Table 1 Reason given by GPs interviewed (from lower, average and higher stool submitting surgeries) for sending a stool specimen for microbiology laboratory investigation
From: Stool submission by general practitioners in SW England - when, why and how? A qualitative study
Stool submission rate (number of GPs) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Criteria | Lower (n = 5) | Average (n = 6) | Higher (n = 9) |
Duration of illness | 5 | 5 | 7 |
Travel abroad | 3 | 2 | 3 |
Generally unwell | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Blood | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Exclude infection | 1 | 2 | 4 |
Chronic illness | 1 | - | - |
Anxious | 1 | - | 1 |
Recent Antibiotics | 1 | - | 1 |
Family members ill | 1 | - | 1 |
Frail patient | 1 | - | - |
Systemic symptoms | 1 | - | - |
Quality of stool | - | - | 1 |