Table 1.

Studies examining patient and physician perspectives on continuity of care with family doctors

AUTHORSYEARCOUNTRYSAMPLE SIZEPARTICIPANTSTECHNIQUEDATA ANALYSISTHEMES
Alazri et al212006UK79PatientsFocus groupsFramework approach1, 2, 4, 5
Boulton et al222006UK31PatientsIn-depth interviewsQualitative analysis*1, 2, 4, 5
Von Bültzingslöwen et al232006Sweden14PatientsOpen individual interviewsContent analysis1–5
Cowie et al242009UK30PatientsSemistructured interviewsQualitative analysis*2–5
Detz et al252013US712PatientsInternet reviewsContent analysis1, 2, 4
Frederiksen et al262009Europe22PatientsSemistructured interviewsInterpretive phenomenologic analysis1, 2, 5
Frederiksen et al272010Europe22PatientsSemistructured interviewsInterpretive phenomenologic analysis1, 3
Gabel et al281993US60PatientsEthnographic interviewsEthnographic analysis1–4
Den Herder-van der Eerden et al292017Europe152PatientsSemistructured interviewsQualitative content analysis1, 4, 5
Liaw et al301992Australia96PatientsFocus group interviewsQualitative analysis*4, 5
Michiels et al312007Europe17PatientsFace-to-face, in-depth interviewsGrounded theory1, 4
Naithani et al322006UK25PatientsIn-depth, semistructured interviewsQualitative analysis*1–5
Pandhi et al332007US40PatientsIn-person, open-ended interviewsGrounded theory1–5
Rhodes et al342014UK38PatientsIn-depth interviewsQualitative analysis*1–5
Tarrant et al352010UK20PatientsSemistructured interviewsConstant comparative method1, 3, 5
Tarrant et al362015UK50PatientsSemistructured, face-to-face interviewsConstant comparative method1, 4, 5
Alazri et al372007UK52GPs and practice nursesSemistructured individual interviewsFramework approach1–3, 5
Delva et al382011Canada37PhysiciansSemistructured focus group interviewsConstant comparison1, 3–6
Kerr et al172012Canada37PhysiciansFocus groupsContent analysis2–4, 6
Ridd et al392006UK24PhysiciansIn-depth interviewsConstant comparative method1–6
Schultz et al402012Canada37PhysiciansFocus groupsPhenomenologic approach1–4, 6
Sturmberg412000Australia22PhysiciansFocus groupsQualitative analysis*1, 2, 4
Guthrie and Wyke422006UK48Patients and physiciansSemistructured interviewsInterpretive thematic analysis1–4, 6

  • UK—United Kingdom, US—United States.

  • ↵* Unclear, not explicitly reported.