Delivering colon cancer survivorship care in primary care; a qualitative study on the experiences of general practitioners.

ABSTRACT:

Background

With more patients in need of oncological care, there is a growing interest to transfer survivorship care from specialist to general practitioner (GP). The ongoing I CARE study was initiated in 2015 in the Netherlands to compare (usual) surgeon- to GP-led survivorship care, with or without access to a supporting eHealth application (Oncokompas).

Methods

Semi-structured interviews were held at two separate points in time (i.e. after 1- and 5-years of care) to explore GPs' experiences with delivering this survivorship care intervention, and study its implementation into daily practice. Purposive sampling was used to recruit 17 GPs. Normalisation Process Theory (NPT) was used as a conceptual framework.

Results

Overall, delivering survivorship care was not deem

SUBMITTER: Vos JAM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8761520 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature