Safety netting in routine primary care consultations: an observational study using video-recorded UK consultations.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Safety-netting advice is information shared with a patient or their carer designed to help them identify the need to seek further medical help if their condition fails to improve, changes, or if they have concerns about their health.

Aim

To assess when and how safety-netting advice is delivered in routine GP consultations.

Design and setting

This was an observational study using 318 recorded GP consultations with adult patients in the UK.

Method

A safety-netting coding tool was applied to all consultations. Logistic regression for the presence or absence of safety-netting advice was compared between patient, clinician, and problem variables.

Results

A total of 390 episodes of safety-netting advice were observed in 205/318 (64.5%) consultations

SUBMITTER: Edwards PJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6863676 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature