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 |
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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). |