20.500.12556/DKUM-88393 Perceptions of the primary health care team about the implementation of integrated care of patients with type 2 diabetes and hypertension in Slovenia qualitative study Background Integrated care involves good coordination, networking, and communication within health care services and externally between providers and patients or informal caregivers. It affects the quality of services, is more cost-effective, and contributes to greater satisfaction among individuals and providers of integrated care. In our study, we examined the implementation and understanding of integrated care from the perspective of providers - the health care team - and gained insights into the current situation. Methods Eight focus groups were conducted with health care teams, involving a total of 48 health care professionals, including family physicians, registered nurses, practice nurses, community nurses, and registered nurses working in a health education center. Prior to conducting the focus groups, a thematic guide was developed based on the literature and contextual knowledge with the main themes of the integrated care package. The analysis was conducted using the NVivo program. Results We identified 12 main themes with 49 subthemes. Health care professionals highlighted good accessibility and the method of diagnostic screening integrated with preventive examinations as positive aspects of the current system of integrated care in Slovenia. They mentioned the good cooperation within the team, with the involvement of registered nurses and community nurses being a particular advantage. Complaints were made about the high workload and the lack of workforce. They feel that patients do not take the disease seriously enough and that patients as teachers could be useful. Conclusion Primary care teams described the importance of implementing integrated care for diabetes and hypertension patients at four levels: Patient, community, care providers, and state. Primary care teams also recognized the importance of including more professionals from different health care settings on their team. integrated health care system type-2-diabetes Hypertension Health care team interdisciplinary primary care qualitative research družinska medicina hipertenzija sladkorna bolezen tip 2 integriran sistem zdravstvenega varstva zdravstvena ekipa interdisciplinarno primarno zdravstveno varstvo kvalitativna raziskava true false true BioMed Central Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Znanstveno delo 2024-04-19 10:23:13 2024-04-19 10:50:49 2024-04-20 03:28:41 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2023 0 0 Str. 1-9 Št. članka 362 Letn. 23 2023 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 2022-12-13 2023-03-30 2023-04-12 616 149871875 10.1186/s12913-023-09353-3 1472-6963 Stojnic-2023-Perceptions_of_the_primary_health.pdf Stojnic-2023-Perceptions_of_the_primary_health.pdf 1 3996007D691189295A6698A249B665C7 7979c4cfe0a9f4472d999102c1f9a9ffec2dc5d010e8130b83cf69dedfffb765 9d41aa9e-fe27-11ee-8dad-00155d000105 https://dk.um.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=178763 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-023-09353-3 Prost dostop 0 12a0a3ba-fe26-11ee-8dad-00155d000105 https://dk.um.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=178760 Medicinska fakulteta 0 0 0