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Family 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