How to Provide Sexual and Reproductive Health Care to Patients: Focus Groups With Rheumatologists and Rheumatology Advanced Practice Providers
Authors' conclusion
Providers identified many potential solutions and facilitators to enhancing SRH care in rheumatology that might serve as a foundation for intervention development.
Study context
- Population
- Rheumatologists and rheumatology advanced practice providers (APPs) providing sexual and reproductive health (SRH) care to patients with gestational capacity
- Participants
- 22 clinicians
- Comparison
- Rheumatologists vs rheumatology APPs
- Rheumatologistsn = 12
- APPsn = 10
- Outcome
- Themes: solutions to barriers to SRH care
Methodological detailsvideoconferencing, thematic analysis, content-based codebook, 2 trained research coordinators developed and applied the codebook; discrepancies adjudicated to full agreement
- Videoconferencing
- Thematic analysis
- Content-based codebook
- 2 trained research coordinators developed and applied the codebook; discrepancies adjudicated to full agreement
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
- Prepare patients to engage in SRH conversations before and during clinic visits
- Consultation systems needed to facilitate rapid SRH care with women's health providers
- Develop training opportunities and easy-to-access resources to address SRH knowledge gaps
- Provide patients with educational materials about SRH in the rheumatology context
- Four themes emerged
Further findings
Differences by provider type
- Similar ideas generated between APP and rheumatologist groups; rheumatologists generally more interested in additional training and education, APPs more in electronic health record prompts and tools
Original publication
How to Provide Sexual and Reproductive Health Care to Patients: Focus Groups With Rheumatologists and Rheumatology Advanced Practice Providers. J Rheumatol. Published 1 November 2022. doi:10.
Composed by AI from the published abstract and checked against it. How Briefs are made →