OBJECTIVES: To determine the attitude of doctors towards the current model of primary care and to calculate its relationship with social and demographic and/or work variables. DESIGN: Multi-centre cross-sectional study. SETTING: Health centres in Area II of the Murcia region. Participants. All general practitioners, family doctors and paediatricians in the health centres mentioned (54 in all). MAIN MEASUREMENTS: The "Scale of attitudes towards the contents of primary health care" by Ballesteros et al. was used as the tool of evaluation. This scale provides both a total score and a specific score for each of its 7 dimensions. RESULTS: In general, doctors' attitudes were favourable (4.1 points average out of 5). We found a less favourable attitude in the dimension "Inclusion of second-level professionals in primary care", with family doctors most in agreement. The professionals working in centres on the periphery and those without tenure had a more positive attitude towards the current model, for the remaining variables. CONCLUSIONS: Understanding professionals' attitudes and the variables related to them may serve as a basis for designing intervention strategies aimed at improving the quality of primary care and for the positive evolution of professionals working in PC.
OBJECTIVES: To determine the attitude of doctors towards the current model of primary care and to calculate its relationship with social and demographic and/or work variables. DESIGN: Multi-centre cross-sectional study. SETTING: Health centres in Area II of the Murcia region. Participants. All general practitioners, family doctors and paediatricians in the health centres mentioned (54 in all). MAIN MEASUREMENTS: The "Scale of attitudes towards the contents of primary health care" by Ballesteros et al. was used as the tool of evaluation. This scale provides both a total score and a specific score for each of its 7 dimensions. RESULTS: In general, doctors' attitudes were favourable (4.1 points average out of 5). We found a less favourable attitude in the dimension "Inclusion of second-level professionals in primary care", with family doctors most in agreement. The professionals working in centres on the periphery and those without tenure had a more positive attitude towards the current model, for the remaining variables. CONCLUSIONS: Understanding professionals' attitudes and the variables related to them may serve as a basis for designing intervention strategies aimed at improving the quality of primary care and for the positive evolution of professionals working in PC.