General practitioners' perceptions about their role in current and future heart failure care: an exploratory qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A comprehensive disease management programme (DMP) with a central role for general practitioners (GPs) is needed to improve heart failure (HF) care. However, previous research has shown that GPs have mixed experiences with multidisciplinary HF care. Therefore, in this study, we explore the perceptions that GPs have regarding their role in current and future HF care, prior to the design of an HF disease management programme.

Methods

This was a qualitative semi-structured interview study with Belgian GPs until data saturation was reached. The QUAGOL method was used for data analysis.

Results

In general, GPs wanted to assume a central role in HF care. Current interdisciplinary collaboration with cardiologists was perceived as smooth, partly because of the ease

SUBMITTER: Smeets M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6599228 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature