Skills perceived by general practitioners for providing care to immigrant patients
Por:
Alonso Moreno FJ, Micó Pérez RM, Segura Fragoso A, Ahmed de Prado H, Guerrero Muñoz M, Palomino Cobo I, Leiva-Cepas F, Llisterri Caro JL and Grupo de Atención al Inmigrante de SEMERGEN
Publicada:
1 oct 2020
Ahead of Print:
14 mar 2020
Resumen:
Objective: To identify the skills perceived by general practitioners for providing competent care to immigrants
Material and methods: Observational, descriptive and cross-sectional study with data collection using a 21-item questionnaire completed electronically by the general practitioners and validated by the National Validation Commission of SEMERGEN. It was structured with closed ended, multiple-choice test questions, including variables related to the doctor and variables related to the immigrant patient. The level of professional competence was assessed using a 1 to 10 Likert scale.
Results: A total 610 family physicians with a mean age of 47.5 +/- 12.3 years responded and 64.1% were women. Of these, 112 (18.4%) were residents. The response rate was 4.9%. A large majority (72.6%) had not taken part in continuing education courses on caring for immigrants in the last 5 years. Participants reported difficulties in the clinic: 73% of the cases with the language, 38.7% with the allotted time, and 32.3% due to knowledge of the culture. Most (96.9%) of patients attended the clinic due to a common illness. The cause in 14.4% was related to the migratory process (infectious disease acquired in the country of origin), and in 26.4% with the health conditions in the host country (lack of stable housing, overcrowding, and conditions of work). The perceived level of competence was 6.2 +/- 1.9.
Conclusions: The competence perceived by general practitioners in providing care to immigrants is moderate. The most important barriers for these professionals are ignorance of the language, lack of time allocated for consultation, and ignorance of the patient's culture. (c) 2020 Sociedad Espanola de Medicos de Atencion Primaria (SEMERGEN). Published by Elsevier Espana, S.L.U. All rights reserved.
Filiaciones:
Alonso Moreno FJ:
Medicina Familiar, CS Sillería, Toledo, España
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Medicina Familiar, Centro de Salud Fontanars dels Alforins, EAP Ontinyent, Ontinyent, Valencia, España
Segura Fragoso A:
Servicio de Investigación, Instituto de Ciencias de la Salud, Talavera de la Reina, España
Ahmed de Prado H:
R3 de Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria, C. Salud Dobra, Hospital Sierrallana, Torrelavega, Cantabria, España
Guerrero Muñoz M:
R4 año de Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria, Centro de Atención Primaria Santa Eulalia Sud. Hospital de Bellvitge, L' Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, España
Palomino Cobo I:
Medicina Familiar, Centro de Salud Mijas, Fuengirola, Málaga, España
Leiva-Cepas F:
Medicina Familiar, Departamento de Ciencias Morfológicas, Facultad de Medicina y Enfermería, Universidad de Córdoba, Grupo de Investigación Epidemiológica en Atención Primaria, Instituto Maimónides de Investigación Biomédica Traslacional (IMIBIC), Córdoba, España
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Medicina Familiar, Vallada, Valencia, España
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