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Nurse management of patients with minor illnesses in general practice: multicentre, randomised controlled trial

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Shum, C.·2000·BMJ
DOI 10.1136/bmj.320.7241.1038PMC PMC27346
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OBJECTIVE: To assess the acceptability and safety of a minor illness service led by practice nurses in general practice. DESIGN: Multicentre, randomised controlled trial. SETTING: 5 general practices in south east London and Kent representing semi-rural, suburban, and urban settings. PARTICIPANTS: 1815 patients requesting and offered same day appointments by receptionists. INTERVENTION: Patients were assigned to treatment by either a specially trained nurse or a general practitioner. Patients seen by a nurse were referred to a general practitioner when appropriate. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: The general satisfaction of the patients as measured by the consultation satisfaction questionnaire. Other outcome measures included the length of the consultation, number of prescriptions written, rates of referral to general practitioners, patient's reported health status, patient's anticipated behaviour in seeking health care in future, and number of patients who returned to the surgery, visits to accident and emergency, and out of hours calls to doctors. RESULTS: Patients were very satisfied with both nurses and doctors, but they were significantly more satisfied with their consultations with nurses (mean (SD) score of satisfaction 78.6 (16. 0) of 100 points for nurses v 76.4 (17.8) for doctors; 95% confidence interval for difference between means -4.07 to -0.38). Consultations with nurses took about 10 minutes compared with about 8 minutes for consultations with doctors. Nurses and doctors wrote prescriptions for a similar proportion of patients (nurses 481/736 (65.4%) v doctors 518/816 (63.5%)). 577/790 (73%) patients seen by nurses were managed without any input from doctors. CONCLUSION: Practice nurses seem to offer an effective service for patients with minor illnesses who request same day appointments.

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Authors
Shum, C.
Corresponding author
Shum, C.
Venue
BMJ
Publisher
BMJ
Published
2000-04-15
Volume
320
Issue
7241
Pages
1038-1043
ISSN
0959-8138 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1136/bmj.320.7241.1038
PMC
PMC27346
OpenAlex
W2069875531
Cited by
289
References
8
Citations by year
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FWCI
54.67
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • BMJ (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • HighWire Press Open Archive (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Nursing Roles and Practices
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Family Practice › Primary Care and Health Outcomes
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Emergency Medicine › Emergency and Acute Care Studies
Keywords
practice nurses, minor illness, nurse-led care, general practice, same-day appointments, patient satisfaction, consultation time, drug prescribing, general practitioner referral, health care utilization
MeSH terms
Acute Disease, Adult, England, Family Practice, Female, Humans, Male, Nurse-Patient Relations, Prognosis, Rural Health, Urban Health, Patient Satisfaction

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