Qualitative study: patients' enduring concerns about discussing internet use in general practice consultations.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To examine patients' accounts of their use of the internet before seeing a general practitioner (GP) using thematic analysis of semistructured interviews.

Design

Qualitative semistructured interview study with transcripts analysed thematically.

Setting

Primary care patients consulting with 10 GPs working at 7 GP practices of varying sizes and at a range of locations around London and the Southeast of England.

Participants

28 adult patients: 16 women and 12 men ranging in age from 18 to 75 from a range of self-defined ethnic backgrounds. Participants were selected based on instances when the patients reported having used the internet before the consultation, when patients referred to the internet in the consultation or when the physician used the inte

SUBMITTER: Cuteanu A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8094327 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature