[General practitioners, attitudes, procedures and challenges towards supporting family caregivers - results of a survey of primary care physicians].

ABSTRACT:

Background

 General practitioners are considered to be well suited when it comes to addressing the information and care needs of family caregivers. The aim of the present study is to examine how general practitioners assess their possibilities to support caregivers, what priorities they set and to what extent they experience challenges.

Methods and participants

 In the course of an online survey with a postal cover letter, a total of 3,556 GPs in in Baden-Württemberg, Hesse and Rhineland-Palatinate were interviewed between February and June 2021. Due to the exploratory approach of the study, only a descriptive data analysis was carried out.

Results

 68 % of the GPs surveyed often deal with family caregivers in everyday practice; 77 % consider the GP's office to be wel

SUBMITTER: Wangler J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8714302 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature