Table 2.

Categorical system with first subcategories (General Practitioners)

Main categories	First subcategory
Present situation (20*):	• Involvement in medical proceedings (6) • No involvement in medical proceedings (14)
Team approach in general (20):	• Imaginable (18) • Not imaginable (2)
Barriers / Problems (20):	• Lacking (medical) knowledge/skills (19) • Workload (16) • Perceived lacking patients' acceptance (14) • Fear of worsening physician-patient-relationship (12) • Lacking reimbursement (5) • Doubt about efficacy of increased involvement (5) • Lacking motivation by practice nurses (2)
Possible tasks for practice nurses in the context of a team approach (20):	• Hand out patient information leaflets (12) • Life style counselling/advice giving (11) • Arranging/Assisting referrals (5) • Others (4)
Possibilities to overcome the obstacles (12):	• Better education for practice nurses (11) • Reimbursement (5) • Training offers for practice nurses (2)

* numbers in parentheses are the frequency of subjects, who said something to the respective category