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Erwin, Jo, Chance-Larsen, Kenneth, Backhouse, Michael and Woolf, Anthony D (2020) Exploring what patients with musculoskeletal conditions want from first point-of-contact health practitioners. Rheumatology Advances in Practice, 4 (1). rkz048. doi:10.1093/rap/rkz048 ISSN 2514-1775.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/rap/rkz048
Abstract
Objectives
This research was conducted to support the development of the Musculoskeletal (MSK) Health Capabilities Framework to ensure that the framework reflected patients’ priorities. The aim of this study was to explore what patients with MSK problems want from their initial consultation with a first contact health practitioner and, from the patient perspective, what characterizes a good first contact health practitioner.
Methods
Focus groups were held in four locations across England. Sixteen participants, aged 19–75 years and with a self-declared MSK condition, took part (11 female, five male). Participants discussed the questions they want answered when first going to see a health professional about an MSK problem and how they would describe a good first contact health provider.
Results
Participants wanted answers to questions about the nature of the problem, the management of the problem, where to get information and support to help themselves, what activities they can do and what the future holds. Values and behaviours they expect and value from first contact health practitioners include good communication skills, appreciation of impact, a willingness to discuss alternative and complementary therapies, shared decision-making and an awareness of their own limitations and when to refer.
Conclusion
The MSK core capabilities framework for first contact health practitioners aims to ensure a person-centred approach in the first stages of managing any MSK problem with which a person may present. The focus groups enabled the developers of the framework to achieve a greater understanding of patient priorities, expectations and needs and allowed the patient perspective to be included in this national framework.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Clinical Trials Unit Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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Journal or Publication Title: | Rheumatology Advances in Practice | ||||||
Publisher: | Oxford University Press | ||||||
ISSN: | 2514-1775 | ||||||
Official Date: | 7 January 2020 | ||||||
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Volume: | 4 | ||||||
Number: | 1 | ||||||
Article Number: | rkz048 | ||||||
DOI: | 10.1093/rap/rkz048 | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||
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