Exploring patients' views of primary care consultations with contrasting interventions for acute cough: a six-country European qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In a pan-European randomised controlled trial (GRACE INTRO) of two interventions, (i) a point-of-care C-reactive protein test and/or (ii) training in communication skills and use of an interactive patient booklet, both interventions resulted in large reductions in antibiotic prescribing for acute cough.

Aims

This process evaluation explored patients' views of primary care consultations using the two interventions in six European countries.

Methods

Sixty-two interviews were conducted with patients who had participated in the GRACE INTRO trial. Interviews were transcribed verbatim and translated into English where necessary. Analysis used techniques from thematic and framework analysis.

Results

Most patients were satisfied with their consultation despi

SUBMITTER: Tonkin-Crine S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4373386 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature