Perceptions of Clinical Academics and People With Parkinson's Disease on Delivery of Regional Interdisciplinary Model of Care: Qualitative Descriptive Study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction/objective

The objective of the study was to develop an understanding of the perceptions of people with Parkinson's disease and clinical academics on the implementation of a regional interdisciplinary model of care.

Methods

A qualitative descriptive study was undertaken. A PD interdisciplinary clinic was conducted in an Australian regional location. As a novel variation, in this clinic, 4 clinical academics consulted simultaneously offering a long, 3-h appointment. Following the clinic, we conducted 2 focus groups with all clinical academics and 6 semi-structured interviews with people with PD and carers. Data were analyzed using Elo & Kyngäs' inductive content analysis approach.

Results

An overarching main category namely, "interdisciplinary care proved v

SUBMITTER: Sharrad S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11418357 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature