biostudies-literatureUnknown56(1)Marx YMartin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg<h4>Background</h4>General practitioners are usually responsible for the early detection of burden due to informal care and the coordination of adequate measures. Their individual perspectives and approaches for identifying and supporting caregiving relatives have hardly been examined yet.<h4>Objective</h4>The study therefore examined subjective perspectives of general practitioners regarding the identification and care of family caregivers in general practitioners' practices. The results will help to evaluate the needs for improvement and conditions for implementation of an instrument to identify informal carers.<h4>Material and methods</h4>To answer the question, we conducted 12 guideline-based expert interviews with general practitioners from Saxony-Anhalt. To evaluate the interviews, wZeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie23-28https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9877090biostudies-literature[Caring relatives in General practice-General practitioners' perspectives and solution approaches].PMC9877090Marx YBauer AFrese Tfalse[Caring relatives in General practice-General practitioners' perspectives and solution approaches].<h4>Background</h4>General practitioners are usually responsible for the early detection of burden due to informal care and the coordination of adequate measures. Their individual perspectives and approaches for identifying and supporting caregiving relatives have hardly been examined yet.<h4>Objective</h4>The study therefore examined subjective perspectives of general practitioners regarding the identification and care of family caregivers in general practitioners' practices. The results will help to evaluate the needs for improvement and conditions for implementation of an instrument to identify informal carers.<h4>Material and methods</h4>To answer the question, we conducted 12 guideline-based expert interviews with general practitioners from Saxony-Anhalt. To evaluate the interviews, w2023-01-01T00:00:00Z2023 Feb2025-04-26T01:43:21.355Z2025-04-06T10:11:32.195ZS-EPMC98770903493506510.1007/s00391-021-02000-8