Attitudes and perceptions of health professionals towards management of hypothyroidism in general practice: a qualitative interview study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To explore the attitudes and perceptions of health professionals towards management of hypothyroidism that contributes to the suboptimal treatment of hypothyroidism in general practice.

Design

A qualitative interview study using semistructured interviews.

Participants

Sixteen participants were interviewed between March and August 2016 comprising nine general practitioners (GPs), four pharmacists, two practice nurses and one nurse practitioner.

Setting

General practice and community pharmacies in the counties of Northumberland, Tyne and Wear, Stockton-on-Tees and North Cumbria, North of England, UK.

Method

A grounded-theory approach was used to generate themes from interviews, which were underpinned by the theory of planned behaviour to give exp

SUBMITTER: Dew R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5855452 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature