Acceptability and barriers of a GP-physiotherapist partnership in the diagnosis and management of COPD in primary care: A qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is commonly diagnosed and managed in primary care but there is evidence that this has been suboptimal, with low confidence expressed in providing interventions requiring behaviour change. The aim of this study was to determine the acceptability of a general practitioner (GP)-physiotherapist partnership in the diagnosis and management of COPD in primary care and to explore the experiences of participants during the implementation of the model.

Methods

Semi-structured interviews were conducted with physiotherapists (n = 3), GPs (n = 2), practice nurses (PNs) (n = 2) and patients (n = 12) who had participated in the InNovaTivE Gp-physiotheRapist pArTnErship for copD (INTEGRATED) trial. We sought to explore participants'

SUBMITTER: Pagano L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10757211 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature