Publications by authors named "Stig J Andersson"
Objectives: To examine how local sales levels of antidepressive agents (ADs) correlated with GPs' conceptions of depressive disorders and of factors that may influence their work with depressed patients.
Design: A postal questionnaire survey to GPs requesting their conceptions of depression and their opinions of additional factors that may influence their work with depressed patients. GPs' conceptions and opinions were compared with local sales rates of ADs.
Background: The way GPs work does not appear to be adapted to the needs of depressive patients. Therefore we wanted to examine Swedish GPs' conceptions of depressive disorders and their treatment and GPs' ideas of factors that may influence their manner of work with depressive patients.
Methods: A postal questionnaire to a stratified sample of 617 Swedish GPs.
Article Synopsis
- GPs' treatment of depressed patients has faced criticism, prompting a study in Orebro, Sweden to investigate the factors influencing their approach.
- Interviews with 17 GPs revealed that personal life experiences and family medicine practices were considered more significant than formal education and psychiatric training.
- The study concluded that GPs prefer personal insights over academic resources, indicating a need for more unbiased information and support, while traditional female traits were seen as beneficial in patient interactions.