Encuentros difíciles en atención primaria : una
aproximación mediante grupos focales
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Los encuentros difíciles entre los profesionales
de la salud y los pacientes producen un importante
impacto emocional. Las consecuencias
de esta relación disfuncional son, entre otros, aumento
de la demanda asistencial y del consumo
de recetas e insatisfacción laboral. El presente
estudio de caso múltiple se enmarca en la dimensión
relacional entre profesionales y pacientes,
caracterizada por la interacción de intereses,
cogniciones, emociones y conductas en el que el
fin primario es la búsqueda de bien del paciente,
pero que está matizado por las influencias de la
triada: profesional-paciente-entorno. Los objetivos
principales son describir las emociones generadas
por los encuentros difíciles en atención
primaria y averiguar el tipo de afrontamiento
que se utiliza. La metodología empleada fue el
empleo de grupos focales de discusión. Participaron
en el estudio 15 médicos de familia, 12 enfermeras
de familia y 6 usuarios del sistema sanitario
público de Andalucía. El análisis categorial
de la información recopilada en los cinco grupos
focales realizados originaron tres categorías de
información: magnitud percibida, emociones
sentidas y causalidad atribuida. Se discuten la
importancia y repercusión de estas categorías en
la relación entre los profesionales de la salud y
los usuarios del sistema sanitario andaluz.
Difficult encounters between health professionals and patients cause an important emotional impact. The consequences of this dysfunctional relation are, among others, an increase of the demand for health care and medical prescriptions consumption, and work dissatisfaction. The present multiple-case study is framed in the relational dimension between health professionals and patients, characterized by the interaction among interests, cognitions, emotions and behaviours, its ultimate goal being the search of patient’s wellness, tinged by the influences of the professional-patientenvironment triad. The main goals are to describe the emotions generated by the difficult encounters in primary health care and to find out the copying styles that are used. The methodology implemented was the use of discussion focal groups. In this study take part 15 family practice physicians, 12 family practice nurses, and six users of the Andalusian Public Health System. The analysis of the collected information in the groups has grouped in three information categories: Perceived magnitude, experienced emotions and attributed causality. The importance and repercussion of these categories in the relation between health professionals and Andalusian public health system users are discussed.
Difficult encounters between health professionals and patients cause an important emotional impact. The consequences of this dysfunctional relation are, among others, an increase of the demand for health care and medical prescriptions consumption, and work dissatisfaction. The present multiple-case study is framed in the relational dimension between health professionals and patients, characterized by the interaction among interests, cognitions, emotions and behaviours, its ultimate goal being the search of patient’s wellness, tinged by the influences of the professional-patientenvironment triad. The main goals are to describe the emotions generated by the difficult encounters in primary health care and to find out the copying styles that are used. The methodology implemented was the use of discussion focal groups. In this study take part 15 family practice physicians, 12 family practice nurses, and six users of the Andalusian Public Health System. The analysis of the collected information in the groups has grouped in three information categories: Perceived magnitude, experienced emotions and attributed causality. The importance and repercussion of these categories in the relation between health professionals and Andalusian public health system users are discussed.









