recommending the page to knows that you wanted them to see it, and that it is not junk mail. We do not capture any email address.

Enter multiple addresses on separate lines or separate them with commas.
In This Issue: Cohort Studies
(Your Name) has sent you a message from Annals of Family Medicine
(Your Name) thought you would like to see the Annals of Family Medicine web site.
CAPTCHA
This question is for testing whether or not you are a human visitor and to prevent automated spam submissions.
11 + 0 =
Solve this simple math problem and enter the result. E.g. for 1+3, enter 4.
Citation Tools
In This Issue: Cohort Studies
Kurt C. Stange
The Annals of Family Medicine Nov 2008, 6 (6) 482; DOI: 10.1370/afm.924

Citation Manager Formats

  • BibTeX
  • Bookends
  • EasyBib
  • EndNote (tagged)
  • EndNote 8 (xml)
  • Medlars
  • Mendeley
  • Papers
  • RefWorks Tagged
  • Ref Manager
  • RIS
  • Zotero
Get Permissions
Share
In This Issue: Cohort Studies
Kurt C. Stange
The Annals of Family Medicine Nov 2008, 6 (6) 482; DOI: 10.1370/afm.924
Twitter logo Facebook logo Mendeley logo
  • Tweet Widget
  • Facebook Like
  • Google Plus One

Jump to section

  • Article
    • A NEW ANNALS EDITOR
    • REFERENCES
  • eLetters
  • Info & Metrics
  • PDF

Related Articles

  • No related articles found.
  • Google Scholar

Cited By...

  • No citing articles found.
  • Google Scholar

More in this TOC Section

  • Thank You, Reviewers and Commenters
  • Recruiting, Educating, and Taking Primary Care to Rural Communities
  • Returning to a Patient-Centered Approach in the Management of Hypothyroidism
Show more Editorials

Similar Articles

Content

  • Current Issue
  • Past Issues
  • Early Access
  • Plain-Language Summaries
  • Multimedia
  • Podcast
  • Articles by Type
  • Articles by Subject
  • Supplements
  • Calls for Papers

Info for

  • Authors
  • Reviewers
  • Job Seekers
  • Media

Engage

  • E-mail Alerts
  • e-Letters (Comments)
  • RSS
  • Journal Club
  • Submit a Manuscript
  • Subscribe
  • Family Medicine Careers

About

  • About Us
  • Editorial Board & Staff
  • Sponsoring Organizations
  • Copyrights & Permissions
  • Contact Us
  • eLetter/Comments Policy

© 2025 Annals of Family Medicine