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Table 3 Summary of mentioned determinants by healthcare professionals and patients

From: Perceived determinants of cardiovascular risk management in primary care: disconnections between patient behaviours, practice organisation and healthcare system

 

Determinants mentioned by healthcare professionals

Determinants mentioned by patients with established CVD or at high cardiovascular risk

1. Guideline factors

• Practice guideline CVRM

• ‘Care Standard’

• Practice guideline CVRM

• ‘Care Standard’

2. Individual healthcare professional factors

• Positive about practice nurses

• GPs are role models, too busy and clinical inert

• Motivational interviewing

• Positive about practice nurses

• GPs listen carefully, motivates patients but not always available

• Positive about the care and measurements

3. Patient factors

• Not enough knowledge about CVRM

• Motivated to improve their health

• Not positive about patients self- management

• Money can be an obstacle

• Knowledge of a healthy lifestyle

• Take good care of themselves

• Medication adherence important but difficult due to side effects

4. Professional interaction

• Communication can be improved between GPs and specialists

• Collaboration healthcare professionals in general practice is good

• Paramedics are important

• Communication between GPs and specialists is rather varied

• Collaboration between healthcare professionals in the general practice is good

5. Incentives and recourses

• Time as biggest barrier

• Due to ‘open market operation’ more critical look is needed

• Digital patient files are helpful but not always accessible

• GP has insufficient time

• Information provision is satisfactory

• Internet is consulted by half of the patients

• Digital patient files are favored

6. Mandate, authority and accountability

• Cannot make health effects provable

 

7. Social, political and legal factors

• Dutch government not rated positive

• Health insurers should not determine medical policy

• GPs responsible for a lot of patients

• The Ministry of Health is much interested in cash excises

• Healthcare too expensive

• Reimbursements by health insurers

• Reforming healthcare