Perceptions of the medical relevance of patients` stories of painful and adverse life experiences: a focus group study among Norwegian General Practitioners.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Adverse life experiences increase the risk of health problems. Little is known about General Practitioners' (GPs') thoughts, clinical concepts, and work patterns related to eliciting, including, or excluding their patients' stories of painful and adverse life experiences. We wanted to explore GPs' perceptions of the medical relevance of stories of painful and adverse life experiences, and to focus on what hinders or facilitates working with such stories.

Method

Eighteen Norwegian GPs participated in three focus group interviews. The interviews were analysed using reflexive thematic analysis.

Results

The participating GPs' views on the clinical relevance of patients' painful and adverse experiences varied considerably. Our analysis revealed two distinct stances

SUBMITTER: Ronneberg M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9397424 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature