dc.contributor.author | Heltveit-Olsen, Silje Rebekka | |
dc.contributor.author | Lunde, Lene | |
dc.contributor.author | Brænd, Anja Maria Lyche | |
dc.contributor.author | Spehar, Ivan | |
dc.contributor.author | Høye, Sigurd | |
dc.contributor.author | Skoglund, Ingmarie | |
dc.contributor.author | Sundvall, Pär-Daniel | |
dc.contributor.author | Fossum, Guro Haugen | |
dc.contributor.author | Straand, Jørund | |
dc.contributor.author | Risør, Mette Bech | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-01-03T08:42:14Z | |
dc.date.available | 2023-01-03T08:42:14Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2022-11-09 | |
dc.description.abstract | Objective: When the COVID-19 pandemic reached Norway, primary health care had to reorganize to ensure safe patient treatment and maintain infection control. General practitioners (GPs)
are key health care providers in the municipalities. Our aim was to explore the experiences and
management strategies of Norwegian GPs during the COVID-19 pandemic - over time, and in
the context of a sudden organizational change.<p>
<p>Design: Longitudinal qualitative interview study with two interview rounds. The first round of interviews was conducted from September–December 2020, the second round from January–April 2021.
In the first interview round, we performed eight semi-structured interviews with GPs from eight
municipalities in Norway. In the second round, five of the GPs were re-interviewed. Consecutive
interviews were performed 2–4 months apart. To analyze the data, we used thematic analysis.
<p>Results: The COVID-19 pandemic required GPs to balance several concerns, such as continuity
of care and their own professional efforts. Several GPs experienced challenges in the collaboration with the municipality and in relation to defining their own professional position. Guided
by The Norwegian Association of General practitioners, The Norwegian College of General
Practice and collegial support, they found viable solutions and ended up with a feeling of having adapted to a new normal.
<p>Conclusions: Although our study demonstrates that the GPs adapted to the changing conditions, the current municipal health care models are not ideal. There is a need for clarification of
responsibilities between GPs and the municipality to facilitate a more coordinated future pandemic response. | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Heltveit-Olsen, Lunde, Brænd, Spehar, Høye, Skoglund, Sundvall, Fossum, Straand, Risør. Experiences and management strategies of Norwegian GPs during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal interview study. Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care. 2022 | en_US |
dc.identifier.cristinID | FRIDAID 2071502 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1080/02813432.2022.2142796 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0281-3432 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1502-7724 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10037/27991 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | Taylor & Francis | en_US |
dc.relation.journal | Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care | |
dc.rights.accessRights | openAccess | en_US |
dc.rights.holder | Copyright 2022 The Author(s) | en_US |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 | en_US |
dc.rights | Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) | en_US |
dc.title | Experiences and management strategies of Norwegian GPs during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal interview study | en_US |
dc.type.version | publishedVersion | en_US |
dc.type | Journal article | en_US |
dc.type | Tidsskriftartikkel | en_US |
dc.type | Peer reviewed | en_US |