The place of general practitioner in the management of patients with rare disease and intellectual disability: A qualitative study |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of General Medicine, University of Burgundy and Franche Comté, Dijon, France;2. Equipe GAD, INSERM U1231, University of Burgundy and Franche Comté, Dijon, France;3. Inserm, CIC1432, Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Dijon, France;4. CHU Dijon-Bourgogne, Clinical Investigation Centre, Clinical Epidemiology/Clinical Trials Unit, Dijon, France;5. Centre de Référence Anomalies du Développement et Syndromes Malformatifs de l''interrégion Est, FHU TRANSLAD, Filière AnDDI-Rares, CHU de Dijon, Dijon, France;1. Dermatology Department, Hospital Universitari Arnau de Vilanova, Lleida, Spain;2. IRB Lleida, Spain;3. Medical Oncology Department, Hospital Universitari Arnau de Vilanova, Lleida, Spain;4. Endocrinology Department, Hospital Universitari Arnau de Vilanova, Lleida, Spain;5. General Surgery Department, Hospital Universitari Arnau de Vilanova, Lleida, Spain;6. Department of Pathology and Molecular Genetics, Hospital Universitari Arnau de Vilanova, Lleida, Spain;7. Laboratori Clínic ICS Lleida, Hospital Universitari Arnau de Vilanova, Lleida, Spain;8. Centre of Biomedical Research on Cancer (CIBERONC), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain;9. University of Lleida, Spain;1. Department of Neurology, Ghent University Hospital, Corneel Heymanslaan 10, 9000, Ghent, Belgium;2. Department of Biomolecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Corneel Heymanslaan 10, 9000, Ghent, Belgium;3. Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University Hospital, Corneel Heymanslaan 10, 9000, Ghent, Belgium;1. Department of Genetics, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman;2. Genetic and Developmental Medicine Clinic, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, Oman;3. Department of Surgery, Division of Orthopedic Surgery, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, Oman;1. Biochemical Genetics Department, Human Genetics and Genome Research Institute, National Research Centre, Egypt;2. Oro-dental Genetics Department, Human Genetics and Genome Research Institute, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt;3. Medical Molecular Genetics Department, Human Genetics and Genome Research Institute, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt |
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| Abstract: | The management of patients with rare diseases (RD) presents many challenges including diagnosis, coordination of care, and orientation in the health system. For these patients, the general practitioner (GP) is not always the referring physician. The aim of this study was to determine the place of the GP in management of patients with RD. We used a qualitative study by case-study. From March to October 2020, semi-structured interviews were conducted by telephone with the families of adult patients with RD and intellectual disability, and with the health professionals involved in their management. Patients were recruited through RD reference centres, patient associations or GPs. The interviews were transcribed and analysed by two independent investigators. A grounded theory-based analysis was performed. Eight case studies were conducted with 20 participants. Our results highlighted the trajectory of the patients through the development of the career of the primary informal caregiver. The caregivers developed skills required for the management of the care recipient. Within this trajectory, the GP found his place depended on the skills he could provide, their interest in the disease, the skills developed by the caregiver, and the caregiver/care recipient needs. The GP was mostly consulted for routine care and administrative procedures, but when a trusting relationship was established, they also accompanied the patient and their family by providing appropriate medical, social or psychological support. The GP will be all the more a privileged actor in the care process that he will be involved in the coordination of all other actors, professional as non-professionals. |
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| Keywords: | Rare diseases Intellectual disability Primary health care General practice Sociology Caregivers Patient care management |
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