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Eight databases, PubMed, Scopus, SpringerLink, Wiley Online Library, Cochrane Library, Web of Science, Google Scholar, and Ovid, along with Elicit AI, were searched for primary studies on GPs\u2019 perspectives in European primary care, published in English or German between January 2014 and December 2024; a search update extended coverage to October 2025. Eligible qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods studies reported GP-perceived adoption, implementation, or impact of digital tools. Risk of bias was assessed using the Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool and JBI (Joanna Briggs Institute) critical appraisal tools. Data were synthesized using a narrative synthesis framework by Popay et al and a combined technology acceptance model and normalization process theory (NPT) effect-direction approach.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec sec-type=\"results\">\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Of 1580 references, 65 studies including 24,994 GPs across 14 European countries (61\/65, 93.8% from Western and Northern Europe) met the inclusion criteria. Studies covered AI or clinical decision support (n=7), DHTs (n=36), electronic medical records (n=4), and telemedicine (n=18). Perceived usefulness was high (56\/65, 86.2% positive), whereas perceived ease of use was universally poor (0\/65, 0% positive; 43\/65, 66.2% negative), while actual use remained near universal (63\/65, 96.9%). NPT constructs showed partial normalization: coherence 50.8% (33\/65) positive; cognitive participation 4.6% (3\/65) positive (22\/65, 33.8%, negative); collective action 100% (65\/65) partial; reflexive monitoring 66.2% (43\/65) positive. Cross-cutting barriers included poor interoperability, fragmented platforms, limited training, misaligned incentives, and unreimbursed digital workload. GPs reported improved access for some patient groups but with concerns about depersonalized care and digital exclusion among older, low-literacy, rural, and socioeconomically disadvantaged patients.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec sec-type=\"conclusions\">\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>European general practice is extensively digitized but only partially normalized. GPs use digital tools because they must, not because they find them easy or workflow-enhancing. This review is, to our knowledge, the first to systematically synthesize European GPs\u2019 experiences of digitalization across multiple technologies using a combined technology acceptance model-NPT effect-direction approach. It identifies a quantifiable \u201cimplementation paradox\u201d in which high perceived usefulness and near-universal use coexist with poor usability and only partial workflow integration. 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