Determinants of patient participation for safer care: A qualitative study of physicians experiences and perceptionsShow others and affiliations
2018 (English)In: Health Science Reports, E-ISSN 2398-8835, Vol. 1, no 10, article id e87Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Objective
There is a paucity of research on physicians' perspectives on involving patients to achieve safer care. This study aims to explore determinants of patient participation for safer care, according to physicians in Swedish health care.
Methods
We used a deductive descriptive design, applying qualitative content analysis based on the Capability‐Opportunity‐Motivation‐Behaviour framework. Semi‐structured interviews were conducted with 13 physicians in different types of health care units, to achieve a heterogeneous sample. The main outcome measure was barriers and facilitators to patient participation of potential relevance for patient safety.
Results
Analysis of the data yielded 14 determinants (ie, subcategories) functioning as barriers and/or facilitators to patient participation of potential relevance for patient safety. These determinants were mapped to five categories: physicians' capability to involve patients in their care; patients' capability to become involved in their care, as perceived by the physicians; physicians' opportunity to achieve patient participation in their care; physicians' motivation to involve patients in their care; and patients' motivation to become involved in their care, as perceived by the physicians.
Conclusion
There are many barriers to patient participation to achieve safer care. There are also facilitators, but these tend to depend on initiatives of individual physicians and patients, because organizational‐level support may be lacking. Many of the determinants are interdependent, with physicians' perceived time constraints influencing other barriers.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
John Wiley & Sons, 2018. Vol. 1, no 10, article id e87
Keywords [en]
barriers; determinants; facilitators; patient participation; patient safety; physicians
National Category
Health Care Service and Management, Health Policy and Services and Health Economy
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-156016DOI: 10.1002/hsr2.87ISI: 000697868000001PubMedID: 30623042OAI: oai:DiVA.org:liu-156016DiVA, id: diva2:1301588
2019-04-022019-04-022024-01-10Bibliographically approved