[Review of the original articles published by primary care professionals in Catalonia].
OBJECTIVE
To describe the characteristics of the research work published by Primary Care professionals in Catalonia between 1989 and 1991, with an analysis of the preferred research areas, design type and different bibliometric features, with the aim of finding what is the real state of Primary Care research in Catalonia.


METHODS
Descriptive study based on checking all the original articles published between January 1989 and December 1991 in nine Spanish journals in the Primary Care, internal medicine and paediatrics fields.


METHODS
Included were studies carried out by Primary Care professionals in Catalonia, either working alone or in collaboration, and which were relevant to Primary Care.


RESULTS
A total of 63 articles were surveyed. The average number of authors per article was 5.8 +/- 2.4. The majority of the signatories were Family and Community Medicine (FCM) specialists. 65.1% of articles were by professionals from FCM teaching units. The most common research areas were epidemiology, clinics and prevention. 74.6% of the articles were descriptive. 69.8% used some technique of inferential statistics. The average number of bibliographical quotations was 18.9 +/- 10.4: with the journal Atención Primaria the most quoted.


CONCLUSIONS
This study revealed the type of research being undertaken in the Primary Care field in Catalonia.
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Sección de Investigación de la Sociedad Catalana de Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria, Barcelona.
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D010506:Periodicals as Topic; D011320:Primary Health Care; D011643:Publishing; D013030:Spain
Revisión de los artículos originales publicados por profesionales de atención primaria en Cataluña.