Key result
Fear, denial, low expectations, and attributing symptoms to industrial lung disease were identified as key barriers preventing or delaying patients with angina from accessing health services.
Population
14 patients with stable angina, 9 primary care staff, 5 community groups, and 1 group of general…
Design
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Barriers to angina care access may persist pre-GP involvement; leaves open effective community strategies for deprived coalfield populations.
A complex web of structural, personal, and cultural factors prevents or delays patients with angina from accessing health services, often before general practitioners are even involved.
Tod et al. (2001) studied stable angina. Factors influencing use of health services was evaluated on Barriers to accessing health services. Fear, denial, low expectations, and attributing symptoms to industrial lung disease were identified as key barriers preventing or delaying patients with angina from accessing health services.
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