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Implementing a QCancer risk tool into general practice consultations: an exploratory study using simulated consultations with Australian general practitioners

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العنوان: Implementing a QCancer risk tool into general practice consultations: an exploratory study using simulated consultations with Australian general practitioners
المؤلفون: Chiang, PP-C, Glance, D, Walker, J, Walter, FM, Emery, JD
بيانات النشر: NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
سنة النشر: 2015
المجموعة: The University of Melbourne: Digital Repository
الوصف: BACKGROUND: Reducing diagnostic delays in primary care by improving the assessment of symptoms associated with cancer could have significant impacts on cancer outcomes. Symptom risk assessment tools could improve the diagnostic assessment of patients with symptoms suggestive of cancer in primary care. We aimed to explore the use of a cancer risk tool, which implements the QCancer model, in consultations and its potential impact on clinical decision making. METHODS: We implemented an exploratory 'action design' method with 15 general practitioners (GPs) from Victoria, Australia. General practitioners applied the risk tool in simulated consultations, conducted semi-structured interviews based on the normalisation process theory and explored issues relating to implementation of the tool. RESULTS: The risk tool was perceived as being potentially useful for patients with complex histories. More experienced GPs were distrustful of the risk output, especially when it conflicted with their clinical judgement. Variable interpretation of symptoms meant that there was significant variation in risk assessment. When a risk output was high, GPs were confronted with numerical risk outputs creating challenges in consultation. CONCLUSIONS: Significant barriers to implementing electronic cancer risk assessment tools in consultation could limit their uptake. These relate not only to the design and integration of the tool but also to variation in interpretation of clinical histories, and therefore variable risk outputs and strong beliefs in personal clinical intuition.
نوع الوثيقة: article in journal/newspaper
اللغة: English
تدمد: 0007-0920
1532-1827
العلاقة: pii: bjc201546; Chiang, P. P. -C., Glance, D., Walker, J., Walter, F. M. & Emery, J. D. (2015). Implementing a QCancer risk tool into general practice consultations: an exploratory study using simulated consultations with Australian general practitioners. BRITISH JOURNAL OF CANCER, 112 (Suppl 1), pp.S77-S83. https://doi.org/10.1038/bjc.2015.46Test.; http://hdl.handle.net/11343/262581Test
الإتاحة: https://doi.org/10.1038/bjc.2015.46Test
http://hdl.handle.net/11343/262581Test
حقوق: CC BY ; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0Test
رقم الانضمام: edsbas.F23C4217
قاعدة البيانات: BASE