• Clin Med (Lond) · Mar 2021

    Towards integrated perioperative medicine: a survey of general practitioners' attitudes, beliefs and behaviours regarding perioperative medicine for older people.

    • Tessa O'Halloran, Jessie Colquhoun, Gerard Danjoux, Judith Sl Partridge, and Jugdeep K Dhesi.
    • Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK; tessa.ohalloran@gmail.com.
    • Clin Med (Lond). 2021 Mar 1; 21 (2): e192e197e192-e197.

    BackgroundPerioperative optimisation can improve outcomes for older people having surgery. Integration with primary care could improve quality and reduce variability in access to preoperative optimisation.AimOur aim was to explore attitudes, beliefs and behaviours of general practitioners (GPs) regarding the perioperative pathway, and evaluate enablers and barriers to GP-led preoperative optimisation.MethodsStakeholder interviews (n=38) informed survey development. A purposive sampling frame was used to target delivery of online and paper surveys. Results were analysed using descriptive statistics.ResultsWe had 231 responses (response rate 32.7%). Enablers included belief among GPs that optimisation improves postoperative outcomes (86%) and that they have a role discussing modifiable risk factors with patients (85%). Barriers included low frequency exposure to older surgical patients, minimal training in perioperative medicine and rare interaction with perioperative services.ConclusionThis survey illustrates the importance of interprofessional education, cross-sector training opportunities and collaboration to deliver integrated preoperative optimisation for older people undergoing surgery.© Royal College of Physicians 2021. All rights reserved.

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