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Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, French, German, Greek, Italian and Polish GPs do recognize the EGPRN definition of Multimorbidity.

Multimorbidity is a challenging concept to prevent decompensation for frail patients. An EGPRN working group has published a comprehensive definition of multimorbidity issued from a systematic rewiew. That definition has been translated and is homogeneous into eight european languages. It needs to be validated in each country. Research question: Is the EGPRN Multimorbidity definition in Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, French, German, Greek, Italian and Polish validated by practicing GPs?Method: Qualitative surveys using focus groups or semi structured interviews with a purposive sample of practicing GPs for each country. The focus/interview guide was design and tested by a group of seven researchers and translated into each language. Data collection was audio recorded and transcribed verbatim till saturation in each country. Analysis was undertaken in a phenomenological perspective, using a grounded theory based method with four independent researcher and pooling at each coding step for all national teams. Results: Sample's maximal variation was reached in each country. Saturation was achieved in each country. The 11 themes describing multimorbidity in the EGPRN definition were recognized in each country. Conclusion: The 11 themas defining multimorbidity have been recognized for Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, French, German, Greek, Italian and Polish GPs. The qualitative validation Will be confirmed by quantitative surveys in each country.

EGPRN; definition; multimorbidity; general practice

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