Caregiver perspectives on barriers and facilitators to primary care for autistic adults: A qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Primary care is associated with greater access to healthcare services and improved health outcomes. However, autistic adults report challenges accessing and utilizing primary care, in addition to unmet healthcare needs. The need to minimize existing barriers and identify strategies to facilitate successful healthcare encounters is increasingly important as autistic adults represent a growing segment of society. Minimal research has examined primary healthcare encounters for this population.

Methods

As part of a larger convergent parallel design mixed-methods study that recruited autistic adults, caregivers of autistic adults, and primary care providers treating autistic adults, interviews were conducted with 31 caregivers of autistic adults. Caregivers were predom

SUBMITTER: Stein Duker LI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9685801 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature