Assessing the acceptability to general practitioners of the French College of General Medicine's recommendations on considering patients' social situations: a Delphi study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Social determinants of health (SDH) impact the health status of individuals around the world. General practitioners (GPs) can take into account the social situation of patients in their care practice. To this end, the College of General Medicine (CGM) issued recommendations in 2022 to propose 100 methods of action.

Objective

To assess the acceptability to GPs of the recommendations set out by the CGM to improve the consideration of the social situation of patients in consultations.

Design

Quantitative, cross-sectional, descriptive study, using the Delphi method.

Setting

The data were collected through the administration of a questionnaire to GPs practising in France.

Participants

Participants were recruited by email from the academic network o

SUBMITTER: Richard B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11647281 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature