The impact of informational interventions about cognitive behavioral therapy for chronic fatigue syndrome on GPs referral behavior.
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2007Source
Patient Education and Counseling, 68, 1, (2007), pp. 29-32ISSN
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Internal Medicine
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Medical Psychology
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Centre for Quality of Care Research
Journal title
Patient Education and Counseling
Volume
vol. 68
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iss. 1
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p. 29
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p. 32
Subject
EBP 3: Effective Primary Care and Public Health; EBP 4: Quality of Care; NCEBP 10: Human Movement & Fatigue; NCEBP 3: Implementation Science; NCEBP 9: Mental health; ONCOL 4: Quality of Care; UMCN 4.1: Microbial pathogenesis and host defenseAbstract
OBJECTIVE: This study investigated the impact of an informational intervention among general practitioners (GPs) about a new treatment with cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) in a mental health center (MHC). The outcome measures concerned GPs knowledge and attitudes towards CFS and their actual referrals of CFS patients to this new treatment setting. METHODS: Three hundred and one GPs, who all had received written information about CFS four times, and who partly had also visited an informational group session, completed a short questionnaire survey on CFS knowledge and attitudes. Referral data were obtained from the mental health center. RESULTS: During 16 months 22% of all GPs in the concerning region had referred at least one CFS patient. Concerning knowledge and attitude, the survey results showed that 70% of the GPs had remembered the intervention's main message, namely the new treatment possibility. These informed GPs reported better knowledge and more positive attitudes towards CFS than the non-informed GPs, who had not seen and read the intervention's information. CONCLUSION: This study showed that disseminating written materials can be a useful method for stimulating GPs to refer CFS patients for CBT. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS: In future implementation projects concerning CBT for CFS (or other 'new' treatments for a disputed illness) in a MHC or other institution, the informational intervention evaluated here can be a suitable and efficient method to inform GPs and let them refer patients.
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