Begleitete Patient:innen in der hausärztlichen Sprechstunde: Patient:innen mit/ohne türkischen Migrationshintergrund im Vergleich.

A family practitioners' (FP) consultation is usually understood as an interaction between two people. Studies from other countries show that a large proportion of patients, however, attend FP consultations accompanied by another person. Neither the frequency of bringing an accompanying person nor cultural differences have been studied so far for the German-speaking countries. In 2018, an explorative study was conducted in six urban family practices in North Rhine–Westphalia (numerical recording of patients with/without accompaniment in the consultation hour; guideline-based interview of accompanied patients after the consultation). Of the 1155 patients recorded, 27% (95% confidence interval [95% CI] = 24.31–29.41) were accompanied. There is a significant relationship between the existence of a Turkish migration background and bringing an accompanying person to the GP practice (χ2 (2) = 92.37; p < 0.01). Patients with a Turkish migration background were accompanied more often (47%; 95% CI = 41.64–52.98) than patients without a migration background (19%; 95% CI = 16.38–21.95). From all patients recorded, a short interview was conducted with 124 accompanied patients. The average age of all interviewed accompanied patients was 50 years. Women were accompanied more often (67%) than men. The accompanying persons came almost exclusively from the family circle. Slightly more than half of the accompanying persons were women. The majority of the accompanying persons were themselves patients in this family practice and 60% had their own reason for treatment in this consultation. The motives for bringing along a companion related to the areas of organization, communication, and social support. Prominently represented was the wish to involve the family in the illness process, emotional support, and support in communication. Accompanied patients without and with a Turkish migration background, however, differed little with regard to the motives mentioned. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]