'The Difficulty of Diagnosis Compromises Patient Care for People With Endometriosis': Interview Study With Aotearoa New Zealand General Practitioners.

ABSTRACT:

Background

General practitioners (GPs) are gatekeepers to specialist attention for endometriosis in the public system in Aotearoa New Zealand (Aotearoa-NZ). Their perspective of the endometriosis care landscape in Aotearoa-NZ has not been previously assessed.

Design

Semi-structured interviews.

Participants

Nine GPs self-selected to participate in interviews that were 13-28 min in duration to discuss their perspectives on endometriosis care.

Objective

These interviews included their views on existing guidelines, common characteristics of endometriosis patients, and what the future of endometriosis care could look like.

Results and discussion

The GPs of this study expressed that the overloaded nature of specialist appointments in the public health system c

SUBMITTER: Ellis K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12363337 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature