Building COPD care on shaky ground: a mixed methods study from Swedish primary care professional perspective.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a public health problem. Interprofessional collaboration and health promotion interventions such as exercise training, education, and behaviour change are cost effective, have a good effect on health status, and are recommended in COPD treatment guidelines. There is a gap between the guidelines and the healthcare available to people with COPD. The aim of this study was to increase the understanding of what shapes the provision of primary care services to people with COPD and what healthcare is offered to them from the perspective of healthcare professionals and managers.

Methods

The study was conducted in primary care in a Swedish county council during January to June 2015. A qualitatively driven mixed methods design

SUBMITTER: Lundell S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5504776 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature