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Table 1 Main content areas and items of the questionnaire in the respective ordera

From: “The measures taken by the government overburdened the daily practice” – insights of the PRICOV-19 study on German general practitioners in times of COVID-19

Content

Sample item

1.0 General information about the respondent and primary care

What is your position in this GP practice?

1.1 Patient flow during and before the COVID-19 pandemic:

 a. Appointments

a. Patients who made an appointment and where it is unclear whether they pose a risk of infection are called to verify this

 b. Triage

b. In case the telephonic triage is performed by someone other than a GP in this GP practice and he/she needs support when assessing a call, he/she can rely on support from a GP

 c. Safety management for routine primary care

c. A patient with a fever caused by an infection other than COVID-19 was seen late due to the COVID-19 protocol

1.2 Infection prevention

In this GP practice, home care nurses are currently actively contacted when their patients are diagnosed with a major infectious disease (e.g. HIV, COVID-19, hepatitis carrier status)

1.3 Information processing

In this GP practice, a fixed weekly time is provided in the agenda(s) of GPs for reviewing new guidelines or going through relevant and reliable scientific literature

1.4 Communication with patients

Does this GP practice have a brochure with information on COVID-19 to give to patients?

1.5 Dealing with health policy measure

The guidelines imposed by the government on GP practices as a consequence of COVID-19 pose a threat to the good organisation of this practice

1.6 Wellbeing

The guidelines imposed by the government on GP practices as a consequence of COVID-19 pose a threat to the personal wellbeing of the staff in this practice

  1. aAll questions were answered with a 5-point or 7-point Likert scale using an agreement scale or could be answered with yes/no