Exploring the general practitioners' point of view about clinical scores: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Clinical scores help physicians to make clinical decisions, and some are recommended by health authorities for primary care use. As an increasing number of scores are becoming available, there is a need to understand general practitioner expectations for their use in primary care. The aim of this study was to explore general practitioner opinions about using scores in general practice.

Method

This qualitative study, with a grounded theory approach, used focus groups with general practitioners recruited from their own surgeries to obtain verbatim. Two investigators performed verbatim analysis to ensure data triangulation. The verbatim was double-blind labeled for inductive categorization to conceptualize score use in general practice.

Results

Five focus grou

SUBMITTER: Pautrat M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10262349 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature