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Lookup NU author(s): Dr Susan BissettORCiD, Professor Philip Preshaw, Dr Justin Presseau, Professor Tim Rapley
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© 2019Aims: To explore inter-professional communication and collaboration in guideline-concordant diabetes and periodontitis care. Methods: Qualitative design using iterations of workshops to identify ways to improve multidisciplinary working attended by staff from medical and dental primary care practices, and people with diabetes (n = 43). Workshops were semi-structured around a topic guide. Recruitment was via the UK Clinical Research Network, and a patient and public involvement group in the North of England. Results: Medical practice participants were unaware of the bidirectional evidence linking diabetes and periodontitis and stated that they had never received a referral from a dental professional in this context. The patient participants with diabetes reported never having been informed about the links between diabetes and periodontitis from either their family physician or dentist. Medical and dental practice participants gave negative accounts of inter-professional communication, with claims of inappropriate requests and defensive or non-responses that stymied future interaction. Indirect communication through the patient was suggested as an alternative to direct communication. Conclusions: Indirect referral, whereby the patient is signposted to a healthcare professional, was suggested by medical and dental professionals as a useful alternative to the traditional (and time consuming) letter or telephone call, particularly in the case of suspected diabetes or periodontitis.
Author(s): Bissett SM, Preshaw PM, Presseau J, Rapley T
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Primary Care Diabetes
Year: 2020
Volume: 14
Issue: 2
Pages: 126-132
Print publication date: 01/04/2020
Online publication date: 09/12/2019
Acceptance date: 20/11/2019
Date deposited: 09/01/2020
ISSN (print): 1751-9918
ISSN (electronic): 1878-0210
Publisher: Elsevier Ltd
URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pcd.2019.11.010
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcd.2019.11.010
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