German General Practitioners Survey on Social Prescribing Awareness and Attitudes

Dora E. Haxhija's dataset contains survey results from 101 German general practitioners exploring their awareness and perspectives on social prescribing. The cross-sectional study, last updated in 2026, assessed GPs' familiarity with the concept, perceived effectiveness, willingness to adopt it, and barriers to implementation. Results indicate most GPs were unfamiliar with the term but expressed willingness to adopt it.

Use Cases

• Analyze barriers to implementing social prescribing based on reported factors like lack of time and referral knowledge.
• Model the likelihood of social prescribing adoption based on GP practice location, such as towns under 5,000 population.
• Assess correlations between GPs' prior engagement in SP-related activities and their perceived benefits for patient care.

Strengths

• Survey includes 101 completed questionnaires from German GPs.
• Explicitly reports a 7.9% response rate for the survey.
• Identifies specific social issues GPs encounter, such as mental strain and loneliness.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Dataset size is 15.6 KB, indicating a very limited scope.

Provenance

Source

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Collection Method

Cross-sectional survey among German general practitioners.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-13 05:34:19; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Germany