General practitioners' views and experiences in caring for patients after sepsis: a qualitative interview study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patients surviving critical illnesses, such as sepsis, often suffer from long-term complications. After discharge from hospital, most patients are treated in primary care. Little is known how general practitioners (GPs) perform critical illness aftercare and how it can be improved. Within a randomised controlled trial, an outreach training programme has been developed and applied.

Objectives

The aim of this study is to describe GPs' views and experiences of caring for postsepsis patients and of participating a specific outreach training.

Design

Semistructured qualitative interviews.

Setting

14 primary care practices in the metropolitan area of Berlin, Germany.

Participants

14 GPs who had participated in a structured sepsis aftercare programme

SUBMITTER: Gehrke-Beck S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7878160 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature