Primary Care Physicians' Responses to Treatment Burden in People With Type 2 Diabetes: A Qualitative Video Analysis in China.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

This study aimed to examine the approaches general practitioners (GPs) use to respond to the treatment burden faced by people with type 2 diabetes.

Methods

We retrospectively analyzed 29 videos of GP-patient consultations in an academic general practice clinic in China. Thematic analysis and a framework matrix approach were used to identify patterns in GPs' responses to the identified issues.

Results

The median length of the 29 video-recorded consultations was 23 minutes 54 seconds. We identified 77 segments focusing on discussions about treatment burden. In 37.7% of these segments, the GP elicited and responded to discussions about treatment burden, whereas in 23.4%, the patient initiated the discussion and the GP responded to it, leaving 39.0% in which the p

SUBMITTER: Lin K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11772023 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature