Developing the Botswana Primary Care Guideline: an integrated, symptom-based primary care guideline for the adult patient in a resource-limited setting

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Table 1 Botswana national guidelines considered in the development of BPCG

Guideline title	Edition/date of publication	Total number of pages
Botswana Essential Drug List	Second/2012	36
Botswana Treatment Guideline	2007	363
Botswana National HIV and AIDS Treatment Guidelines	2012	196
Botswana National TB Program Manual	Seventh/2011	156
National Malaria Control Programme Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of Malaria in Botswana	2007	56
Management of Sexually Transmitted Infections – reference manual for health workers	2005	201
Safe Motherhood Nursing/Midwifery Protocols for health posts	2008
Guidelines for Antenatal Care and the Management of Obstetric Emergencies and Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV	2010	145
Mental Disorders – Chapter 63:02	2002	53
Botswana Integrated Management for HIV/AIDS and other illness-palliative care: symptom management and end-of-life care		53

Abbreviations: BPCG, Botswana Primary Care Guideline; TB, tuberculosis.

Table S1 Characteristics of working groups

Group	Members’ discipline (n)	BPCG section
Mental health	Psychiatrist (2)	Mental health act
	Psychiatric nurse (3)	Depression and anxiety diagnosis
	Registered nurse (1)	Depression and anxiety routine care
	Policymaker (1)	Substance abuse diagnosis and routine care
	Pharmacist (1)	Psychosis and/or mania; diagnosis and routine care
	Family physician (1)	Dementia diagnosis and routine care
	Community mental health team member (1)	Traumatized/abused patient
	Family physician (1)	Aggressive/violent patient
		Suicidal patient
Chronic diseases of lifestyle	Physician – accident and emergency (1)	Cardiovascular disease risk diagnosis
	Dietitian (1)	Cardiovascular disease risk routine care
	Pharmacist (1)	Diabetes diagnosis
	Registered nurse (1)	Diabetes routine care
	Diabetes educator (1)	Hypertension diagnosis
	Patient advocacy member (1)	Hypertension routine care
	Family nurse practitioner (1)	Heart failure routine care
	Public health specialist (1)	Stroke routine care
	Physician – internal medicine (1)	Ischemic heart diseases diagnosis
	Family physician (1)	Ischemic heart diseases routine care
		Peripheral vascular disease diagnosis and routine care
		Chest pain
Sexual reproductive health	Midwife (2)	Contraception
	Medical officer (2)	Contraception routine care
	Policymaker (2)	The pregnant woman
	Family physician (1)	Routine antenatal care
		Postnatal care
		Menopause diagnosis and routine care
		Sexual problems
		Abnormal vaginal bleeding
		Genital symptoms
End of life	Policymaker (1)	End of life routine care
	Public health specialist (1)
	Medical officer (1)
	Patient advocacy (1)
	Family physician (1)
Chronic respiratory diseases	Physician – internal medicine (2)	Asthma and COPD diagnosis
	Medical officer (1)	Asthma routine care
	Registered nurse (1)	COPD routine care
	Public health specialist (1)	Wheeze/tight chest
	Family medicine registrar (1)	Cough and/or difficulty breathing
	Pharmacist (1)
	Family physician (1)
TB	Public health specialist (2)	TB diagnosis
	Physician – internal medicine (1)	TB routine care
	Medical officer (1)
	Family physician (1)
HIV/AIDS	Physician – infectious diseases (2)	HIV diagnosis
	Public health specialist (1)	HIV routine care
	Family physician (2)

Abbreviations: BPCG, Botswana Primary Care Guideline; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; TB, tuberculosis.

Table S2 Characteristics of the family medicine working group Group members’ BPCG section/topic discipline (n)

Family physician (7)	Epilepsy diagnosis and routine care
Family medicine registrar (10)	Chronic arthritis diagnosis and routine care Gout diagnosis and routine care
Family nurse practitioner (1)	Difficulty sleeping Nail symptoms and skin symptoms
Public health specialist (1)	Bites and burns Injured patient Foot, leg, arms, and neck symptoms Back pain, joint symptoms, and body/general pain Urinary symptoms and anal symptoms Constipation, diarrhea, vomiting, and abdominal pain Breast symptoms Mouth, ear, nose, and throat symptoms Face symptoms and headache Dizziness and collapse Weakness and/or tiredness Lymphadenopathy Weight loss Seizures/fits, the unconscious patient
Public health specialist (2)	Fever
Medical officer (1)

Abbreviation: BPCG, Botswana Primary Care Guideline.