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  • Title: Are GP patients' needs being met? Unfulfilled information needs among native-Dutch and Turkish-Dutch patients.
    Author: Schinkel S, Schouten BC, van Weert JC.
    Journal: Patient Educ Couns; 2013 Feb; 90(2):261-7. PubMed ID: 23228377.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: This study aims to assess unfulfilled information needs of native-Dutch and Turkish-Dutch general practitioner (GP) patients in the Netherlands. In addition, the relation between perceived and recorded information provision by GPs is studied. METHODS: Unfulfilled information needs of native-Dutch (N=117) and Turkish-Dutch patients (N=74) were assessed through pre- and post-consultation questionnaires. Audiotapes of GP consultations were made to code GPs' information provision. RESULTS: Turkish-Dutch patients experience more unfulfilled information needs than native-Dutch patients, in particular those who identify equally with Dutch and Turkish culture. Overall, perceived information provision is hardly related to recorded information provision. CONCLUSION: GPs insufficiently provide Turkish-Dutch patients and, to a lesser extent, native-Dutch patients as well, the information they need. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS: GPs should be trained in giving adequate, tailored information to patients with various ethnic and cultural backgrounds.
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