System facilitators and barriers to discussing older driver safety in primary care settings.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Primary care physicians play a leading role in counselling older drivers, but discussions often do not occur until safety concerns arise. Prior work suggests that routine questioning about driving might facilitate these difficult conversations.

Objective

To explore system-level factors affecting driving discussions in primary care settings, in order to inform the design and implementation of a programme supporting routine conversations.

Methods

This qualitative descriptive study used iterative interviews with providers (physicians, nurses, medical assistants, social workers, and administrative staff) working at two clinics (one geriatric, one general internal medicine) at a tertiary-care teaching hospital. General inductive techniques in transcript analysis

SUBMITTER: Betz ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4512937 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature