Healthcare practitioners' experiences of an intervention to detect and treat patients with liver disease (the LOCATE intervention): a qualitative process evaluation.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The local care and treatment of liver disease (LOCATE) intervention embedded specialist liver nurses in general practitioner (GP) practices to improve the identification of progressive liver disease, enabling earlier intervention. This current process evaluation examines GP practice staffs' perceptions of the LOCATE intervention, in order to understand any potential barriers to successful implementation in clinical practice.

Study design and setting

A qualitative process evaluation nested within the LOCATE feasibility trial, using semistructured interviews with practice staff from five GP surgeries in the UK.

Participants

A purposive sample of 29 interviews with practice staff (GPs, nurses, practice managers).

Data collection

Interview transcripts we

SUBMITTER: Reinson T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6538094 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature