Validation of PHQ-2 and PHQ-9 to screen for major depression in the primary care population

B Arroll, F Goodyear-Smith, S Crengle… - The annals of family …, 2010 - Annals Family Med
PURPOSE Although screening for unipolar depression is controversial, it is potentially an
efficient way to find undetected cases and improve diagnostic acumen. Using a reference …

Effectiveness of counselling patients on physical activity in general practice: cluster randomised controlled trial

CR Elley, N Kerse, B Arroll, E Robinson - Bmj, 2003 - bmj.com
Objective: To assess the long term effectiveness of the “green prescription” programme, a
clinician based initiative in general practice that provides counselling on physical activity. …

Antibiotics for the common cold and acute purulent rhinitis

T Kenealy, B Arroll - Cochrane Database of Systematic …, 2013 - cochranelibrary.com
Background It has long been believed that antibiotics have no role in the treatment of common
colds yet they are often prescribed in the belief that they may prevent secondary bacterial …

Screening for depression in primary care with two verbally asked questions: cross sectional study

B Arroll, N Khin, N Kerse - Bmj, 2003 - bmj.com
Objective To determine the diagnostic accuracy of two verbally asked questions for screening
for depression. Design Cross sectional criterion standard validation study. Setting 15 …

Physician-patient relationship and medication compliance: a primary care investigation

…, G Young, G Coster, B Arroll - The Annals of Family …, 2004 - Annals Family Med
PURPOSE We assessed the relationship between 4 attributes of the physician-patient
relationship and medication compliance. METHODS We conducted a waiting room survey of …

Corticosteroid injections for osteoarthritis of the knee: meta-analysis

B Arroll, F Goodyear-Smith - Bmj, 2004 - bmj.com
Objectives To determine the efficacy of intra-articular corticosteroid injections for osteoarthritis
of the knee and to identify numbers needed to treat. Data sources Cochrane controlled …

Efficacy and tolerability of tricyclic antidepressants and SSRIs compared with placebo for treatment of depression in primary care: a meta-analysis

B Arroll, S Macgillivray, S Ogston, I Reid… - The Annals of Family …, 2005 - Annals Family Med
PURPOSE Depression is common in primary care. There are no systematic reviews of
depression treatment comparing antidepressants with placebo; hence, we do not know whether …

Antidepressants versus placebo for depression in primary care

B Arroll, CR Elley, T Fishman… - Cochrane Database …, 1996 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Concern has been expressed about the relevance of secondary care studies to
primary care patients specifically about the effectiveness of antidepressant medication. …

Does physical activity lower blood pressure: a critical review of the clinical trials

B Arroll, R Beaglehole - Journal of clinical epidemiology, 1992 - Elsevier
This review critically appraises 22 recent articles of trials of physical activity, as a means of
reducing blood pressure. The quality of the literature remains poor and of the 13 controlled …

The green prescription study: a randomized controlled trial of written exercise advice provided by general practitioners.

BA Swinburn, LG Walter, B Arroll… - … journal of public …, 1998 - ajph.aphapublications.org
OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to determine whether written advice from general
practitioners increases physical activity among sedentary people more than verbal advice …