Table 3 Details of the responses to the questionnaire: GPref satisfaction with direct exchanges before the patient returned home and aspects of the practice impacted after the patient returned home
N (%) | |
|---|---|
Responded to the survey in general (n = 100) | |
Concerning CREDO exchanges in general (n = 33 to 85) | |
Perceived interests of a systematic direct exchange between patient, referring physician and hospital physician, before the patient returned home (n = 85) a | |
Systematic updating of information | 70 (82.4) |
Speed of information transmission | 69 (81.2) |
Anticipation of emergency situations | 59 (69.4) |
Information grouping, via the personalized link sheet | 51 (60.0) |
Reconciliation between the referring physician and the hospital team | 49 (57.6) |
Easy access to information, via the link sheet | 47 (55.3) |
Humanizing the relationship between the attending physician and the hospital team | 46 (54.1) |
Adaptation to the patient’s wishes | 40 (47.1) |
Aspects of the practice impacted by the exchanges after the patient returned home (n = 33) a | |
Management of side effects and/or complications | 22 (66.7) |
Patient Communication | 19 (57.7) |
Management of the patient’s symptoms | 16 (48.5) |
Involvement in patient management | 15 (45.5) |
Relationship with the hospital’s health care team | 11 (33.3) |
Communication with the patients’ family and friends | 10 (30.3) |
Relationship with the home care team | 10 (30.3) |
Perspectives (n = 93) | |
Would request such exchanges for any cancer patient, metastatic or not | 87 (93.6) |
Would request multiple exchanges of this type for the same patient, should medically significant events occur | 83 (90.2) |
This type of initiative can improve the general practice coordination | 85 (94.4) |