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Table 2 Categorical system with first subcategories (General Practitioners)

From: How can the practice nurse be more involved in the care of the chronically ill? The perspectives of GPs, patients and practice nurses

Main categories

First subcategory

Present situation (20*):

• Involvement in medical proceedings (6)

• No involvement in medical proceedings (14)

Team approach in general (20):

• Imaginable (18)

• Not imaginable (2)

Barriers / Problems (20):

• Lacking (medical) knowledge/skills (19)

• Workload (16)

• Perceived lacking patients' acceptance (14)

• Fear of worsening physician-patient-relationship (12)

• Lacking reimbursement (5)

• Doubt about efficacy of increased involvement (5)

• Lacking motivation by practice nurses (2)

Possible tasks for practice nurses in the context of a team approach (20):

• Hand out patient information leaflets (12)

• Life style counselling/advice giving (11)

• Arranging/Assisting referrals (5)

• Others (4)

Possibilities to overcome the obstacles (12):

• Better education for practice nurses (11)

• Reimbursement (5)

• Training offers for practice nurses (2)

  1. * numbers in parentheses are the frequency of subjects, who said something to the respective category