Interdisciplinary network care collaboration in Parkinson’s disease: a baseline evaluation in Germany
Abstract Background The strengthening of interdisciplinary care collaboration in Parkinson's disease is taking on increasing importance in daily medical routine. Therefore, care providers worldwide are organizing themselves in disease-specific regional network structures. However, the existing...
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| description | Abstract Background The strengthening of interdisciplinary care collaboration in Parkinson's disease is taking on increasing importance in daily medical routine. Therefore, care providers worldwide are organizing themselves in disease-specific regional network structures. However, the existing networks are heterogeneous, and the driving key players are yet unidentified. Objectives To systematically identify key factors of the composition of health care professionals, who are initially interested in the development of a Parkinson network for interdisciplinary care collaboration, their motivation, and expectations, we conducted a basic evaluation in three different German regions covering a total number of 23,405 people with Parkinson’s. Methods A specially developed semi-open questionnaire focusing on socio-demographic information, ways of contact, interdisciplinary collaboration, and connectedness was used. Statistical analyses were performed based on a predesigned codebook. Results The most crucial professions were outpatient therapists (physio-, occupational-, speech therapists) (36.7%), average case load of 10.1 patients/3 months and inpatient movement disorder specialists (21.1%), average case load of 197.4 patients/3 months. Before implementation of PD networks, 48.9% of outpatient therapists did not have any contact with neurologists. 58.9% of caregivers considered the current frequency of collaboration to be insufficient. The lack of political support as well as a lack of time were identified as main hurdles to increased collaboration. Conclusion The identified driving forces in strengthened care collaboration are assigned to different healthcare sectors. This makes networks which provide tools for specialized education and interdisciplinary, cross-sectoral communication indispensable. For an areawide rollout, a rethinking of political frameworks towards network care is strongly necessary. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8aa327659b8f48319d9659f995fefb322024-01-14T12:43:23ZengBMCNeurological Research and Practice2524-34892024-01-01611810.1186/s42466-023-00300-5Interdisciplinary network care collaboration in Parkinson’s disease: a baseline evaluation in GermanyCarina Lummer0Carsten Eggers1Andreas Becker2Fenja Demandt3Tobias Warnecke4Parkinson Netzwerke Deutschland e.V.OptiMedis AGDepartment of Neurology, Knappschaftskrankenhaus Bottrop GmbH - Academic Teaching Hospital of the University of Duisburg-EssenDepartment of Neurology, SRH-Kurpfalzkrankenhaus Heidelberg - Academic Teaching Hospital of the University of HeidelbergInstitute for Applied Health Services ResearchDepartment of Neurology and Neurorehabilitation, Klinikum Osnabrück - Academic Teaching Hospital of the University of MünsterAbstract Background The strengthening of interdisciplinary care collaboration in Parkinson's disease is taking on increasing importance in daily medical routine. Therefore, care providers worldwide are organizing themselves in disease-specific regional network structures. However, the existing networks are heterogeneous, and the driving key players are yet unidentified. Objectives To systematically identify key factors of the composition of health care professionals, who are initially interested in the development of a Parkinson network for interdisciplinary care collaboration, their motivation, and expectations, we conducted a basic evaluation in three different German regions covering a total number of 23,405 people with Parkinson’s. Methods A specially developed semi-open questionnaire focusing on socio-demographic information, ways of contact, interdisciplinary collaboration, and connectedness was used. Statistical analyses were performed based on a predesigned codebook. Results The most crucial professions were outpatient therapists (physio-, occupational-, speech therapists) (36.7%), average case load of 10.1 patients/3 months and inpatient movement disorder specialists (21.1%), average case load of 197.4 patients/3 months. Before implementation of PD networks, 48.9% of outpatient therapists did not have any contact with neurologists. 58.9% of caregivers considered the current frequency of collaboration to be insufficient. The lack of political support as well as a lack of time were identified as main hurdles to increased collaboration. Conclusion The identified driving forces in strengthened care collaboration are assigned to different healthcare sectors. This makes networks which provide tools for specialized education and interdisciplinary, cross-sectoral communication indispensable. For an areawide rollout, a rethinking of political frameworks towards network care is strongly necessary.https://doi.org/10.1186/s42466-023-00300-5Parkinson’s diseaseInterdisciplinary networkBaseline evaluationCommunicationCare collaboration |
| spellingShingle | Carina Lummer Carsten Eggers Andreas Becker Fenja Demandt Tobias Warnecke Parkinson Netzwerke Deutschland e.V. Interdisciplinary network care collaboration in Parkinson’s disease: a baseline evaluation in Germany Neurological Research and Practice Parkinson’s disease Interdisciplinary network Baseline evaluation Communication Care collaboration |
| title | Interdisciplinary network care collaboration in Parkinson’s disease: a baseline evaluation in Germany |
| title_full | Interdisciplinary network care collaboration in Parkinson’s disease: a baseline evaluation in Germany |
| title_fullStr | Interdisciplinary network care collaboration in Parkinson’s disease: a baseline evaluation in Germany |
| title_full_unstemmed | Interdisciplinary network care collaboration in Parkinson’s disease: a baseline evaluation in Germany |
| title_short | Interdisciplinary network care collaboration in Parkinson’s disease: a baseline evaluation in Germany |
| title_sort | interdisciplinary network care collaboration in parkinson s disease a baseline evaluation in germany |
| topic | Parkinson’s disease Interdisciplinary network Baseline evaluation Communication Care collaboration |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s42466-023-00300-5 |
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