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Has the COVID-19 Pandemic Led to Changes in the Tasks of the Primary Care Workforce? An International Survey among General Practices in 38 Countries (PRICOV-19)

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a large and varying impact on primary care. This paper studies changes in the tasks of general practitioners (GPs) and associated staff during the COVID-19 pandemic. Data from the PRICOV-19 study of 5093 GPs in 38 countries were used. We constructed a scale for task cha...

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Autores principales: Groenewegen, Peter, Van Poel, Esther, Spreeuwenberg, Peter, Batenburg, Ronald, Mallen, Christian, Murauskiene, Liubove, Peris, Antoni, Pétré, Benoit, Schaubroeck, Emmily, Stark, Stefanie, Sigurdsson, Emil L., Tatsioni, Athina, Vafeidou, Kyriaki, Willems, Sara
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9690243/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36430047
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192215329
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author Groenewegen, Peter
Van Poel, Esther
Spreeuwenberg, Peter
Batenburg, Ronald
Mallen, Christian
Murauskiene, Liubove
Peris, Antoni
Pétré, Benoit
Schaubroeck, Emmily
Stark, Stefanie
Sigurdsson, Emil L.
Tatsioni, Athina
Vafeidou, Kyriaki
Willems, Sara
author_facet Groenewegen, Peter
Van Poel, Esther
Spreeuwenberg, Peter
Batenburg, Ronald
Mallen, Christian
Murauskiene, Liubove
Peris, Antoni
Pétré, Benoit
Schaubroeck, Emmily
Stark, Stefanie
Sigurdsson, Emil L.
Tatsioni, Athina
Vafeidou, Kyriaki
Willems, Sara
author_sort Groenewegen, Peter
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description The COVID-19 pandemic has had a large and varying impact on primary care. This paper studies changes in the tasks of general practitioners (GPs) and associated staff during the COVID-19 pandemic. Data from the PRICOV-19 study of 5093 GPs in 38 countries were used. We constructed a scale for task changes and performed multilevel analyses. The scale was reliable at both GP and country level. Clustering of task changes at country level was considerable (25%). During the pandemic, staff members were more involved in giving information and recommendations to patients contacting the practice by phone, and they were more involved in triage. GPs took on additional responsibilities and were more involved in reaching out to patients. Problems due to staff absence, when dealt with internally, were related to more task changes. Task changes were larger in practices employing a wider range of professional groups. Whilst GPs were happy with the task changes in practices with more changes, they also felt the need for further training. A higher-than-average proportion of elderly people and people with a chronic condition in the practice were related to task changes. The number of infections in a country during the first wave of the pandemic was related to task changes. Other characteristics at country level were not associated with task changes. Future research on the sustainability of task changes after the pandemic is needed.
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spelling pubmed-96902432022-11-25 Has the COVID-19 Pandemic Led to Changes in the Tasks of the Primary Care Workforce? An International Survey among General Practices in 38 Countries (PRICOV-19) Groenewegen, Peter Van Poel, Esther Spreeuwenberg, Peter Batenburg, Ronald Mallen, Christian Murauskiene, Liubove Peris, Antoni Pétré, Benoit Schaubroeck, Emmily Stark, Stefanie Sigurdsson, Emil L. Tatsioni, Athina Vafeidou, Kyriaki Willems, Sara Int J Environ Res Public Health Article The COVID-19 pandemic has had a large and varying impact on primary care. This paper studies changes in the tasks of general practitioners (GPs) and associated staff during the COVID-19 pandemic. Data from the PRICOV-19 study of 5093 GPs in 38 countries were used. We constructed a scale for task changes and performed multilevel analyses. The scale was reliable at both GP and country level. Clustering of task changes at country level was considerable (25%). During the pandemic, staff members were more involved in giving information and recommendations to patients contacting the practice by phone, and they were more involved in triage. GPs took on additional responsibilities and were more involved in reaching out to patients. Problems due to staff absence, when dealt with internally, were related to more task changes. Task changes were larger in practices employing a wider range of professional groups. Whilst GPs were happy with the task changes in practices with more changes, they also felt the need for further training. A higher-than-average proportion of elderly people and people with a chronic condition in the practice were related to task changes. The number of infections in a country during the first wave of the pandemic was related to task changes. Other characteristics at country level were not associated with task changes. Future research on the sustainability of task changes after the pandemic is needed. MDPI 2022-11-20 /pmc/articles/PMC9690243/ /pubmed/36430047 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192215329 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Groenewegen, Peter
Van Poel, Esther
Spreeuwenberg, Peter
Batenburg, Ronald
Mallen, Christian
Murauskiene, Liubove
Peris, Antoni
Pétré, Benoit
Schaubroeck, Emmily
Stark, Stefanie
Sigurdsson, Emil L.
Tatsioni, Athina
Vafeidou, Kyriaki
Willems, Sara
Has the COVID-19 Pandemic Led to Changes in the Tasks of the Primary Care Workforce? An International Survey among General Practices in 38 Countries (PRICOV-19)
title Has the COVID-19 Pandemic Led to Changes in the Tasks of the Primary Care Workforce? An International Survey among General Practices in 38 Countries (PRICOV-19)
title_full Has the COVID-19 Pandemic Led to Changes in the Tasks of the Primary Care Workforce? An International Survey among General Practices in 38 Countries (PRICOV-19)
title_fullStr Has the COVID-19 Pandemic Led to Changes in the Tasks of the Primary Care Workforce? An International Survey among General Practices in 38 Countries (PRICOV-19)
title_full_unstemmed Has the COVID-19 Pandemic Led to Changes in the Tasks of the Primary Care Workforce? An International Survey among General Practices in 38 Countries (PRICOV-19)
title_short Has the COVID-19 Pandemic Led to Changes in the Tasks of the Primary Care Workforce? An International Survey among General Practices in 38 Countries (PRICOV-19)
title_sort has the covid-19 pandemic led to changes in the tasks of the primary care workforce? an international survey among general practices in 38 countries (pricov-19)
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9690243/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36430047
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192215329
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