Wolfgang A Blank1,2, Karoline Lukaschek1, Jörg Breitbart3, Thomas S Hiller3, Christian Brettschneider4, Jürgen Margraf5, Jochen Gensichen1,3. 1. Institut für Allgemeinmedizin, Klinikum der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. 2. Gemeinschaftspraxis im Bayerwald, Kirchberg im Wald. 3. Institut für Allgemeinmedizin, Universitätsklinikum Jena. 4. Institut für Gesundheitsökonomie und Versorgungsforschung, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf. 5. Forschungs- und Behandlungszentrum für psychische Gesundheit, Ruhr-Universität Bochum.
Abstract
AIM OF THE STUDY: Investigation of the perspective of medical assistants (MA) regarding their participation in behaviour-therapy oriented interventions in family practice. METHOD: 15 MA (w, 39.5 years old), case managers in a general practitioner supported exercise programme for patients with panic disorder (ICD-10: F41.0), were interviewed using semi-structured interview guidelines on the recruitment and interaction of/with patients, communication of the exercises and implementation in everyday practice. The interviews (n = 14) were documented, transcribed and qualitatively analysed according to Mayring. RESULTS: MA perceived their contribution to the intervention regarding recruitment and monitoring of patients through telephone contacts as positive. CONCLUSION: Strengthening the role of MAs' can help to provide targeted support for patients with mental health problems in GP care as part of a low-threshold intervention and relieve the workload on the GP. Thieme. All rights reserved.
AIM OF THE STUDY: Investigation of the perspective of medical assistants (MA) regarding their participation in behaviour-therapy oriented interventions in family practice. METHOD: 15 MA (w, 39.5 years old), case managers in a general practitioner supported exercise programme for patients with panic disorder (ICD-10: F41.0), were interviewed using semi-structured interview guidelines on the recruitment and interaction of/with patients, communication of the exercises and implementation in everyday practice. The interviews (n = 14) were documented, transcribed and qualitatively analysed according to Mayring. RESULTS: MA perceived their contribution to the intervention regarding recruitment and monitoring of patients through telephone contacts as positive. CONCLUSION: Strengthening the role of MAs' can help to provide targeted support for patients with mental health problems in GP care as part of a low-threshold intervention and relieve the workload on the GP. Thieme. All rights reserved.