Journal article
Patients’ and primary care practitioners’ perspectives of primary care consultations relating to menstrual problems: a meta-ethnography
- Abstract:
- Past research indicates suboptimal primary care communication surrounding menstrual problems. This meta-ethnography synthesized qualitative research on patient and primary care practitioner perspectives to advance understanding of consultation dynamics. Menstrual problems included menorrhagia, dysmenorrhea, or gynecological conditions (e.g., endometriosis). Searches (MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, PsycINFO, citation, website) yielded 30 included articles. Synthesized findings revealed complex shared concepts between patients’ and practitioners’ perspectives: varying attitudes toward and discussions about menstrual problems and patients, alongside tensions in expectations, roles and knowledge sharing. Empowering patients and practitioners to improve communication in these areas could enable more effective primary care menstrual problem consultations.
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1080/23293691.2026.2680002
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+ National Institute for Health and Care Research
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- Funder identifier:
- https://ror.org/0187kwz08
- Grant:
- C090
- Publisher:
- Taylor & Francis Group
- Journal:
- Women's Reproductive Health More from this journal
- Pages:
- 1-25
- Publication date:
- 2026-06-10
- Acceptance date:
- 2026-05-20
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2329-3713
- ISSN:
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2329-3691
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English
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2432574
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pubs:2432574
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W7164408878
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2026-06-15
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- Copyright date:
- 2026
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- © 2026 The Author(s). Published with license by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. The terms on which this article has been published allow the posting of the Accepted Manuscript in a repository by the author(s) or with their consent.
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