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June 22, 2021
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Primary care provider expectations of addiction services and patients in Spain

Publicated to:Family Practice. 39 (2): 269-274 - 2022-03-24 39(2), DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmab053

Authors: Andreu, M; Alcaraz, N; Gual, A; Segura, L; Barrio, P

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Autonomous Govt Catalonia, Hlth & Social Secur Dept, Program Subst Abuse, Barcelona, Spain - Author
Univ Barcelona, Hosp Clin & Univ Barcelona, Inst Invest Biomed August Pi i Sunyer IDIBAP, Grp Recerca Addicc Clin GRAC GRE, Barcelona, Spain - Author

Abstract

Primary care (PC) is crucial in the care of substance use disorder (SUD) patients. However, the relationship between PC and addiction settings is complex and collaboration issues stand out. Available evidence suggests that integration of SUD and PC services can improve physical and mental health of SUD patients and reduce health expenses.To explore the experiences, views and attitudes of PC professionals towards the interaction between PC and SUD services.Twenty-seven GPs took part in three focus groups. The focus group sessions were audio-taped, transcribed verbatim and analysed using reflexive thematic analysis. Recurrent themes were identified.Four main themes were devised: (1) Differences and specificities of SUD patients, (2) Interaction between providers of PC and addiction services, (3) Patient management (4) Addiction stigma. These main themes reflect the consideration that SUD patients are a specific group with specific care needs that yield specific challenges to GPs themselves. Improved training, availability of a shared medical record system, increased feedback between GP and addiction specialists and the efficiency of the circuit are to be considered the main priority for the majority of the participants.An efficient and effective referral circuit, with increased feedback and shared medical records is considered key to GPs. Its implementation should keep in mind the specific features of both SUD patients and GPs.© The Author(s) 2021. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com.

Keywords

alcohol use disorderalcohol-usebrief interventiondrugmental healthmental-healthpractitionersprimary careprimary-health-carepsychiatrypublic healthsubstance abusesubstance-abuse treatmenttreatment sbirtuse disorder servicesAlcohol use disorderDrug dependenceHumanHumansMedicinaMental healthMotivationPrimary carePrimary health carePrimary medical-carePsychiatryPublic healthQualitative researchSpainSubstance abuseSubstance-related disordersTrastornos adictivos

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Family Practice due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency Scopus (SJR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2022, it was in position , thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Family Practice.

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from World Citations from Scopus Elsevier, it yields a value for the Field-Weighted Citation Impact from the Scopus agency: 1.71, which indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: ESI Nov 14, 2024)

This information is reinforced by other indicators of the same type, which, although dynamic over time and dependent on the set of average global citations at the time of their calculation, consistently position the work at some point among the top 50% most cited in its field:

  • Field Citation Ratio (FCR) from Dimensions: 2.65 (source consulted: Dimensions Aug 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-08-02, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 7
  • Scopus: 6
  • Europe PMC: 4

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-08-02:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 16.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 16 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 2.95.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 4 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (Andreu Mondon, Magalí) and Last Author (Barrio Giménez, Pablo).

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been Barrio Giménez, Pablo.