Adaptation of French general practitioners for the management of nursing home patients during COVID-19 in 2020: a multilevel analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To describe French general practioners' (GPs) adaptation strategies to ensure follow-up care of nursing home patients during the first wave of COVID-19 (May 2020) and to identify factors associated with each strategy.

Methods

A national cross-sectional study was conducted with online questionnaires in May 2020 among GPs practicing in France (metropolitan and overseas) and usually providing nursing home visits before pandemic. The outcome was defined as the GPs' adaptation strategies for managing nursing home patients and was categorized into four groups: Maintenance of Nursing Home Visits NHV (reference), Stopping NHV, Numeric adaptation (teleconsultations only), Mixed adaptation (NHV and teleconsultations). The probability of adaptation strategies was analyzed by

SUBMITTER: Orcel V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11437827 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature