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Table 1 Summary of study’s characteristics

From: Multimorbidity and consultation time: a systematic review

Author

Year of study

Country

Design

Number of participants

Population (inclusion criteria)

Setting

Method of data collection

Outcomes measured

Author’s conclusions

Moth et al

2008–2009

Denmark

Cross-sectional

404 GPs,

8236 contacts

Persons aged 40 years or more

General practice

Registration form completed by GP about all patient contacts on one randomly assigned date during the study period.

- Length of consultation time, chronic disease, reason for appointment, diagnosis, number of additional psychosocial problems raised by the patient during the consultation, difficulty found with consultation of the consultation, referral to specialized care, and whether a nurse could have replaced the GP.

- GPs found consultations with patients suffering from chronic conditions to be more difficult than those with patients without chronic disease (p < 0.001).

  1. GP General Practitioner