Table 2 Parameters to define medical wandering before the TBD-RC and during the management at the TBC-RC
Parameters of medical wandering before the TBD-RC | Parameters of medical wandering during the TBD-RC |
|---|---|
• Duration of symptom > 1.4 years before the TBD-RC | • Diagnostic delay > 15 days within the TBD-RC |
• Moderate satisfaction with care and medical management at the TBD-RC | |
• Multiplicity of suspected diagnoses at the beginning of their management | |
• Lack of acceptance of the diagnosis offered by the TBD-RC | |
• History of antibiotic therapy > 2 months or combination of anti-infective agents | |
• Moderate satisfaction with the carepaths within the TBD-RC | |
• Alternative carepaths before the TBD-RC | • Moderate satisfaction with the information exchanged and explanations given by the medical team |
• Disinformation prior to the TBD-RC (access to unverified sources of information on TBD) | |
• Lack of knowledge about TBD by some doctors, potentially experienced by patients as a misunderstanding of their symptoms | • Patients feeling lost between conflicting medical discussions about tests, treatments, etc |
• Non-specific symptoms in the foreground | |
• Non-specific symptoms in the foreground |