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<\/a><\/p>\nOur research group has recently published a systematic review of the existing published literature on the perceptions of general practitioners (GPs) or their equivalent on the clinical management of multimorbidity [1].<\/p>\n
Article focus:
\n\u2022 Patients with multiple morbidities present unique challenges to healthcare providers. An awareness of these challenges is needed to direct research efforts and intervention design in this field.
\n\u2022 Qualitative studies have explored GPs perceptions of the management of multimorbid patients, but to date these studies have not been systematically reviewed or synthesized.<\/p>\n
Key messages:
\n\u2022 This systematic review shows that the problem areas for GPs in the management of multimorbidity may be classified into four domains: disorganization and fragmentation of health care; the inadequacy of guidelines and evidence based medicine; challenges in delivering patient centred care; and barriers to shared decision making.
\n\u2022 These domains may be useful targets to guide the development of interventions that will assist and improve the provision of care to multimorbid patients.<\/p>\n
Strengths and limitations:
\n\u2022 The meta-ethnographic approach used in this review gave a broader understanding of the challenges of multimorbidity than any single study, while still preserving the context of included studies.
\n\u2022 We focused on the GPs\u2019 perspective on multimorbidity \u2013 an understanding of the challenges experience by patients is also required to inform the development of effective interventions.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The complete article can be accessed at: \u00a0 By Carol Sinnott Our research group has recently published a systematic review of the existing published literature on the perceptions of general practitioners (GPs) or their equivalent on the clinical management of multimorbidity [1]. Article focus: \u2022 Patients with multiple morbidities present unique challenges to healthcare providers. An awareness of these challenges is needed to read more
\nhttp:\/\/bmjopen.bmj.com\/cgi\/content\/full\/bmjopen-2013-003610<\/a><\/p>\n
\n[1] Sinnott C, Mc Hugh S, Browne J, Bradley C. GPs’ perspectives on the management of patients with multimorbidity: systematic review and synthesis of qualitative research. BMJ Open. <\/em>2013;3(9):e003610.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"