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Table 3 Categorical system with first subcategories (Patients)

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

Team approach in general (20*):

• Imaginable (19)

• Not imaginable (1)

Barriers / Problems (20):

• Lacking (medical) knowledge (11)

• Fear of worsening physician-patient- relationship (2)

• Others (4)

Possible tasks for practice nurses in the context of a team approach (13):

• Organising education groups (10)

• Giving information about referrals (specialists) (4)

• Asking patient about his mood (2)

• Talking to the patient sympathetically (1)

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