How do primary care providers and autistic adults want to improve their primary care? A Delphi-study.

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Autistic adults often encounter different types of healthcare barriers. Because autistic adults also have an increased risk for health problems, the aim of this study was to evaluate barriers and to explore how primary care providers and autistic adults want to improve their primary healthcare. In this co-created study, semi-structured interviews with three autistic adults, two parents of autistic children and six care providers were performed to evaluate barriers in Dutch healthcare. Next, in the survey-study (using the Delphi-method including controlled feedback in three consecutive questionnaires), 21 autistic adults and 20 primary care providers rated the impact of barriers and the usefulness and feasibility of recommendations to improve primary healthcare. In the

SUBMITTER: Warreman EB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10851648 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature