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Bali AG, Vasilevski V, Sweet L. Barriers and facilitators of access to maternity care for African-born women living in Australia: a meta-synthesis of qualitative evidence. Syst Rev 2024; 13:215. [PMID: 39123244 PMCID: PMC11312702 DOI: 10.1186/s13643-024-02628-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2023] [Accepted: 07/23/2024] [Indexed: 08/12/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Adverse perinatal health outcomes are notably high among African-born women living in Australia. This problem is partly attributed to their lower engagement in maternity care services as compared to Australian-born women. Various barriers might limit African-born women's access to and use of services; however, these barriers are not well documented. Therefore, this review aimed to synthesise current qualitative evidence on barriers and facilitators of access to maternity care for African-born women living in Australia. METHODS The search was conducted in MEDLINE, CINAHL, Embase, PsychInfo, and Maternity and Infant Care databases on 16 April 2023. All articles retrieved were meticulously screened for eligibility by two independent reviewers with any disagreements resolved through discussion. The quality of the included articles was evaluated using the Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool. Studies were screened in Covidence and analysed in NVivo. The findings were organised and presented using Levesque's framework of healthcare access. RESULTS Out of 558 identified papers, 11 studies comprising a total of 472 participants met the eligibility criteria. The review highlighted provider-side barriers such as shortage of information, unmet cultural needs, long waiting times, low engagement of women in care, discrimination, and lack of continuity of care. User-side barriers identified include communication issues, difficulty navigating the health system, and lack of trustful relationships with healthcare providers. In contrast, the review pinpointed provider-side facilitators including positive staff attitudes, service availability, and the proximity of facilities to residential homes, while user-side facilitators such as cultural assimilation and feeling valued by healthcare providers were noted. CONCLUSIONS This review identified barriers and facilitators of access to maternity care for African-born women living in Australia. Empirical evidence that would inform potential changes to policy and practice to address African-born women's unique health needs was highlighted. Designing and implementing a culturally safe service delivery model could remove the identified access barriers and improve African-born women's engagement in maternity care. Moreover, reinforcing factors associated with positive healthcare experiences is essential for improving maternity care access for this priority population. SYSTEMATIC REVIEW REGISTRATION PROSPERO CRD42023405458.
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- Ayele Geleto Bali
- School of Nursing and Midwifery, Deakin University, Burwood, VIC, Australia.
- Centre for Quality and Patient Safety Research, Institute for Health Transformation, Western Health Partnership, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
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- School of Nursing and Midwifery, Deakin University, Burwood, VIC, Australia
- Centre for Quality and Patient Safety Research, Institute for Health Transformation, Western Health Partnership, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- School of Nursing and Midwifery, Deakin University, Burwood, VIC, Australia
- Centre for Quality and Patient Safety Research, Institute for Health Transformation, Western Health Partnership, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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El Chamaa A, Kowalski K, Parikh P, Rushton A. Patients' experiences with musculoskeletal spinal pain: A qualitative systematic review protocol. PLoS One 2024; 19:e0306993. [PMID: 39116059 PMCID: PMC11309383 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0306993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2024] [Accepted: 06/25/2024] [Indexed: 08/10/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Musculoskeletal (MSK) spinal pain encapsulates various conditions including lumbar (low back), cervical (neck), and thoracic pain that significantly impact individual and global health. While clinical aspects of spinal pain have been well-studied, understanding patients' personal narratives and lived experiences remains essential for enhancing patient-centered care, improving treatment adherence, and informing healthcare policies. It provides deep insights into the impacts of spinal pain, guiding more effective and empathetic treatment approaches. This systematic review aims to synthesize qualitative evidence on patients' experiences with MSK spinal pain, providing insight into the challenges faced, coping strategies, daily life impacts, and healthcare interactions. The objective of this review is to synthesize the qualitative evidence regarding the lived experiences of patients with MSK spinal pain. METHODS This systematic review will use a meta-aggregation approach to synthesize data from qualitative studies, that will be identified through a comprehensive search of electronic databases and supplemented by grey literature searches. Two independent reviewers will screen, identify, and extract data from eligible studies. In cases of disagreement, conflicts will be resolved by consulting a third reviewer. These same reviewers will then use the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) qualitative quality assessment tool to evaluate the methodological quality of the identified studies, with the derived scores informing the synthesis process, that will involve extracting each study's findings along with their supporting illustrations, then grouped into categories based on similarity in meaning. These categories will then be aggregated to form synthesized findings. IMPLICATIONS Synthesized findings on patients' lived experiences with MSK spinal pain including key themes, patterns, and insights will be presented. By emphasizing patient narratives, the results of the review can contribute to the optimization of outcomes, and to enhance patient-provider relations and improve quality of care in MSK spinal health.
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- Alaa El Chamaa
- Faculty of Health Sciences, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
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Silveira Bianchim M, Caes L, Forbat L, Jordan A, Noyes J, Thomson K, Turley R, Uny I, France EF. Understanding how children and young people with chronic non-cancer pain and their families experience living with pain, pain management and services: a meta-ethnography. HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE DELIVERY RESEARCH 2024; 12:1-218. [PMID: 39046284 DOI: 10.3310/utpm7986] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/25/2024]
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Background Childhood chronic pain is a widespread public health issue. We need to understand how children with chronic pain and their families experience chronic pain and its management. Objectives To conduct a meta-ethnography on the experiences and perceptions of children with chronic pain and their families of chronic pain, treatments and services. We investigated how children and their families conceptualise and live with chronic pain; what they think of and want from health and social care services; and what they conceptualise as 'good' pain management. Design Meta-ethnography with stakeholder and patient and public involvement in the design, search and sampling strategies, analysis and dissemination. Review strategy: comprehensive searches of 12 bibliographic databases and supplementary searches in September 2022, to identify qualitative studies with children aged 3 months to 18 years with chronic non-cancer pain and their families. We included studies with rich explanatory data; appraised methodological limitations using the Critical Appraisal Skills Programme tool; and extracted, analysed and synthesised studies' findings. We used Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation-confidence in the evidence from reviews of qualitative research to assess confidence in review findings. We integrated findings with 14 Cochrane treatment effectiveness reviews on children's chronic non-cancer pain. Results We synthesised 43 studies sampled from 170 eligible studies reported in 182 publications. Studies had minor (n = 24) or moderate (n = 19) methodological limitations. Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation-confidence in the evidence from reviews of qualitative research assessments of review findings were high (n = 22), moderate (n = 13) or very low confidence (n = 1). Moderate and severe chronic pain had profound adverse impacts on family members' well-being, autonomy and self-identity; family dynamics; parenting approaches; friendships and socialising; children's education and parental paid employment. Most children and families sought a biomedical cure for pain. They experienced difficulties seeking and receiving support from health services to manage pain and its impacts. Consequently, some families repeatedly visited health services. Cochrane reviews of intervention effects and trials did not measure some outcomes important to children and families, for example effects of pain on the family and resolution of pain. Reviews have mainly neglected a biopsychosocial approach when considering how interventions work. Limitations There were limited data on common pain conditions like migraine/headache, abdominal pain; some rarer conditions; children with learning disabilities and under-fives; siblings; fathers and experiences of treatments/services. We excluded studies on cancer, end-of-life pain and experiences of healthcare professionals. Conclusions We developed the family-centred theory of children's chronic pain management, integrating health and social care with community support. Future work Future research should explore families' experiences of services and treatments, including opioids, and social care services; experiences of children with autism and learning disabilities, under 5 years old and with certain common pain conditions. We need development and testing of family-centred interventions and services. Study registration This study is registered as PROSPERO (CRD42019161455) and Cochrane Pain, Palliative and Supportive Care (623). Funding This award was funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Health and Social Care Delivery Research programme (NIHR award ref: NIHR128671) and is published in full in Health and Social Care Delivery Research; Vol. 12, No. 17. See the NIHR Funding and Awards website for further award information.
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- Mayara Silveira Bianchim
- Nursing Midwifery and Allied Health Professions Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences and Sport, University of Stirling, Stirling, UK
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- Division of Psychology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling, UK
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- Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling, UK
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- Department of Psychology and Bath Centre for Pain Research, University of Bath, Bath, UK
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- School of Health Sciences, Bangor University, Bangor, Gwynedd, UK
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- Nursing Midwifery and Allied Health Professions Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences and Sport, University of Stirling, Stirling, UK
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- Freelance Researcher, Nursing Midwifery and Allied Health Professions Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences and Sport, University of Stirling, Stirling, UK
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- Institute of Social Marketing, Faculty of Health Sciences and Sport, University of Stirling, Stirling, UK
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- Nursing Midwifery and Allied Health Professions Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences and Sport, University of Stirling, Stirling, UK
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Sekhon M, de Thurah A, Fragoulis GE, Schoones J, Stamm TA, Vliet Vlieland TPM, Esbensen BA, Lempp H, Bearne L, Kouloumas M, Pchelnikova P, Swinnen TW, Blunt C, Ferreira RJO, Carmona L, Nikiphorou E. Synthesis of guidance available for assessing methodological quality and grading of evidence from qualitative research to inform clinical recommendations: a systematic literature review. RMD Open 2024; 10:e004032. [PMID: 38886002 PMCID: PMC11184179 DOI: 10.1136/rmdopen-2023-004032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2024] [Accepted: 03/14/2024] [Indexed: 06/20/2024] Open
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OBJECTIVE To understand (1) what guidance exists to assess the methodological quality of qualitative research; (2) what methods exist to grade levels of evidence from qualitative research to inform recommendations within European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology (EULAR). METHODS A systematic literature review was performed in multiple databases including PubMed/Medline, EMBASE, Web of Science, COCHRANE and PsycINFO, from inception to 23 October 2020. Eligible studies included primary articles and guideline documents available in English, describing the: (1) development; (2) application of validated tools (eg, checklists); (3) guidance on assessing methodological quality of qualitative research and (4) guidance on grading levels of qualitative evidence. A narrative synthesis was conducted to identify key similarities between included studies. RESULTS Of 9073 records retrieved, 51 went through to full-manuscript review, with 15 selected for inclusion. Six articles described methodological tools to assess the quality of qualitative research. The tools evaluated research design, recruitment, ethical rigour, data collection and analysis. Seven articles described one approach, focusing on four key components to determine how much confidence to place in findings from systematic reviews of qualitative research. Two articles focused on grading levels of clinical recommendations based on qualitative evidence; one described a qualitative evidence hierarchy, and another a research pyramid. CONCLUSION There is a lack of consensus on the use of tools, checklists and approaches suitable for appraising the methodological quality of qualitative research and the grading of qualitative evidence to inform clinical practice. This work is expected to facilitate the inclusion of qualitative evidence in the process of developing recommendations at EULAR level.
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- Mandeep Sekhon
- Population Health Research Institute, St George's University of London, London, UK
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- Department of Rheumatology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
- Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), Directorate of research Policy, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Section for Outcomes Research, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Dept of Orthopaedics, Rehabilitation and Physical Therapy, Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), Leiden, Netherlands
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- Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research (Copecare), Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Denmark
- Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Centre for Rheumatic Diseases, Department of Inflammation Biology, School of Immunology and Microbial Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine, King's College London, London, UK
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- Population Health Research Institute, St George's University of London, London, UK
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- Division of Rheumatology, KU Leuven University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK
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- Nursing Research, Innovation and Development Centre of Lisbon (CIDNUR), Nursing School of Lisbon (ESEL), Lisbon, Portugal
- Instituto de Saúde Ambiental (ISAMB), Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Centre for Rheumatic Diseases, School of Immunology and Microbial Sciences, King's College London, London, UK
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Li N, Shen C, Yang X, Wang R, Gu LQ, Zhao W, Chu ZP. The Real Experience of Lay Responders Performing Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: A Synthesis of Qualitative Evidence. Public Health Rev 2024; 45:1606650. [PMID: 38903868 PMCID: PMC11188311 DOI: 10.3389/phrs.2024.1606650] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2023] [Accepted: 05/24/2024] [Indexed: 06/22/2024] Open
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Objectives To synthesize qualitative evidence on the experience of lay responders performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Methods Qualitative evidence synthesis was performed using the Thomas and Harden method. The PubMed, Cochrane Library, Web of Science, OVID Medline, Embase, CINAHL, CNKI, and WanFang databases were systematically searched. The quality of the research was assessed by the Critical Assessment Skills Program Tool (CASP). Results A total of 5,610 studies were identified, and 9 studies were included in the analysis. Four analytical themes were generated: emotional ambivalence before CPR, psychological tolerance during CPR, perceived experience after CPR, and enhancing psychological resilience. Conclusion Lay responders face complicated psychological experience during CPR, which may be susceptible to psychological effects such as "loss aversion," "bystander effects" and "knowledge curse." In addition to the timely retraining of CPR, lay responders should be instructed to manage psychological distress and improve psychological resilience. More importantly, the psychological sequelae may be long-lasting, requiring ongoing psychological intervention and follow-up based on valuing transdisciplinarity across endeavours.
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- Na Li
- Second Affiliated Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Second Affiliated Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Second Affiliated Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Shanghai Mental Health Center, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Second Affiliated Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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Booth A, Sommer I, Noyes J, Houghton C, Campbell F. Rapid reviews methods series: guidance on rapid qualitative evidence synthesis. BMJ Evid Based Med 2024; 29:194-200. [PMID: 38355285 PMCID: PMC11137447 DOI: 10.1136/bmjebm-2023-112620] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/22/2023] [Indexed: 02/16/2024]
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This paper forms part of a series of methodological guidance from the Cochrane Rapid Reviews Methods Group and addresses rapid qualitative evidence syntheses (QESs), which use modified systematic, transparent and reproducible methodsu to accelerate the synthesis of qualitative evidence when faced with resource constraints. This guidance covers the review process as it relates to synthesis of qualitative research. 'Rapid' or 'resource-constrained' QES require use of templates and targeted knowledge user involvement. Clear definition of perspectives and decisions on indirect evidence, sampling and use of existing QES help in targeting eligibility criteria. Involvement of an information specialist, especially in prioritising databases, targeting grey literature and planning supplemental searches, can prove invaluable. Use of templates and frameworks in study selection and data extraction can be accompanied by quality assurance procedures targeting areas of likely weakness. Current Cochrane guidance informs selection of tools for quality assessment and of synthesis method. Thematic and framework synthesis facilitate efficient synthesis of large numbers of studies or plentiful data. Finally, judicious use of Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation approach for assessing the Confidence of Evidence from Reviews of Qualitative research assessments and of software as appropriate help to achieve a timely and useful review product.
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- Andrew Booth
- EnSyGN Sheffield Evidence Synthesis Group, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
- Cochrane Qualitative and Implementation Methods Group (CQIMG), London, UK
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- Department for Evidence-based Medicine and Evaluation, University for Continuing Education Krems, Krems, Austria
- Cochrane Rapid Reviews Group & Cochrane Austria, Krems, Austria
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- Cochrane Qualitative and Implementation Methods Group (CQIMG), London, UK
- Bangor University, Bangor, UK
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- Cochrane Qualitative and Implementation Methods Group (CQIMG), London, UK
- University of Galway, Galway, Ireland
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- EnSyGN Sheffield Evidence Synthesis Group, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
- University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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Shankar M, Hazfiarini A, Zahroh RI, Vogel JP, McDougall ARA, Condron P, Goudar SS, Pujar YV, Somannavar MS, Charantimath U, Ammerdorffer A, Rushwan S, Gülmezoglu AM, Bohren MA. Factors influencing the participation of pregnant and lactating women in clinical trials: A mixed-methods systematic review. PLoS Med 2024; 21:e1004405. [PMID: 38814991 PMCID: PMC11139290 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1004405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2023] [Accepted: 04/19/2024] [Indexed: 06/01/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Poor representation of pregnant and lactating women and people in clinical trials has marginalised their health concerns and denied the maternal-fetal/infant dyad benefits of innovation in therapeutic research and development. This mixed-methods systematic review synthesised factors affecting the participation of pregnant and lactating women in clinical trials, across all levels of the research ecosystem. METHODS AND FINDINGS We searched 8 databases from inception to 14 February 2024 to identify qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-methods studies that described factors affecting participation of pregnant and lactating women in vaccine and therapeutic clinical trials in any setting. We used thematic synthesis to analyse the qualitative literature and assessed confidence in each qualitative review finding using the GRADE-CERQual approach. We compared quantitative data against the thematic synthesis findings to assess areas of convergence or divergence. We mapped review findings to the Theoretical Domains Framework (TDF) and Capability, Opportunity, and Motivation Model of Behaviour (COM-B) to inform future development of behaviour change strategies. We included 60 papers from 27 countries. We grouped 24 review findings under 5 overarching themes: (a) interplay between perceived risks and benefits of participation in women's decision-making; (b) engagement between women and the medical and research ecosystems; (c) gender norms and decision-making autonomy; (d) factors affecting clinical trial recruitment; and (e) upstream factors in the research ecosystem. Women's willingness to participate in trials was affected by: perceived risk of the health condition weighed against an intervention's risks and benefits, therapeutic optimism, intervention acceptability, expectations of receiving higher quality care in a trial, altruistic motivations, intimate relationship dynamics, and power and trust in medicine and research. Health workers supported women's participation in trials when they perceived clinical equipoise, had hope for novel therapeutic applications, and were convinced an intervention was safe. For research staff, developing reciprocal relationships with health workers, having access to resources for trial implementation, ensuring the trial was visible to potential participants and health workers, implementing a woman-centred approach when communicating with potential participants, and emotional orientations towards the trial were factors perceived to affect recruitment. For study investigators and ethics committees, the complexities and subjectivities in risk assessments and trial design, and limited funding of such trials contributed to their reluctance in leading and approving such trials. All included studies focused on factors affecting participation of cisgender pregnant women in clinical trials; future research should consider other pregnancy-capable populations, including transgender and nonbinary people. CONCLUSIONS This systematic review highlights diverse factors across multiple levels and stakeholders affecting the participation of pregnant and lactating women in clinical trials. By linking identified factors to frameworks of behaviour change, we have developed theoretically informed strategies that can help optimise pregnant and lactating women's engagement, participation, and trust in such trials.
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- Mridula Shankar
- Gender and Women’s Health Unit, Nossal Institute for Global Health, School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
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- Gender and Women’s Health Unit, Nossal Institute for Global Health, School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
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- Gender and Women’s Health Unit, Nossal Institute for Global Health, School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
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- Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health Program, Burnet Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health Program, Burnet Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- University Library, University of Melbourne, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
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- Women’s and Children’s Health Research Unit, KLE Academy of Higher Education and Research, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Belagavi, Karnataka, India
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- Women’s and Children’s Health Research Unit, KLE Academy of Higher Education and Research, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Belagavi, Karnataka, India
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- Women’s and Children’s Health Research Unit, KLE Academy of Higher Education and Research, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Belagavi, Karnataka, India
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- Women’s and Children’s Health Research Unit, KLE Academy of Higher Education and Research, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Belagavi, Karnataka, India
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- Concept Foundation, Geneva, Switzerland/Bangkok, Thailand
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- Gender and Women’s Health Unit, Nossal Institute for Global Health, School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
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Gilanyi YL, Shah B, Cashin AG, Gibbs MT, Bellamy J, Day R, McAuley JH, Jones MD. Barriers and enablers to exercise adherence in people with nonspecific chronic low back pain: a systematic review of qualitative evidence. Pain 2024:00006396-990000000-00578. [PMID: 38635470 DOI: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2023] [Accepted: 02/25/2024] [Indexed: 04/20/2024]
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ABSTRACT Exercise is a first-line treatment for chronic low back pain (CLBP), reducing pain and disability in the short term. However, exercise benefits decrease over time, with a lack of long-term exercise adherence a potential reason for this. This study aimed to synthesize the perceptions and beliefs of individuals with CLBP and identify their barriers and enablers to exercise adherence. We searched CENTRAL, Embase, CINAHL, SPORTDiscus, PubMed, PsycINFO, and Scopus databases from inception to February 28, 2023, for qualitative studies that explored the factors influencing exercise adherence for people with CLBP. A hybrid approach combining thematic synthesis with the Theoretical Domains Framework was used to analyze data. We assessed methodological quality using the Critical Appraisal Skills Programme checklist and the level of confidence of the themes generated using the Confidence in the Evidence from Reviews of Qualitative Studies. Twenty-three papers (n = 21 studies) were included (n = 677 participants). Four main themes affected exercise adherence: (1) exercise, pain, and the body, (2) psychological factors, (3) social factors, and (4) external factors. These themes contained 16 subthemes that were predominantly both barriers and enablers to exercise adherence. The individual's experiences of barriers and enablers were most appropriately represented across a spectrum, where influencing factors could be a barrier or enabler to exercise adherence, and these could be specific to pre-exercise, during-exercise, and post-exercise situations. These findings may be used to improve exercise adherence and ultimately treatment outcomes in people with CLBP.
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- Yannick L Gilanyi
- School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
- Centre for Pain IMPACT, Neuroscience Research Australia, Sydney, Australia
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- School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
- Centre for Pain IMPACT, Neuroscience Research Australia, Sydney, Australia
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- School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
- Centre for Pain IMPACT, Neuroscience Research Australia, Sydney, Australia
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- School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
- Centre for Pain IMPACT, Neuroscience Research Australia, Sydney, Australia
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- School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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- St Vincent's Clinical Campus, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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- School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
- Centre for Pain IMPACT, Neuroscience Research Australia, Sydney, Australia
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- School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
- Centre for Pain IMPACT, Neuroscience Research Australia, Sydney, Australia
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Steiro A, Hestevik CH, Muller AE. Patient's and healthcare provider's experiences with Opioid Maintenance Treatment (OMT): a qualitative evidence synthesis. BMC Health Serv Res 2024; 24:333. [PMID: 38481254 PMCID: PMC10938774 DOI: 10.1186/s12913-024-10778-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2023] [Accepted: 02/23/2024] [Indexed: 03/17/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Opioid Maintenance Treatment (OMT) is the gold standard for people with opioid dependence. However, drop-out rates are high, and many patients do not reach desired outcomes. Understanding patients' and healthcare providers' experiences with the treatment can provide valuable information to improve the quality of OMT and to increase acceptability and accessibility of services. The aim of this systematic review is to explore and synthesise the experiences of OMT among persons with opioid dependence and health care providers, to inform policy makers and practitioners on how to improve OMT outcomes. METHODS We conducted a qualitative evidence synthesis. We systematically searched in electronic databases (CINAHL, Embase, MEDLINE, and nordic databases) and searched for grey literature. As we identified many studies that met our inclusion criteria, we purposively sampled a manageable number of studies to include in this review. Two researchers independently extracted and coded data from the included studies and used the Andersen's healthcare utilization model to organize and develop codes. We assessed the methodological limitations of the studies, and our confidence in the findings using GRADE CERQual. RESULTS We retrieved 56 relevant studies and purposively sampled 24 qualitative studies of patients' and healthcare providers' experiences with OMT. Our analyses resulted in six main themes: (1) External stigma prevents engagement and retention in treatment, (2) Being identified as in OMT contributed to an increased experience of stigma (3) Inadequate knowledge and expertise among healthcare providers affected patients' treatment experiences, (4) Quality of communication between personnel and patients impacts patients' engagement with treatment and treatment outcomes, (5) Patients wanted help with many aspects of their lives not just medication, and (6) Balancing positive expectations of OMT with treatment stigma. We found that stigma was an overarching theme across these themes. CONCLUSION Our findings suggest that OMT could be more beneficial for patients if treatment programs prioritize efforts to diminish societal and OMT provider stigma and find strategies to better address patient needs. Initiatives should focus on improving treatment knowledge among providers, encouraging the use of client perspectives, considering the context of family members, and establishing a more holistic and flexible treatment environment.
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- Asbjørn Steiro
- Department of Health Services Research, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Pb 222, 0213, Skoyen, Oslo, Norway.
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- Department of Health Services Research, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Pb 222, 0213, Skoyen, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Health Services Research, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Pb 222, 0213, Skoyen, Oslo, Norway
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Bao L, Soh KG, Mohd Nasiruddin NJ, Xie H, Zhang J. Unveiling the Impact of Metacognition on Academic Achievement in Physical Education and Activity Settings: A Comprehensive Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Qualitative Insights. Psychol Res Behav Manag 2024; 17:973-987. [PMID: 38476350 PMCID: PMC10929567 DOI: 10.2147/prbm.s444631] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2023] [Accepted: 02/28/2024] [Indexed: 03/14/2024] Open
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Purpose The purpose of this study is to unveil the impact of metacognition on academic achievement in physical education and activity settings by conducting a comprehensive systematic literature review with a meta-analysis of qualitative findings. Patients and Methods Systematic searches identified English-language, peer-reviewed journal articles reporting the results of qualitative or mixed-methods studies of the emerging themes of metacognition on academic achievement in sports. PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, ProQuest, and SPORTDiscus were searched from inception to June 2023. Results Data from 20 studies were included in the review. Thematic meta-analysis identified descriptive themes: 1) Metacognitive performance during the learning process in different sports disciplines; 2) Domains of metacognitive skills related to academic performance; 3) Self-regulation strategies related to academic performance; 4) Influencing factors of metacognition; 5) Metacognitive interventions on motor learning and academic performance. Generate an analytical theme based on five descriptive themes. Conclusion In-depth descriptions of the emerging themes related to metacognition and academic performance during motor learning were provided by different students and athletes. The conclusions reported in the study align with the theoretical models of metacognition. The research findings will provide strategies for physical education teachers, coaches, and trainers to enhance both physical and academic performance.
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- Lixia Bao
- Department of Sports Studies, Faculty of Educational Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Malaysia
- Physical Education Department of Yuncheng University, Shanxi, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Sports Studies, Faculty of Educational Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Malaysia
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- Department of Sports Studies, Faculty of Educational Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Malaysia
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- Department of Sports Studies, Faculty of Educational Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Malaysia
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Mann J, Cox V, Gorman S, Calissi P. Barriers to and Facilitators of Delabelling of Antimicrobial Allergies: A Qualitative Meta-synthesis. Can J Hosp Pharm 2024; 77:e3490. [PMID: 38357298 PMCID: PMC10846797 DOI: 10.4212/cjhp.3490] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2023] [Accepted: 08/11/2023] [Indexed: 02/16/2024]
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Background Patients who report penicillin allergies may receive alternative antibiotics. Such substitution contributes to antimicrobial resistance, lower treatment efficacy, increased frequency of adverse events, and increased costs. Approximately 90% of individuals who report a penicillin allergy can tolerate a penicillin. Objective To identify the barriers to and facilitators of removal by health care workers of inaccurate antimicrobial allergies from patient records, known as delabelling. Data Sources The MEDLINE database was searched from inception to December 29, 2020. Study Selection and Data Extraction Qualitative studies evaluating health care professionals' perceptions of barriers to and/or facilitators of the act of delabelling a patient's antimicrobial allergies were included in the meta-synthesis. Data Synthesis The Theoretical Domains Framework was used to code and group individual utterances from the included studies, which were mapped to the Behaviour Change Wheel and corresponding intervention function and policy categories. Results Four studies met the inclusion criteria. Eight themes were identified as representing barriers to delabelling: delabelling skills, patient education skills, knowledge, electronic health records (EHRs), communication frameworks, time, fear about allergic reactions, and professional roles. Behaviour change interventions that may overcome these barriers include education, training, algorithms and toolkits, changes to EHRs, use of dedicated personnel, policies, incentivization of correct labelling, and an audit system. Conclusions Eight themes were identified as barriers to delabelling of antimicrobial allergies. Future behaviour change interventions to address these barriers were proposed. Confidence in the findings of this study was judged to be moderate, according to the GRADE CERQual approach.
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- Juliana Mann
- , BSc(Pharm), ACPR, is a Clinical Pharmacist with the East Kootenay Regional Hospital, Cranbrook, British Columbia
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- , BSc(Pharm), ACPR, PharmD, is a Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Infectious Diseases, Kelowna General Hospital, Kelowna, British Columbia
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- , BSc(Pharm), PharmD, is Pharmacy Director, East and South Interior Health Pharmacy Services, Kelowna, British Columbia
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- , BSc(Pharm), PharmD, FSCHP, is Coordinator, Antimicrobial Stewardship Program, Interior Health, Kelowna, British Columbia
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Wood L, Foster NE, Dean SG, Booth V, Hayden JA, Booth A. Contexts, behavioural mechanisms and outcomes to optimise therapeutic exercise prescription for persistent low back pain: a realist review. Br J Sports Med 2024; 58:222-230. [PMID: 38176852 DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2023-107598] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/15/2023] [Indexed: 01/06/2024]
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OBJECTIVE Therapeutic exercises are a core treatment for low back pain (LBP), but it is uncertain how rehabilitative exercise facilitates change in outcomes. Realist reviews explore how the context (C) of certain settings or populations and underlying mechanisms (M) create intended or unintended outcomes (O). Our objective was to explore and understand the behavioural mechanisms by which therapeutic exercise creates change in outcomes of adherence, engagement and clinical outcomes for patients with LBP. METHODS This was a realist review reported following the Realist and Meta-narrative Evidence Syntheses: Evolving Standards guidance. We developed initial programme theories, modified with input from a steering group (experts, n=5), stakeholder group (patients and clinicians, n=10) and a scoping search of the published literature (n=37). Subsequently, an information specialist designed and undertook an iterative search strategy, and we refined and tested CMO configurations. RESULTS Of 522 initial papers identified, 75 papers were included to modify and test CMO configurations. We found that the patient-clinician therapeutic consultation builds a foundation of trust and was associated with improved adherence, engagement and clinical outcomes, and that individualised exercise prescription increases motivation to adhere to exercise and thus also impacts clinical outcomes. Provision of support such as timely follow-up and supervision can further facilitate motivation and confidence to improve adherence to therapeutic exercises for LBP. CONCLUSIONS Engagement in and adherence to therapeutic exercises for LBP, as well as clinical outcomes, may be optimised using mechanisms of trust, motivation and confidence. These CMO configurations provide a deeper understanding of ways to optimise exercise prescription for patients with LBP.
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- Lianne Wood
- Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK
- Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, UK
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- STARS Education and Research Alliance, Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service (STARS), The University of Queensland and Metro North Health, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, UK
- University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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- Department of Community Health & Epidemiology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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- Information Resources Group, University of Sheffield Faculty of Medicine Dentistry and Health, Sheffield, UK
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Kpokiri EE, McDonald K, Abraha YG, Osorio L, Nath TC, Talavera-Urdanivia VA, Akinwale OP, Manabe YC, Castelnuovo B, Tang W, Yilma D, Mihut M, Ezechi O, Iwelunmor J, Kaba M, Abdissa A, Tucker JD. Health research mentorship in low-income and middle-income countries: a global qualitative evidence synthesis of data from a crowdsourcing open call and scoping review. BMJ Glob Health 2024; 9:e011166. [PMID: 38184299 PMCID: PMC10773352 DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2022-011166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2023] [Accepted: 12/06/2023] [Indexed: 01/08/2024] Open
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INTRODUCTION Research mentorship is critical for advancing science, but there are few practical strategies for cultivating mentorship in health research resource-limited settings. WHO/TDR Global commissioned a group to develop a practical guide on research mentorship. This global qualitative evidence synthesis included data from a crowdsourcing open call and scoping review to identify and propose strategies to enhance research mentorship in low/middle-income country (LMIC) institutions. METHODS The crowdsourcing open call used methods recommended by WHO/TDR and solicited descriptions of strategies to enhance research mentorship in LMICs. The scoping review used the Cochrane Handbook and predefined the approach in a protocol. We extracted studies focused on enhancing health research mentorship in LMICs. Textual data describing research mentorship strategies from the open call and studies from the scoping review were coded into themes. The quality of evidence supporting themes was assessed using the Confidence in the Evidence from Reviews of Qualitative research approach. RESULTS The open call solicited 46 practical strategies and the scoping review identified 77 studies. We identified the following strategies to enhance research mentorship: recognising mentorship as an institutional responsibility that should be provided and expected from all team members (8 strategies, 15 studies; moderate confidence); leveraging existing research and training resources to enhance research mentorship (15 strategies, 49 studies; moderate confidence); digital tools to match mentors and mentees and sustain mentorship relations over time (14 strategies, 11 studies; low confidence); nurturing a culture of generosity so that people who receive mentorship then become mentors to others (7 strategies, 7 studies; low confidence); peer mentorship defined as informal and formal support from one researcher to another who is at a similar career stage (16 strategies, 12 studies; low confidence). INTERPRETATION Research mentorship is a collective institutional responsibility, and it can be strengthened in resource-limited institutions by leveraging already existing resources. The evidence from the crowdsourcing open call and scoping review informed a WHO/TDR practical guide. There is a need for more formal research mentorship programmes in LMIC institutions.
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- Eneyi E Kpokiri
- Clinical Research Department, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London, UK
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- Institute of Global Health and Infectious Diseases, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public Health, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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- School of Public Health, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia
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- Department of Parasitology, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Korea (the Republic of)
- Department of Parasitology, Sylhet Agricultural University, Sylhet, Bangladesh
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- Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- Infectious Diseases Institute, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Kampala, Uganda
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- Infectious Diseases Institute, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Kampala, Uganda
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- School of Public Health, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
- The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public Health, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia
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- TDR, The Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases co-sponsored by UNICEF, UNDP, the World Bank and WHO, WHO, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, Lagos, Nigeria
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- Saint Louis University College for Public Health and Social Justice, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
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- School of Public Health, Addis Ababa University College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- Armauer Hansen Research Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- Clinical Research Department, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London, UK
- Institute of Global Health and Infectious Diseases, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public Health, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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Pincha Baduge MSDS, Garth B, Boyd L, Ward K, Joseph K, Proimos J, Teede HJ. Barriers to advancing women nurses in healthcare leadership: a systematic review and meta-synthesis. EClinicalMedicine 2024; 67:102354. [PMID: 38314055 PMCID: PMC10837541 DOI: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2023.102354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2023] [Revised: 11/19/2023] [Accepted: 11/20/2023] [Indexed: 02/06/2024] Open
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Background Women comprise the majority of the nursing profession, yet nurses are underrepresented in healthcare leadership. We aimed to explore barriers for women nurses to advance in healthcare leadership to inform organisational interventions for career advancement. Methods In this systematic review and meta-synthesis, studies examining advancing women nurses and midwives in leadership within healthcare and academia in the international literature were included. Six databases (MEDLINE, EMCARE, EMBASE, PsycINFO, PubMed, and CINAHL PLUS) were searched for studies published in English between January 1 2000 and October 17 2023. The Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation tools (GRADE) was followed to assess confidence in the findings. Retrieved full texts were assessed for methodological rigour using the Critical Appraisal Skill Programme Qualitative Studies checklist and the Joanna Briggs Institute Cross-sectional and Prevalence Studies checklists. Reported barriers for women nurses' leadership attainment were identified and generated themes were mapped to the Abilities, Motivation, and Opportunities (AMO) framework. Findings There were 32 eligible studies; 18 qualitative, 11 quantitative, and 3 mixed-methods. Studies included high-income countries (n = 20), middle-income countries (n = 7) and across countries (n = 3) with two unspecified. Samples included registered nurses, nurse academics, executives, and leaders. The key barriers highlighted were related to: role modelling and leadership development (ability); multiple complex and interacting factors, including gender stereotyping, perception of professionalism, human relations policies, and gender bias (motivation); and systemic issues, such as organisational setting, structure, and support (opportunity). Interpretation The prevailing belief in the literature is that caregiving is a feminine occupation and along with societal expectations of women's subordinate position, these present substantial obstacles that limit women nurses from advancing into healthcare leadership. Ultimately, these factors restrict women nurses in career advancement and need to be addressed at a systems and organisational level. Funding The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), Australia.
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- Monash Centre for Health, Research and Implementation, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Australian College of Nursing, Australia
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- Monash Centre for Health, Research and Implementation, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Monash Centre for Health, Research and Implementation, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Monash Centre for Health, Research and Implementation, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- Endocrine and Diabetes Units, Monash Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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Webb R, Ford E, Shakespeare J, Easter A, Alderdice F, Holly J, Coates R, Hogg S, Cheyne H, McMullen S, Gilbody S, Salmon D, Ayers S. Conceptual framework on barriers and facilitators to implementing perinatal mental health care and treatment for women: the MATRIx evidence synthesis. HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE DELIVERY RESEARCH 2024; 12:1-187. [PMID: 38317290 DOI: 10.3310/kqfe0107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2024]
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Background Perinatal mental health difficulties can occur during pregnancy or after birth and mental illness is a leading cause of maternal death. It is therefore important to identify the barriers and facilitators to implementing and accessing perinatal mental health care. Objectives Our research objective was to develop a conceptual framework of barriers and facilitators to perinatal mental health care (defined as identification, assessment, care and treatment) to inform perinatal mental health services. Methods Two systematic reviews were conducted to synthesise the evidence on: Review 1 barriers and facilitators to implementing perinatal mental health care; and Review 2 barriers to women accessing perinatal mental health care. Results were used to develop a conceptual framework which was then refined through consultations with stakeholders. Data sources Pre-planned searches were conducted on MEDLINE, EMBASE, PsychInfo and CINAHL. Review 2 also included Scopus and the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. Review methods In Review 1, studies were included if they examined barriers or facilitators to implementing perinatal mental health care. In Review 2, systematic reviews were included if they examined barriers and facilitators to women seeking help, accessing help and engaging in perinatal mental health care; and they used systematic search strategies. Only qualitative papers were identified from the searches. Results were analysed using thematic synthesis and themes were mapped on to a theoretically informed multi-level model then grouped to reflect different stages of the care pathway. Results Review 1 included 46 studies. Most were carried out in higher income countries and evaluated as good quality with low risk of bias. Review 2 included 32 systematic reviews. Most were carried out in higher income countries and evaluated as having low confidence in the results. Barriers and facilitators to perinatal mental health care were identified at seven levels: Individual (e.g. beliefs about mental illness); Health professional (e.g. confidence addressing perinatal mental illness); Interpersonal (e.g. relationship between women and health professionals); Organisational (e.g. continuity of carer); Commissioner (e.g. referral pathways); Political (e.g. women's economic status); and Societal (e.g. stigma). These factors impacted on perinatal mental health care at different stages of the care pathway. Results from reviews were synthesised to develop two MATRIx conceptual frameworks of the (1) barriers and (2) facilitators to perinatal mental health care. These provide pictorial representations of 66 barriers and 39 facilitators that intersect across the care pathway and at different levels. Limitations In Review 1 only 10% of abstracts were double screened and 10% of included papers methodologically appraised by two reviewers. The majority of reviews included in Review 2 were evaluated as having low (n = 14) or critically low (n = 5) confidence in their results. Both reviews only included papers published in academic journals and written in English. Conclusions The MATRIx frameworks highlight the complex interplay of individual and system level factors across different stages of the care pathway that influence women accessing perinatal mental health care and effective implementation of perinatal mental health services. Recommendations for health policy and practice These include using the conceptual frameworks to inform comprehensive, strategic and evidence-based approaches to perinatal mental health care; ensuring care is easy to access and flexible; providing culturally sensitive care; adequate funding of services; and quality training for health professionals with protected time to do it. Future work Further research is needed to examine access to perinatal mental health care for specific groups, such as fathers, immigrants or those in lower income countries. Trial registration This trial is registered as PROSPERO: (R1) CRD42019142854; (R2) CRD42020193107. Funding This award was funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Health and Social Care Delivery Research programme (NIHR award ref: NIHR 128068) and is published in full in Health and Social Care Delivery Research; Vol. 12, No. 2. See the NIHR Funding and Awards website for further award information.
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- Rebecca Webb
- Centre for Maternal and Child Health Research, School of Health Sciences, City, University of London, London, UK
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- Department of Primary Care and Public Health, Brighton & Sussex Medical School, Falmer, UK
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- Department of Women and Children's Health, School of Life Course Sciences, King's College London, London, UK
- Section of Women's Mental Health, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK
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- Oxford Population Health, National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit (NPEU), Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Centre for Maternal and Child Health Research, School of Health Sciences, City, University of London, London, UK
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- The Parent-Infant Foundation, London, UK
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- Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professions Research Unit, University of Stirling, Stirling, UK
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- Mental Health and Addictions Research Group, University of York, York, UK
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- Centre for Maternal and Child Health Research, School of Health Sciences, City, University of London, London, UK
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- Centre for Maternal and Child Health Research, School of Health Sciences, City, University of London, London, UK
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Cormick G, Moraa H, Zahroh RI, Allotey J, Rocha T, Peña-Rosas JP, Qureshi ZP, Hofmeyr GJ, Mistry H, Smits L, Vogel JP, Palacios A, Gwako GN, Abalos E, Larbi KK, Carroli G, Riley R, Snell KI, Thorson A, Young T, Betran AP, Thangaratinam S, Bohren MA. Factors affecting the implementation of calcium supplementation strategies during pregnancy to prevent pre-eclampsia: a mixed-methods systematic review. BMJ Open 2023; 13:e070677. [PMID: 38135336 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-070677] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVES Daily calcium supplements are recommended for pregnant women from 20 weeks' gestation to prevent pre-eclampsia in populations with low dietary calcium intake. We aimed to improve understanding of barriers and facilitators for calcium supplement intake during pregnancy to prevent pre-eclampsia. DESIGN Mixed-method systematic review, with confidence assessed using the Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluations-Confidence in the Evidence from Reviews of Qualitative research approach. DATA SOURCES MEDLINE and EMBASE (via Ovid), CINAHL and Global Health (via EBSCO) and grey literature databases were searched up to 17 September 2022. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA We included primary qualitative, quantitative and mixed-methods studies reporting implementation or use of calcium supplements during pregnancy, excluding calcium fortification and non-primary studies. No restrictions were imposed on settings, language or publication date. DATA EXTRACTION AND SYNTHESIS Two independent reviewers extracted data and assessed risk of bias. We analysed the qualitative data using thematic synthesis, and quantitative findings were thematically mapped to qualitative findings. We then mapped the results to behavioural change frameworks to identify barriers and facilitators. RESULTS Eighteen reports from nine studies were included in this review. Women reported barriers to consuming calcium supplements included limited knowledge about calcium supplements and pre-eclampsia, fears and experiences of side effects, varying preferences for tablets, dosing, working schedules, being away from home and taking other supplements. Receiving information regarding pre-eclampsia and safety of calcium supplement use from reliable sources, alternative dosing options, supplement reminders, early antenatal care, free supplements and support from families and communities were reported as facilitators. Healthcare providers felt that consistent messaging about benefits and risks of calcium, training, and ensuring adequate staffing and calcium supply is available would be able to help them in promoting calcium. CONCLUSION Relevant stakeholders should consider the identified barriers and facilitators when formulating interventions and policies on calcium supplement use. These review findings can inform implementation to ensure effective and equitable provision and scale-up of calcium interventions. PROSPERO REGISTRATION NUMBER CRD42021239143.
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- Gabriela Cormick
- Centro de Investigaciones en Epidemiología y Salud Pública (Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas- CONICET), Instituto de Efectividad Clinica y Sanitaria, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Universidad Nacional de La Matanza, San Justo, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Gender and Women's Health Unit, Nossal Institute for Global Health, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- WHO Collaborating Centre for Global Women's Health, Institute of Metabolism and Systems Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
- NIHR Birmingham Biomedical Centre (BRC), University Hospitals Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- WHO Collaborating Centre for Global Women's Health, Institute of Metabolism and Systems Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Effective Care Research Unit, University of the Witwatersrand Faculty of Health Sciences, East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa
- University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana
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- Warwick Clinical Trials Unit, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
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- Department of Epidemiology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands
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- Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health Program, Burnet Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Centre for Health Economics, University of York, York, UK
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- Centro de Estudios de Estado y Sociedad, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Centro Rosarino de Estudios Perinatales (CREP), Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina
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- WHO Collaborating Centre for Global Women's Health, Institute of Metabolism and Systems Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Human Reproduction Program/World Health Organization (Geneva), Geneva, Switzerland
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- Centre for Evidence-based Health Care, Division Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Dept. of Global Health, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa
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- UNDP-UNFPA-UNICEF-WHO-World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP), Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, Geneve, Switzerland
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- WHO Collaborating Centre for Global Women's Health, Institute of Metabolism and Systems Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
- NIHR Birmingham Biomedical Centre (BRC), University Hospitals Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
- Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK
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- Gender and Women's Health Unit, Nossal Institute for Global Health, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Huish C, Greenhalgh C, Garrow A, Verma A. Intercultural gaps in knowledge, skills and attitudes of public health professionals: a systematic review. J Public Health (Oxf) 2023; 45:i35-i44. [PMID: 38127566 DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdac166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2021] [Revised: 10/23/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Previous cultural competence reviews focused on medical professions. Identifying intercultural competence gaps for public health professionals is long overdue. Gaps will inform training to work effectively within increasingly diverse cultural contexts. METHODS A systematic review was conducted identifying intercultural competence gaps using hand/electronic searches: MEDLINE, EMBASE, PsycINFO, ERIC, CINAHL, Cochrane CENTRAL and CDSR, 2004-March 2020. Data were extracted on intercultural knowledge, skills and attitude gaps. Themes were coded into an emerging framework, mapped against three competences. Studies were assessed using validated tools. RESULTS 506 studies retrieved and 15 met inclusion criteria. Key findings include: intercultural knowledge requires local demographics framing within global context to better understand culturally informed community health needs; intercultural skills lack training opportunities applying cultural theory into practice using flexible, diverse methods encouraging culturally appropriate responses in diverse settings; intercultural attitude gaps require a non-judgemental focus on root causes and population patterns, preventing stereotypes further increasing health disparities. CONCLUSION Gaps found indicate understanding local public health within its global context is urgently required to deliver more effective services. Flexible, diverse training opportunities applying cultural theory into practice are essential to engage successfully with diverse communities. A non-judgemental focus on population patterns and root causes enables selecting culturally aligned health strategies to mitigate stereotyping communities and increasing health disparities.
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- Clare Huish
- Division of Population Health, Health Services Research and Primary Care, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT, UK
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- Division of Population Health, Health Services Research and Primary Care, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT, UK
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- Division of Population Health, Health Services Research and Primary Care, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT, UK
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- Division of Population Health, Health Services Research and Primary Care, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT, UK
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Kelly Y, O'Rourke N, Flynn R, O'Connor L, Hegarty J. Factors that influence the implementation of (inter)nationally endorsed health and social care standards: a systematic review and meta-summary. BMJ Qual Saf 2023; 32:750-762. [PMID: 37290917 PMCID: PMC10803983 DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2022-015287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2022] [Accepted: 04/15/2023] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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BACKGROUND Health and social care standards have been widely adopted as a quality improvement intervention. Standards are typically made up of evidence-based statements that describe safe, high-quality, person-centred care as an outcome or process of care delivery. They involve stakeholders at multiple levels and multiple activities across diverse services. As such, challenges exist with their implementation. Existing literature relating to standards has focused on accreditation and regulation programmes and there is limited evidence to inform implementation strategies specifically tailored to support the implementation of standards. This systematic review aimed to identify and describe the most frequently reported enablers and barriers to implementing (inter)nationally endorsed standards, in order to inform the selection of strategies that can optimise their implementation. METHODS Database searches were conducted in Medline, CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature), SocINDEX, Google Scholar, OpenGrey and GreyNet International, complemented by manual searches of standard-setting bodies' websites and hand searching references of included studies. Primary qualitative, quantitative descriptive and mixed methods studies that reported enablers and barriers to implementing nationally or internationally endorsed standards were included. Two researchers independently screened search outcomes and conducted data extraction, methodological appraisal and CERQual (Confidence in Evidence from Reviews of Qualitative research) assessments. An inductive analysis was conducted using Sandelowski's meta-summary and measured frequency effect sizes (FES) for enablers and barriers. RESULTS 4072 papers were retrieved initially with 35 studies ultimately included. Twenty-two thematic statements describing enablers were created from 322 descriptive findings and grouped under six themes. Twenty-four thematic statements describing barriers were created from 376 descriptive findings and grouped under six themes. The most prevalent enablers with CERQual assessments graded as high included: available support tools at local level (FES 55%); training courses to increase awareness and knowledge of the standards (FES 52%) and knowledge sharing and interprofessional collaborations (FES 45%). The most prevalent barriers with CERQual assessments graded as high included: a lack of knowledge of what standards are (FES 63%), staffing constraints (FES 46%), insufficient funds (FES 43%). CONCLUSIONS The most frequently reported enablers related to available support tools, education and shared learning. The most frequently reported barriers related to a lack of knowledge of standards, staffing issues and insufficient funds. Incorporating these findings into the selection of implementation strategies will enhance the likelihood of effective implementation of standards and subsequently, improve safe, quality care for people using health and social care services.
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- Yvonne Kelly
- Health Information and Standards Directorate, Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA), Cork, Ireland
- Catherine McAuley School of Nursing and Midwifery and School of Public Health (SPHeRE programme), University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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- Health Information and Standards Directorate, Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA), Dublin, Ireland
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- Health Information and Standards Directorate, Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA), Cork, Ireland
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- Health Information and Standards Directorate, Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA), Cork, Ireland
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- Catherine McAuley School of Nursing and Midwifery, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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Akter S, Forbes G, Vazquez Corona M, Miller S, Althabe F, Coomarasamy A, Gallos ID, Oladapo OT, Vogel JP, Lorencatto F, Bohren MA. Perceptions and experiences of the prevention, detection, and management of postpartum haemorrhage: a qualitative evidence synthesis. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2023; 11:CD013795. [PMID: 38009552 PMCID: PMC10680124 DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd013795.pub2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2023]
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BACKGROUND Postpartum haemorrhage (PPH), defined as blood loss of 500 mL or more after childbirth, is the leading cause of maternal mortality worldwide. It is possible to prevent complications of PPH with timely and appropriate detection and management. However, implementing the best methods of PPH prevention, detection and management can be challenging, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. OBJECTIVES Our overall objective was to explore the perceptions and experiences of women, community members, lay health workers, and skilled healthcare providers who have experience with PPH or with preventing, detecting, and managing PPH, in community or health facility settings. SEARCH METHODS We searched MEDLINE, CINAHL, Scopus, and grey literature on 13 November 2022 with no language restrictions. We then performed reference checking and forward citation searching of the included studies. SELECTION CRITERIA We included qualitative studies and mixed-methods studies with an identifiable qualitative component. We included studies that explored perceptions and experiences of PPH prevention, detection, and management among women, community members, traditional birth attendants, healthcare providers, and managers. DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS We used three-stage maximum variation sampling to ensure diversity in terms of relevance of the study to the review objectives, richness of data, and coverage of critical contextual elements: setting (region, country income level), perspective (type of participant), and topic (prevention, detection, management). We extracted data using a data extraction form designed for this review. We used thematic synthesis to analyse and synthesise the evidence, and we used the GRADE-CERQual (Confidence in the Evidence from Reviews of Qualitative research) approach to assess our confidence in each finding. To identify factors that may influence intervention implementation, we mapped each review finding to the Theoretical Domains Framework (TDF) and the Capability, Motivation, and Opportunity model of Behaviour change (COM-B). We used the Behaviour Change Wheel to explore implications for practice. MAIN RESULTS We included 67 studies and sampled 43 studies for our analysis. Most were from low- or middle-income countries (33 studies), and most included the perspectives of women and health workers. We downgraded our confidence in several findings from high confidence to moderate, low, or very-low confidence, mainly due to concerns about how the studies were conducted (methodological limitations) or concerns about missing important perspectives from some types of participants or in some settings (relevance). In many communities, bleeding during and after childbirth is considered "normal" and necessary to expel "impurities" and restore and cleanse the woman's body after pregnancy and birth (moderate confidence). In some communities, people have misconceptions about causes of PPH or believe that PPH is caused by supernatural powers or evil spirits that punish women for ignoring or disobeying social rules or for past mistakes (high confidence). For women who give birth at home or in the community, female family members or traditional birth attendants are the first to recognise excess bleeding after birth (high confidence). Family members typically take the decision of whether and when to seek care if PPH is suspected, and these family members are often influenced by trusted traditional birth attendants or community midwives (high confidence). If PPH is identified for women birthing at home or in the community, decision-making about the subsequent referral and care pathway can be multifaceted and complex (high confidence). First responders to PPH are not always skilled or trained healthcare providers (high confidence). In health facilities, midwives may consider it easy to implement visual estimation of blood loss with a kidney dish or under-pad, but difficult to accurately interpret the amount of blood loss (very low confidence). Quantifying (rather than estimating) blood loss may be a complex and contentious change of practice for health workers (low confidence). Women who gave birth in health facilities and experienced PPH described it as painful, embarrassing, and traumatic. Partners or other family members also found the experience stressful. While some women were dissatisfied with their level of involvement in decision-making for PPH management, others felt health workers were best placed to make decisions (moderate confidence). Inconsistent availability of resources (drugs, medical supplies, blood) causes delays in the timely management of PPH (high confidence). There is limited availability of misoprostol in the community owing to stockouts, poor supply systems, and the difficulty of navigating misoprostol procurement for community health workers (moderate confidence). Health workers described working on the maternity ward as stressful and intense due to short staffing, long shifts, and the unpredictability of emergencies. Exhausted and overwhelmed staff may be unable to appropriately monitor all women, particularly when multiple women are giving birth simultaneously or on the floor of the health facility; this could lead to delays in detecting PPH (moderate confidence). Inadequate staffing, high turnover of skilled health workers, and appointment of lower-level cadres of health workers are key challenges to the provision of quality PPH care (high confidence). Through team-based simulation training, health workers of different cadres (doctors, midwives, lay health workers) can develop a shared mental model to help them work quickly, efficiently, and amicably as a team when managing women with PPH (moderate confidence). AUTHORS' CONCLUSIONS Our findings highlight how improving PPH prevention, detection, and management is underpinned by a complex system of interacting roles and behaviours (community, women, health workers of different types and with different experiences). Multiple individual, sociocultural, and environmental factors influence the decisions and behaviours of women, families, communities, health workers, and managers. It is crucial to consider the broader health and social systems when designing and implementing PPH interventions to change or influence these behaviours. We have developed a set of prompts that may help programme managers, policymakers, researchers, and other key stakeholders to identify and address factors that affect implementation and scale-up of interventions to improve PPH prevention, detection, and management.
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- Shahinoor Akter
- Gender and Women's Health Unit, Nossal Institute for Global Health, School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- Centre for Behaviour Change, University College London, London, UK
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- Gender and Women's Health Unit, Nossal Institute for Global Health, School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, School of Medicine, and Safe Motherhood Program, Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health and Policy, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Mother and Child Health Research, Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy (IECS-CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina
- UNDP/UNFPA/UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP), Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Tommy's National Centre for Miscarriage Research, Institute of Metabolism and Systems Research (IMSR), WHO Collaborating Centre for Global Women's Health Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- UNDP/UNFPA/UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP), Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
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- UNDP/UNFPA/UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP), Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Maternal and Child Health, Burnet Institute, Melbourne, Australia
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- Gender and Women's Health Unit, Nossal Institute for Global Health, School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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Anieto EM, Abaraogu U, Dall PM, Anieto IB, Ogbueche CM, Seenan C. Cocreators' experiences and effectiveness of cocreated interventions in improving health behaviours of adults with non-communicable diseases: a systematic review protocol. BMJ Open 2023; 13:e073153. [PMID: 37832978 PMCID: PMC10582870 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-073153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2023] [Accepted: 10/02/2023] [Indexed: 10/15/2023] Open
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INTRODUCTION Improved health behaviours and help-seeking behaviour reduce morbidity and mortality from non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Compliance with the recommendations of lifestyle changes for the management of NCDs has been challenging, as patients find it difficult to change and sustain lifestyle behaviours for a long period of time. Studies have reported that cocreated interventions are promising in addressing negative health behaviours and improving health outcomes in people with NCDs; however, no conclusive evidence exists. Therefore, this review aims to evaluate cocreators' experiences and the effectiveness of cocreated interventions in improving the health behaviours of individuals with NCDs. METHODS AND ANALYSIS This review will follow the recommendations described in the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses guideline and the Enhancing Transparency in Reporting the Synthesis of Qualitative Research statement for the synthesis of qualitative data. The following databases: Co-creation Database (https://zenodo.org/record/6773028%23.Y9h2sezP1pg), MEDLINE (via OVID), Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (via EBSCO Host), EMBASE (via OVID), PsycINFO (via OVID), Scopus, Web of Science, Cochrane Library and grey literature will be searched. The identified studies will be independently screened by two reviewers to determine their eligibility. The review will target to include studies that investigated the experiences of cocreators and/or the effectiveness of cocreated interventions on the health behaviour and/or health outcomes of adults with NCDs. Two independent reviewers will also appraise the quality of the included studies, as well as data extraction. A narrative synthesis will be used to summarise the findings. Thematic synthesis and meta-analysis will be conducted for the qualitative and quantitative data, respectively. The qualitative and quantitative findings will be integrated using the parallel result convergent synthesis. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION Ethics approval is not applicable because the review will only use data from the published studies. The findings will be disseminated through publication in peer-reviewed journals and conference presentations. PROSPERO REGISTRATION NUMBER CRD42023391746.
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- Ebuka Miracle Anieto
- Department of Physiotherapy and Paramedicine, School of Health and Life Sciences, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, UK
- Department of Medical Rehabilitation, University of Nigeria-Enugu Campus, Enugu, Nigeria
- School of Allied Health Sciences, University of Suffolk, Ipswich, UK
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- Department of Physiotherapy and Paramedicine, School of Health and Life Sciences, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, UK
- Department of Medical Rehabilitation, University of Nigeria-Enugu Campus, Enugu, Nigeria
- School of Health and Life Sciences, University of the West of Scotland, Lanarkshire, UK
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- Department of Physiotherapy and Paramedicine, School of Health and Life Sciences, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, UK
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- Department of Medical Rehabilitation, University of Nigeria-Enugu Campus, Enugu, Nigeria
- Department of Gerontology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, Hampshire, UK
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- Department of Physiotherapy and Paramedicine, School of Health and Life Sciences, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, UK
- Department of Medical Rehabilitation, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra, Nigeria
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- Department of Physiotherapy and Paramedicine, School of Health and Life Sciences, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, UK
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France E, Uny I, Turley R, Thomson K, Noyes J, Jordan A, Forbat L, Caes L, Silveira Bianchim M. A meta-ethnography of how children and young people with chronic non-cancer pain and their families experience and understand their condition, pain services, and treatments. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2023; 10:CD014873. [PMID: 37795766 PMCID: PMC10552070 DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd014873.pub2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND Chronic non-cancer pain in childhood is widespread, affecting 20% to 35% of children and young people worldwide. For a sizeable number of children, chronic non-cancer pain has considerable negative impacts on their lives and quality of life, and leads to increased use of healthcare services and medication. In many countries, there are few services for managing children's chronic non-cancer pain, with many services being inadequate. Fourteen Cochrane Reviews assessing the effects of pharmacological, psychological, psychosocial, dietary or physical activity interventions for managing children's chronic non-cancer pain identified a lack of high-quality evidence to inform pain management. To design and deliver services and interventions that meet the needs of patients and their families, we need to understand how children with chronic non-cancer pain and their families experience pain, their views of services and treatments for chronic pain, and which outcomes are important to them. OBJECTIVES 1. To synthesise qualitative studies that examine the experiences and perceptions of children with chronic non-cancer pain and their families regarding chronic non-cancer pain, treatments and services to inform the design and delivery of health and social care services, interventions and future research. 2. To explore whether our review findings help to explain the results of Cochrane Reviews of intervention effects of treatments for children's chronic non-cancer pain. 3. To determine if programme theories and outcomes of interventions match children and their families' views of desired treatments and outcomes. 4. To use our findings to inform the selection and design of patient-reported outcome measures for use in chronic non-cancer pain studies and interventions and care provision to children and their families. The review questions are: 1. How do children with chronic non-cancer pain and their families conceptualise chronic pain? 2. How do children with chronic non-cancer pain and their families live with chronic pain? 3. What do children with chronic non-cancer pain and their families think of how health and social care services respond to and manage their child's chronic pain? 4. What do children with chronic non-cancer pain and their families conceptualise as 'good' chronic pain management and what do they want to achieve from chronic pain management interventions and services? SEARCH METHODS Review strategy: we comprehensively searched 12 bibliographic databases including MEDLINE, CINAHL, PsycInfo and grey literature sources, and conducted supplementary searches in 2020. We updated the database searches in September 2022. SELECTION CRITERIA To identify published and unpublished qualitative research with children aged 3 months to 18 years with chronic non-cancer pain and their families focusing on their perceptions, experiences and views of chronic pain, services and treatments. The final inclusion criteria were agreed with a patient and public involvement group of children and young people with chronic non-cancer pain and their families. DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS We conducted a qualitative evidence synthesis using meta-ethnography, a seven-phase, systematic, interpretive, inductive methodology that takes into account the contexts and meanings of the original studies. We assessed the richness of eligible studies and purposively sampled rich studies ensuring they addressed the review questions. Cochrane Qualitative Methods Implementation Group guidance guided sampling. We assessed the methodological limitations of studies using the Critical Appraisal Skills Programme tool. We extracted data on study aims, focus, characteristics and conceptual findings from study reports using NVivo software. We compared these study data to determine how the studies related to one another and grouped studies by pain conditions for synthesis. We used meta-ethnography to synthesise each group of studies separately before synthesising them all together. Analysis and interpretation of studies involved children with chronic non-cancer pain and their families and has resulted in theory to inform service design and delivery. Sampling, organising studies for synthesis, and analysis and interpretation involved our patient and public involvement group who contributed throughout the conduct of the review. We used the GRADE-CERQual (Confidence in the Evidence from Reviews of Qualitative research) approach to assess our confidence in each review finding. We used a matrix approach to integrate our findings with existing Cochrane Reviews on treatment effectiveness for children's chronic non-cancer pain. MAIN RESULTS We synthesised 43 studies sampled from 170 eligible studies reported in 182 publications. Included studies involved 633 participants. GRADE-CERQual assessments of findings were mostly high (n = 21, 58%) or moderate (n = 12, 33%) confidence with three (8%) low or very low confidence. Poorly managed, moderate or severe chronic non-cancer pain had profound adverse impacts on family dynamics and relationships; family members' emotions, well-being, autonomy and sense of self-identity; parenting strategies; friendships and socialising; children's education and future employment prospects; and parental employment. Most children and parents understood chronic non-cancer pain as having an underlying biological cause and wanted curative treatment. However, families had difficulties seeking and obtaining support from health services to manage their child's pain and its impacts. Children and parents felt that healthcare professionals did not always listen to their experiences and expertise, or believe the child's pain. Some families repeatedly visited health services seeking a diagnosis and cure. Over time, some children and families gave up hope of effective treatment. Outcomes measured within trials and Cochrane Reviews of intervention effects did not include some outcomes of importance to children and families, including impacts of pain on the whole family and absence of pain. Cochrane Reviews have mainly neglected a holistic biopsychosocial approach, which specifies the interrelatedness of biological, psychological and social aspects of illness, when selecting outcome measures and considering how chronic pain management interventions work. AUTHORS' CONCLUSIONS We had high or moderate confidence in the evidence contributing to most review findings. Further research, especially into families' experiences of treatments and services, could strengthen the evidence for low or very low confidence findings. Future research should also explore families' experiences in low- to middle-income contexts; of pain treatments including opioid use in children, which remains controversial; and of social care services. We need development and testing of family-centred interventions and services acceptable to families. Future trials of children's chronic non-cancer pain interventions should include family-centred outcomes.
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- Emma France
- NMAHP Research Unit, University of Stirling, Stirling, UK
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- Institute of Social Marketing, University of Stirling, Stirling, UK
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- Development Directorate, Cochrane Central Executive, Cochrane, London, UK
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- Occupational Therapy, Human Nutrition & Dietetics, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, UK
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- Centre for Health-Related Research, Fron Heulog, Bangor University, Bangor, UK
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- Department of Psychology, University of Bath, Bath, UK
- Bath Centre for Pain Research, University of Bath, Bath, UK
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- Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling, UK
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- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling, UK
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- NMAHP Research Unit, University of Stirling, Stirling, UK
- Centre for Population Health and Wellbeing Research, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Bangor University, Bangor, UK
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Hurt L, Odd D, Mann M, Beetham H, Dorgeat E, Isaac TC, Ashman A, Wood F. What matters to families about the healthcare of preterm or low birth weight infants: A qualitative evidence synthesis. PATIENT EDUCATION AND COUNSELING 2023; 115:107893. [PMID: 37473603 DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2023.107893] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2023] [Revised: 07/06/2023] [Accepted: 07/07/2023] [Indexed: 07/22/2023]
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OBJECTIVE We examined what matters to families about the healthcare provided to preterm or LBW infants in hospital and the community, to ensure that care meets the needs of infants and parents. METHODS We searched databases to identify eligible studies examining the views and expectations of families. Study quality was assessed using the CASP checklist for qualitative studies. The GRADE-CERQual approach was used to assess confidence in review findings. Studies were sampled and data analysed using thematic synthesis. RESULTS 222 studies (227 papers) were eligible for inclusion. 54 studies (57 papers) were sampled based on data richness, methodological quality, and representation across settings. Eight analytical themes were identified. Confidence in results was moderate to high. What mattered was a positive outcome for the child; active involvement in care; being supported to cope at home after discharge; emotional support; the healthcare environment; information needs met; logistical support available; and positive relationships with staff. CONCLUSION Although parents and family members reported a variety of experiences in the care of their infant, we found high consistency in what matters to families. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS This review identifies approaches to improve experiences of parents which are consistent with the Family Centred Care model of healthcare.
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- Lisa Hurt
- Division of Population Medicine, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Cardiff, UK.
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- Division of Population Medicine, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Cardiff, UK
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- Specialist Unit for Review Evidence, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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- Cardiff University School of Medicine, Cardiff, UK
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- Division of Population Medicine, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Cardiff, UK
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McMahon K, Clark IN, Stensæth K, Wosch T, Odell Miller H, Bukowska A, Baker FA. A qualitative systematic review of the experiences of sharing music for people living with dementia and their family care partners: the thread of connection. Arts Health 2023; 15:229-256. [PMID: 36224535 DOI: 10.1080/17533015.2022.2128381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2021] [Revised: 09/01/2022] [Accepted: 09/14/2022] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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BACKGROUND There is a global need for interventions that support the wellbeing of people living with dementia and their family care partners. Studies show that shared musical activities may achieve this. Our systematic review aimed to synthesise existing research exploring dyads' experiences of shared musical activities across a range of contexts. METHOD From 31 October 2020 we searched PubMed, PsycInfo, CINAHL Complete, EMBASE, RILM, Web of Science Core Collection, Google Scholar and ProQuest Dissertations & Theses for studies published up to 14 April 2021, and hand searched five music therapy journals plus citation lists. Thirteen qualitative studies reporting on dyads' experiences and perspectives of shared musical activities across a range of settings were included. Studies with mixed populations or mixed modality interventions were excluded. We analysed the final studies using thematic synthesis, engaging in reflective discussions and reflexivity throughout. The quality of included studies was assessed using the CASP qualitative checklist. This study is registered on PROSPERO: CRD42020169360. RESULTS Six themes were identified from 13 studies: 1) shared musical activities support wellbeing for people living with dementia, 2) music groups become ecological systems, 3) shared musical activities are experienced differently over time, 4) shared musical activities are experienced by me and as we, 5) music is a supportive structure, and 6) the thread of connection (an overarching theme). A GRADE-CERQual assessment found moderate to high confidence in these findings. Findings informed the development of the Contextual Connection Model of Health Musicking. CONCLUSION Shared musical activities foster experiences of connection for people living with dementia and their family care partners. Experiences of connection are supported through professional facilitation and the structural aspects of music, and are influenced by the setting and changes over time. These experiences of connection play a central role in supporting dyadic and individual wellbeing. These findings are largely relevant to a western cultural context; future research should seek to include more diverse cultural experiences.
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- Kate McMahon
- Faculty of Fine Arts & Music University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Faculty of Fine Arts & Music University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Centre for Music and Health Norwegian Academy of Music, Oslo, Norway
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- Institute for Applied Social Sciences, University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt, Würzburg, Germany
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- Cambridge Institute for Music Therapy Research, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Occupational Therapy, University School of Physical Education, Krakow, Poland
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- Centre for Research in Music and Health, Norwegian Academy of Music, Oslo, Norway
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Li J, Zhou P, Wang J, Li H, Xu H, Meng Y, Ye F, Tan Y, Gong Y, Yin X. Worldwide dispensing of non-prescription antibiotics in community pharmacies and associated factors: a mixed-methods systematic review. THE LANCET. INFECTIOUS DISEASES 2023; 23:e361-e370. [PMID: 37105212 DOI: 10.1016/s1473-3099(23)00130-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2022] [Revised: 02/06/2023] [Accepted: 02/22/2023] [Indexed: 04/29/2023]
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This mixed-method systemic review estimated the pooled prevalence of non-prescription antibiotic dispensing in community pharmacies worldwide and identified associated factors influencing the practice. 162 studies covering 52 countries were included. The pooled prevalence of community pharmacy non-prescription antibiotic dispensing was 63·4% (95% CI 59·6-67·1). The prevalence was significantly higher in low-income countries than in high-income countries. Additionally, the situation of dispensing antibiotics without prescriptions has not improved over time in the past two decades. Quantitative studies showed that pharmacies located in poorer economic areas, pharmacy staff who were also the pharmacy owners, and private pharmacies were more likely to dispense non-prescription antibiotics. Qualitative findings suggested four major factors driving antibiotics being dispensed without a prescription. First, strong customer demand for non-prescription antibiotics and a lack of relevant knowledge; second, pharmacy staff motivated by financial or personal viewpoints; third, alternative health-care services being expensive or inconvenient, or having irregular prescribing practices; and finally, weak social, industry, and legal regulation. The current antibiotic stewardship needs to be strengthened.
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- Jinxi Li
- Department of Social Medicine and Health Management, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Social Medicine and Health Management, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Social Medicine and Health Management, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- School of Health Services Management, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China
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- Department of Social Medicine and Health Management, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Social Medicine and Health Management, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Social Medicine and Health Management, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Health Toxicology, Key Laboratory for Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Social Medicine and Health Management, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Social Medicine and Health Management, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
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Warner BE, Lound A, Grailey K, Vindrola-Padros C, Wells M, Brett SJ. Perspectives of healthcare professionals and older patients on shared decision-making for treatment escalation planning in the acute hospital setting: a systematic review and qualitative thematic synthesis. EClinicalMedicine 2023; 62:102144. [PMID: 37588625 PMCID: PMC10425683 DOI: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2023.102144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2023] [Revised: 07/18/2023] [Accepted: 07/24/2023] [Indexed: 08/18/2023] Open
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Background Shared Decision-Making (SDM) between patients and clinicians is increasingly considered important. Treament Escalation Plans (TEP) are individualised documents outlining life-saving interventions to be considered in the event of clinical deterioration. SDM can inform subjective goals of care in TEP but it remains unclear how much it is considered beneficial by patients and clinicians. We aimed to synthesise the existing knowledge of clinician and older patient (generally aged ≥65 years) perspectives on patient involvement in TEP in the acute setting. Methods Systematic database search was performed in MEDLINE, EMBASE, PsycInfo and CINAHL databases as well as grey literature from database inception to June 8, 2023, using the Sample (older patients, clinicians, acute setting; studies relating to patients whose main diagnosis was cancer or single organ failure were excluded as these conditions may have specific TEP considerations), Phenomenon of Interest (Treatment Escalation Planning), Design (any including interview, observational, survey), Evaluation (Shared Decision-Making), Research type (qualitative, quantitative, mixed methods) tool. Primary data (published participant quotations, field notes, survey results) and descriptive author comments were extracted and qualitative thematic synthesis was performed to generate analytic themes. Quality assessment was made using the Critical Appraisal Skills Programme and Mixed Methods Appraisal Tools. The GRADE-CERQual (Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation-Confidence in the Evidence from Reviews of Qualitative research) approach was used to assess overall confidence in each thematic finding according to methodology, coherence, adequacy and relevance of the contributing studies. The study protocol was registered on PROSPERO, CRD42022361593. Findings Following duplicate exclusion there were 1916 studies screened and ultimately 13 studies were included, all from European and North American settings. Clinician-orientated themes were: treatment escalation is a medical decision (high confidence); clinicians want the best for their patients amidst uncertainty (high confidence); involving patients and families in decisions is not always meaningful and can involve conflict (high confidence); treatment escalation planning exists within the clinical environment, organisation and society (moderate confidence). Patient-orientated themes were: patients' relationships with Treatment Escalation Planning are complex (low confidence); interactions with doctors are important but communication is not always easy (moderate confidence); patients are highly aware of their families when considering TEP (moderate confidence). Interpretation Based on current evidence, TEP decisions appear dominated by clinicians' perspectives, motivated by achieving the best for patients and challenged by complex decisions, communication and environmental factors; older patients' perspectives have seldom been explored, but their input on decisions may be modest. Presenting the context and challenge of SDM during professional education may allow reflection and a more nuanced approach. Future research should seek to understand what approach to TEP decision-making patients and clinicians consider to be optimum in the acute setting so that a mutually acceptable standard can be defined in policy. Funding HCA International and the NIHR Imperial Biomedical Research Centre.
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- Bronwen E. Warner
- Division of Anaesthetics, Pain Management and Intensive Care, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, UK
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- Patient Experience Research Centre, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Centre for Health Policy, Institute for Global Health Innovation, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, UK
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- Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, UK
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK
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- Division of Anaesthetics, Pain Management and Intensive Care, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, UK
- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust London, London, UK
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Wainwright M, Zahroh RI, Tunçalp Ö, Booth A, Bohren MA, Noyes J, Cheng W, Munthe-Kaas H, Lewin S. The use of GRADE-CERQual in qualitative evidence synthesis: an evaluation of fidelity and reporting. Health Res Policy Syst 2023; 21:77. [PMID: 37491226 PMCID: PMC10369711 DOI: 10.1186/s12961-023-00999-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2022] [Accepted: 05/12/2023] [Indexed: 07/27/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND GRADE-CERQual (Confidence in the Evidence from Reviews of Qualitative Research) is a methodological approach to systematically and transparently assess how much confidence decision makers can place in individual review findings from qualitative evidence syntheses. The number of reviews applying GRADE-CERQual is rapidly expanding in guideline and other decision-making contexts. The objectives of this evaluation were, firstly, to describe the uptake of GRADE-CERQual in qualitative evidence synthesis by review authors and, secondly, to assess both reporting of and fidelity to the approach. METHODS The evaluation had two parts. Part 1 was a citation analysis and descriptive overview of the literature citing GRADE-CERQual. Authors worked together to code and chart the citations, first by title and abstract and second by full text. Part 2 was an assessment and analysis of fidelity to, and reporting of, the GRADE-CERQual approach in included reviews. We developed fidelity and reporting questions and answers based on the most recent guidance for GRADE-CERQual and then used NVivo12 to document assessments in a spreadsheet and code full-text PDF articles for any concerns that had been identified. Our assessments were exported to Excel and we applied count formulae to explore patterns in the data. We employed a qualitative content analysis approach in NVivo12 to sub-coding all the data illustrating concerns for each reporting and fidelity criteria. RESULTS 233 studies have applied the GRADE-CERQual approach, with most (n = 225, 96.5%) in the field of health research. Many studies (n = 97/233, 41.6%) were excluded from full fidelity and reporting assessment because they demonstrated a serious misapplication of GRADE-CERQual, for example interpreting it as a quality appraisal tool for primary studies or reviews. For the remaining studies that applied GRADE-CERQual to assess confidence in review findings, the main areas of reporting concern involved terminology, labelling and completeness. Fidelity concerns were identified in more than half of all studies assessed. CONCLUSIONS GRADE-CERQual is being used widely within qualitative evidence syntheses and there are common reporting and fidelity issues. Most of these are avoidable and we highlight these as gaps in knowledge and guidance for applying the GRADE-CERQual approach.
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- Megan Wainwright
- Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Social Sciences and Health, Durham University, South Road, Durham, United Kingdom
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- Gender and Women’s Health Unit, School of Population and Global Health, Centre for Health Equity, The University of Melbourne, Carlton, VIC Australia
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- UNDP/UNFPA/UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP), Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health, School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR), University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- Gender and Women’s Health Unit, School of Population and Global Health, Centre for Health Equity, The University of Melbourne, Carlton, VIC Australia
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- School of Medical and Health Sciences, Bangor University, Bangor, Wales United Kingdom
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- Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The University of Melbourne, Carlton, VIC Australia
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- The Centre for Epidemic Interventions Research, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Division of Health Services and Centre for Epidemic Interventions Research (CEIR), Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
- Health Systems Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa
- Department of Health Sciences Ålesund, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Ålesund, Norway
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Moran E, Noonan M, Mohamad MM, O'Reilly P. Women's experiences of specialist perinatal mental health services: a qualitative evidence synthesis. Arch Womens Ment Health 2023:10.1007/s00737-023-01338-9. [PMID: 37351664 DOI: 10.1007/s00737-023-01338-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/24/2023]
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PURPOSE Specialist perinatal mental health services identify and treat women experiencing mental health conditions during pregnancy and up to one year post birth. There is limited knowledge about women's experiences of care from specialist services. Evaluation and optimisation of service delivery requires knowledge of women's care experiences. This review aimed to systematically identify, appraise, and synthesise qualitative evidence exploring women's experiences of specialist perinatal mental health services. METHODS A systematic literature search of five databases: Medline (OVID), EMBASE (Elsevier), PsycINFO (EBSCO), CINAHL (EBSCO) and Scopus (Elsevier), grey literature searching, and backward citation, identified a total of 1035 papers of which sixteen met inclusion criteria. Methodological quality of the included studies was assessed using the Critical Appraisal Skills Program (CASP) tool. RESULTS Thematic synthesis identified three themes: connected relationships; new beginnings; and meaningful service delivery. Findings identified that relationships developed with clinicians were significant to women and their experience of care. Women valued continuity of care from dedicated non-judgemental clinicians. Peer support from other mothers was perceived as meaningful to women. Through service interventions women gained new insights into their infant's needs and grew in confidence as a mother. CONCLUSIONS Women require provision of flexible and accessible specialist services with clinicians who are sensitive to their individual psychosocial needs and preferences. Examining discharge practices and continuing care needs is essential to ensure the best outcomes for women and their families.
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- Emma Moran
- Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland.
- The Department of Nursing and Healthcare, Technological University of the Shannon, Athlone, Co Westmeath, Ireland.
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- Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
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- Specialist Perinatal Mental Health Services, University Maternity Hospital Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
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- Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
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Sunzi K, Li Y, Lei C, Zhou X. How do the older adults in nursing homes live with dignity? A protocol for a meta-synthesis of qualitative research. BMJ Open 2023; 13:e067223. [PMID: 37185199 PMCID: PMC10151859 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-067223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023] Open
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INTRODUCTION As the population continuous to age and family sizes decrease, residing in nursing homes has emerged as a crucial option for older adults' care. Ensuring a dignified life for older adults in nursing homes is critical for enhancing their overall quality of life. The primary objective of this study is to synthesise the evidence of qualitative research on the feelings and experiences of dignity among older adults living in nursing homes. This will enable a better understanding of the factors influencing the perception of dignity and its preservation, ultimately assisting older adults in achieving a more comfortable and fulfilling experience in nursing homes. METHODS AND ANALYSIS The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses will guide this meta-synthesis. We conducted an initial search on 1 June 2022, for studies published between the inception of each database and 2022, using the population exposure-outcome nomenclature. We searched the Embase, Web of Science, CINAHL, Cochrane Library and PubMed databases for relevant studies. For data synthesis, we will employ the Ritchie and Spencer framework, and the Supporting the Use of Research Evidence Framework will be used for data analysis. To minimise the risk of bias, we will critically appraise the selected studies using the Qualitative Assessment and Review Instrument. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION This review does not involve human participants and, therefore, does not necessitate ethical approval. We plan to disseminate the protocol and findings through relevant channels, including publication in pertinent journals, presentations at conferences and symposia, and engagement with local and international health stakeholders. PROSPERO REGISTRATION NUMBER CRD42022343983. CONCLUSION This study aims to offer comprehensive evidence to guide nursing staff in providing dignity-focused interventions for older adult residents in nursing homes.
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- Kejimu Sunzi
- Nursing Department, People's Hospital of Deyang City, Deyang, Sichuan, People's Republic of China
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- Traditional Chinese Medicine Department, People's Hospital of Deyang City, Deyang, Sichuan, People's Republic of China
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- School of Public Health, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, Chongqing, People's Republic of China
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- Psychosomatic Medicine Department, People's Hospital of Deyang City, Deyang, Sichuan, People's Republic of China
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Freeman-Spratt GJ, Botfield JR, Lee GS, Rajiv P, Black KI. Understanding women's views of and preferences for accessing postpartum contraception: a qualitative evidence synthesis. BMJ SEXUAL & REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH 2023; 49:129-141. [PMID: 36635069 DOI: 10.1136/bmjsrh-2022-201718] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2022] [Accepted: 12/21/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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BACKGROUND Nearly half of women experience unintended pregnancies. These are associated with increased risk of poor maternal physical and psychosocial health outcomes. Many pregnancies in the first year postpartum are unintended, further increasing risks of poor outcomes and complications. We undertook a qualitative evidence synthesis to evaluate qualitative research on women's views and preferences for accessing postpartum contraception, and identify evidence gaps and opportunities for postpartum contraception provision. METHODS Five databases were searched to identify relevant qualitative studies. Included studies focused on views of, and preferences for, accessing postpartum contraception for women of reproductive age in high-income countries. RESULTS Of 1854 studies identified, 28 full texts were assessed and 19 studies included. These were critically appraised using Confidence in the Evidence from Reviews of Qualitative research (GRADE-CERQual) and analysed using thematic synthesis. Included studies indicated the majority of women desire postpartum contraception, but face a range of financial, health system and personal barriers. Women felt unclear about the ideal interpregnancy interval (IPI) and the rationale for this. Women preferred contraceptive counselling at varying times both antenatally and postnatally, and commonly preferred to receive contraception in the immediate postpartum period before hospital discharge. Women commonly saw their obstetrician or general practitioner for contraceptive counselling, but welcomed midwifery involvement. CONCLUSIONS Most women were interested in postpartum contraception and pregnancy spacing, but felt unclear about the optimal IPI, highlighting the need for further education and support around this issue. Contraceptive counselling was viewed as valuable antenatally and postnatally, and by varying maternal health providers, as was the provision of immediate postpartum contraception.
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Pearson NA, Tutton E, Gwilym SE, Joeris A, Grant R, Keene DJ, Haywood KL. Understanding patient experience of distal tibia or ankle fracture: a qualitative systematic review. Bone Jt Open 2023; 4:188-197. [PMID: 37051834 PMCID: PMC10031546 DOI: 10.1302/2633-1462.43.bjo-2022-0115.r1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/14/2023] Open
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To systematically review qualitative studies of patients with distal tibia or ankle fracture, and explore their experience of injury and recovery. We undertook a systematic review of qualitative studies. Five databases were searched from inception to 1 February 2022. All titles and abstracts were screened, and a subset were independently assessed. Methodological quality was appraised using the Critical Appraisal Skills Programme (CASP) checklist. The GRADE-CERQual checklist was used to assign confidence ratings. Thematic synthesis was used to analyze data with the identification of codes which were drawn together to form subthemes and then themes. From 2,682 records, 15 studies were reviewed in full and four included in the review. A total of 72 patients were included across the four studies (47 female; mean age 50 years (17 to 80)). Methodological quality was high for all studies, and the GRADE-CERQual checklist provided confidence that the findings were an adequate representation of patient experience of distal tibia or ankle fracture. A central concept of 'being the same but different' conveyed the substantial disruption to patients' self-identity caused by their injury. Patient experience of 'being the same but different' was expressed through three interrelated themes, with seven subthemes: i) being proactive where persistence, doing things differently and keeping busy prevailed; ii) living with change including symptoms, and living differently due to challenges at work and leisure; and iii) striving for normality, adapting while lacking in confidence, and feeling fearful and concerned about the future. Ankle injuries were disruptive, draining, and impacted on patients' wellbeing. Substantial short- and longer-term challenges were experienced during recovery. Rehabilitation and psychosocial treatment strategies may help to ameliorate these challenges. Patients may benefit from clinicians being cognisant of patient experience when assessing, treating, and discussing expectations and outcomes with patients.
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- Nathan A Pearson
- Warwick Research in Nursing, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
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- Kadoorie, Oxford Trauma and Emergency Care, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- Major Trauma Centre, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK
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- Kadoorie, Oxford Trauma and Emergency Care, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- AO ITC, Clinical Science, AO Foundation, Strettbacherstrausse 6, 8600, Dubendorf, Switzerland
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- National Institute for Health Research, Applied Research Collaboration, West Midlands; Warwick Medical School, User Teaching and Research Action Partnership; Fragility Fracture Network; Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Kadoorie, Oxford Trauma and Emergency Care, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK
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- Warwick Research in Nursing, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
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Urtecho M, Wagner B, Wang Z, VanderPluym JH, Halker Singh RB, Noyes J, Butler ME, Murad MH. A qualitative evidence synthesis of patient perspectives on migraine treatment features and outcomes. Headache 2023; 63:185-201. [PMID: 36602191 DOI: 10.1111/head.14430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2022] [Revised: 09/24/2022] [Accepted: 09/26/2022] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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OBJECTIVES We aimed to identify migraine treatment features preferred by patients and treatment outcomes most valued by patients. BACKGROUND The values and preferences of people living with migraine are critical for both the choice of acute therapy and management approach of migraine. METHODS We conducted a qualitative evidence synthesis. Two reviewers independently selected studies, appraised methodological quality, and undertook a framework synthesis. We developed summary of findings tables following the approach of Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluations Confidence in the Evidence from Reviews of Qualitative Research to assess confidence in the findings. RESULTS Of 1691 candidate references, we included 19 studies (21 publications) involving 459 patients. The studies mostly recruited White women from North America (11 studies) and Europe (8 studies). We identified eight themes encompassing features preferred by patients in a migraine treatment process. Themes described a treatment process that included shared decision-making, a tailored approach, trust in health-care professionals, sharing of knowledge and diversity of treatment options, a holistic approach that does not just address the headache, ease of communication especially for complex treatments, a non-undermining approach, and reciprocity with mutual respect between patient and provider. In terms of the treatment itself, seven themes emerged including patients' preferences for nonpharmacologic treatment, high effectiveness, rapidity of action, long-lasting effect, lower cost and more accessibility, self-management/self-delivery option that increases autonomy, and a mixed preference for abortive versus prophylactic treatments. The treatment outcomes that have high value to patients included maintaining or improving function; avoiding side effects, potential for addiction to medications, and pain reoccurrence; and avoiding non-headache symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, and sensitivity to light or sounds. CONCLUSION Patient values and preferences were individually constructed, varied widely, and could be at odds with conventional medical perspectives and evidence of treatment effects. Considering the availability of numerous treatments for acute migraine, it is necessary that decision-making incorporates patient values and preferences identified in qualitative research. The findings of this qualitative synthesis can be used to facilitate an individually tailored approach, strengthen the patient-health-care system relationship, and guide choices and decisions in the context of a clinical encounter or a clinical practice guideline.
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- Meritxell Urtecho
- Mayo Clinic Evidence-Based Practice Center, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.,Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Minnesota Evidence-Based Practice Center, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Mayo Clinic Evidence-Based Practice Center, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.,Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.,Division of Health Care Delivery Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Mayo Clinic Evidence-Based Practice Center, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.,Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
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- Mayo Clinic Evidence-Based Practice Center, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.,Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
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- School of Medical and Health Sciences, Bangor University, Bangor, UK
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- Minnesota Evidence-Based Practice Center, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Mayo Clinic Evidence-Based Practice Center, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.,Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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Negoescu E, Marcilly R, Cromie S, Koay A, Grimes T. The medication self-management work system of patients and informal carers from a human factors & ergonomics perspective: A scoping review protocol. HRB Open Res 2023; 6:4. [PMID: 37398919 PMCID: PMC10311124 DOI: 10.12688/hrbopenres.13674.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/03/2023] [Indexed: 08/19/2023] Open
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Background: Healthcare is increasingly delivered closer to the patients' homes, which increases the level of responsibility that patients and informal carers take for managing their medication-taking, although this is associated with hazards. Medication self-management has been conceptualised as work taking place in non-formal settings ( e.g., households), which are complex systems. Human factors and ergonomics (HFE) models provide a framework for studying such systems. The Systems Engineering Initiative for Patient Safety (SEIPS) is one framework that considers work system elements and how they interact with each other to shape processes that lead to outcomes ( e.g., safety). Given the increasing amount of diverse research on patient and carer work and on system-shaping factors, the objectives of this review are to: (i) identify available evidence in a structured and systems-oriented way, (ii) explore approaches that have been applied and (iii) highlight research gaps. Methods: An evidence-informed patient, public and carer involvement (PPCI) approach will be implemented at all post-protocol stages to ensure the relevance, uptake and translation of the scoping review. The review will systematically search MEDLINE, Embase, PsycInfo, CINAHL and Web of Science to identify relevant qualitative studies. The methodological approach will be guided by Johanna Briggs Institute methodology and will be reported according to the PRISMA-ScR standards. Data charting and qualitative content analysis directed by SEIPS will explore how the work system and its constituting elements have been described in the literature and identify specific gaps and opportunities for future research. Borrowing from realist approaches, included studies will be assessed in terms of richness and relevance to our review question. Discussion: Strengths of this scoping review include PPCI and a converging focus on medication safety, medication self-management and HFE. Ultimately, this approach will advance our understanding of this complex system and guide opportunities to broaden and strengthen the evidence base.
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- Eduard Negoescu
- School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Panoz Institute, Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin, Dublin, D02 PN40, Ireland
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- Univ. Lille, CHU Lille, ULR 2694 - METRICS : Évaluation des technologies de santé et des pratiques médicales, Lille, F-59000, France
- INSERM, CIC-IT 1403, Lille, F-59000, France
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- Centre for Innovative Human Systems (CIHS), School of Psychology, Aras an Phiarsaigh, Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Panoz Institute, Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin, Dublin, D02 PN40, Ireland
- Institute for Global Health, University College London, London, WC1N 1EH, UK
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- School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Panoz Institute, Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin, Dublin, D02 PN40, Ireland
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Alòs-Pereñíguez S, O'Malley D, Daly D. Women's views and experiences of augmentation of labour with synthetic oxytocin infusion: A qualitative evidence synthesis. Midwifery 2023; 116:103512. [PMID: 36323076 DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2022.103512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2022] [Revised: 10/06/2022] [Accepted: 10/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To explore and synthesise women's views and experiences of augmentation of labour with synthetic oxytocin infusion. DESIGN A qualitative evidence synthesis was conducted. The SPIDER acronym was used to develop the search terms and determine the inclusion criteria. Six bibliographic databases: MEDLINE, CINAHL, EMBASE, PsycINFO, Maternity and Infant Care and Web of Science Core Collection were searched in October 2021. Grey literature sources, EThOS, DART-Europe, and the World Health Organization's Clinical Trials Registry were searched, and reference lists of included studies were reviewed. Methodological quality of included studies was assessed using the Evidence for Policy and Practice Information and Co-ordinating (EPPI) Centre assessment tool. Data were synthesised thematically. The confidence of each review finding was assessed using the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation-Confidence in the Evidence from Reviews of Qualitative research (GRADE-CERQual). Research ethical approval was not required. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS Women of any age, parity, and cultural background who underwent augmentation of labour with synthetic oxytocin infusion were included. FINDINGS A total of 9306 citations were retrieved. Twenty-five studies conducted across 14 countries met the inclusion criteria and contributed data. Three principal analytical themes emerged: feeling stuck; past and present shaping the future; and cause and effect of augmentation of labour. The decision to augment women's labour was often performed without their informed consent. Women's views and experiences of augmentation of labour were shaped according to their knowledge, beliefs and support received during labour. Irrespective of the context, women consistently associated augmentation of labour with pain. KEY CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE Clinical guidelines on augmentation of labour need to be informed by research that includes women's views and experiences as a main outcome. Future research exploring the experience of augmentation of labour rather than the experience of labour dystocia would be beneficial. Increasing women's awareness and knowledge of augmentation of labour may help to ensure that their informed consent is obtained. Healthcare providers should discuss the effects, side effects and implications of augmentation of labour with women, ideally before labour.
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- Silvia Alòs-Pereñíguez
- School of Nursing & Midwifery, Faculty of Health Sciences, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, D02 T283, Ireland.
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- Nursing, Midwifery & Health Studies, Dundalk Institute of Technology, Dundalk, A91 K584, Ireland
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- School of Nursing & Midwifery, Faculty of Health Sciences, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, D02 T283, Ireland
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Cull J, Thomson G, Downe S, Fine M, Topalidou A. Views from women and maternity care professionals on routine discussion of previous trauma in the perinatal period: A qualitative evidence synthesis. PLoS One 2023; 18:e0284119. [PMID: 37195971 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0284119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2022] [Accepted: 03/23/2023] [Indexed: 05/19/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Over a third of pregnant women (around 250,000) each year in the United Kingdom have experienced trauma such as domestic abuse, childhood trauma or sexual assault. These experiences can have a long-term impact on women's mental and physical health. This global qualitative evidence synthesis explores the views of women and maternity care professionals on routine discussion of previous trauma in the perinatal period. METHODS Systematic database searches (MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL Plus, APA PsycINFO and Global Index Medicus) were conducted in July 2021 and updated in April 2022. The quality of each study was assessed using the Critical Appraisal Skills Programme. We thematically synthesised the data and assessed confidence in findings using GRADE-CERQual. RESULTS We included 25 papers, from five countries, published between 2001 and 2022. All the studies were conducted in high-income countries; therefore findings cannot be applied to low- or middle-income countries. Confidence in most of the review findings was moderate or high. The findings are presented in six themes. These themes described how women and clinicians felt trauma discussions were valuable and worthwhile, provided there was adequate time and appropriate referral pathways. However, women often found being asked about previous trauma to be unexpected and intrusive, and women with limited English faced additional challenges. Many pregnant women were unaware of the extent of the trauma they have suffered, or its impact on their lives. Before disclosing trauma, women needed to have a trusting relationship with a clinician; even so, some women chose not to share their histories. Hearing trauma disclosures could be distressing for clinicians. CONCLUSION Discussions of previous trauma should be undertaken when women want to have the discussion, when there is time to understand and respond to the needs and concerns of each individual, and when there are effective resources available for follow up if needed. Continuity of carer should be considered a key feature of routine trauma discussion, as many women will not disclose their histories to a stranger. All women should be provided with information about the impact of trauma and how to independently access support in the event of non-disclosures. Care providers need support to carry out these discussions.
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- Joanne Cull
- School of Community Health and Midwifery, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, England
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- School of Community Health and Midwifery, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, England
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- School of Community Health and Midwifery, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, England
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- Public Science Project, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, New York, United States of America
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- School of Community Health and Midwifery, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, England
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El Haddad L, Peiris CL, Taylor NF, McLean S. Determinants of Non-Adherence to Exercise or Physical Activity in People with Metabolic Syndrome: A Mixed Methods Review. Patient Prefer Adherence 2023; 17:311-329. [PMID: 36760232 PMCID: PMC9904214 DOI: 10.2147/ppa.s383482] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2022] [Accepted: 10/18/2022] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Long-term adherence to exercise or physical activity (EPA) is necessary for effective first-line management of metabolic syndrome (MetS). Little is known about the determinants of adherence in this population. This systematic review aims to identify the determinants of adherence to EPA in people with MetS. METHODS Six databases (MEDLINE, CINAHL Complete, PubMed, PsycINFO, SPORTDiscus, and Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL)) were searched for studies published before April 26, 2021. Primary research studies investigating factors affecting EPA adherence in adults with MetS in outpatient settings were included. Risk of bias was assessed using the QUIPS (Quality in Prognostic Factor Studies) and CASP (Critical Appraisal Skills Program) tools, for quantitative and qualitative methodologies, respectively. RESULTS Four quantitative studies (n = 766) and one qualitative (n = 21) study were included in the review, evaluating 34 determinants of adherence to EPA in MetS. Limited evidence was found for an association between ten determinants and non-adherence to EPA: lower self-rated health, lower baseline EPA, lower high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), fewer walk-friendly routes within 1 km, less consciousness raising, lower self-re-evaluation, lower self-liberation, reporting more arguments against EPA (cons), lower social support, and fewer positive psychological constructs. There was limited evidence of no association or conflicting evidence for the remaining 24 determinants. CONCLUSION A small number of included studies, most of low methodological quality, resulted in limited confidence in the findings for all determinants. The identified determinants associated with non-adherence are all potentially modifiable, thus further high-quality studies are required to increase confidence in the determinants of EPA in people with MetS, and test interventions.
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- Laila El Haddad
- Department of Allied Health Professions, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, UK
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- School of Allied Health, Human Services and Sport, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- School of Allied Health, Human Services and Sport, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Allied Health Clinical Research Office, Eastern Health, Box Hill, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Allied Health Professions, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, UK
- Correspondence: Sionnadh McLean, Collegiate Campus, Sheffield Hallam University, L108, 36 Collegiate Crescent, Sheffield, S10 2BP, UK, Tel +447342 092 340, Email
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Hughes SE, Boisvert I, McMahon CM, Steyn A, Neal K. Perceived listening ability and hearing loss: Systematic review and qualitative meta-synthesis. PLoS One 2022; 17:e0276265. [PMID: 36282860 PMCID: PMC9595527 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0276265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2022] [Accepted: 10/04/2022] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Hearing loss (HL) can affect communication in complex ways. Understanding how adults with HL reflect on and conceptualise the way they listen (metacognition) is required if interventions, and the outcome measures used to evaluate them, are to address barriers to functional communication arising from HL. OBJECTIVES This study describes how adults with HL experience and report the processes, behaviours, and components of listening, as presented in published studies. DESIGN Systematic review and meta-synthesis of qualitative studies. METHODS Systematic searches identified English-language, peer-reviewed journal articles reporting the results of qualitative or mixed-methods studies of adults' with HL perceived listening abilities. Medline, PsychInfo, Web of Science, Embase, and Google Scholar were searched from inception to November 2021. Handsearching reference lists of included studies identified additional studies for inclusion. The Critical Appraisal Skills Programme (CASP) qualitative checklist was used to appraise studies' methodological quality. Data from included studies were analysed using thematic meta-synthesis. The Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) Confidence in the Evidence from Reviews of QUALitative (CERQual) approach assessed confidence in the review findings. Two reviewers independently completed all screening and quality appraisal. Thematic meta-synthesis and GRADE CERQual assessment was completed by one reviewer and confirmed by a second reviewer. Discrepancies were resolved through discussion. RESULTS Data from 46 studies were included in the review. Thematic meta-synthesis identified six descriptive themes: 1) perceived listening ability; 2) external modifiers; 3) psychosocial impacts of hearing loss; 4) communication partner perspectives; 5) self-efficacy for listening; and 6) cognitive load. GRADE CERQual ratings for descriptive themes ranged from low to moderate confidence. Descriptive themes were related by analytic themes of liminality and reciprocity. CONCLUSIONS Adults with HL provide in-depth accounts of components and processes of listening, with studies reporting both cognitive and affective experiences consistent with theoretical models of metacognition. The findings will inform content generation for a hearing-specific patient-reported outcome measure of perceived listening ability in everyday communication.
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- Sarah E. Hughes
- Centre for Patient Reported Outcome Research, Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
- National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Applied Research Collaboration (ARC), West Midlands, United Kingdom
- Birmingham Health Partners Centre for Regulatory Science and Innovation, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
- National Institute of Health and Care Research (NIHR) Blood and Transplant Research Unit (BTRU) in Precision Therapeutics, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
- Narra Consulting Limited, Wales, United Kingdom
- Faculty of Medicine, Health, and Life Science, Swansea University, Swansea, United Kingdom
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- HEAR Centre, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
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- HEAR Centre, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
- Department of Linguistics, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- HEAR Centre, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
- Department of Linguistics, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- The Shepherd Centre, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- The Listening Lab, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Farrar N, Elliott D, Houghton C, Jepson M, Mills N, Paramasivan S, Plumb L, Wade J, Young B, Donovan JL, Rooshenas L. Understanding the perspectives of recruiters is key to improving randomised controlled trial enrolment: a qualitative evidence synthesis. Trials 2022; 23:883. [PMID: 36266700 PMCID: PMC9585862 DOI: 10.1186/s13063-022-06818-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2022] [Accepted: 10/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background Recruiting patients to randomised controlled trials (RCTs) is often reported to be challenging, and the evidence base for effective interventions that could be used by staff (recruiters) undertaking recruitment is lacking. Although the experiences and perspectives of recruiters have been widely reported, an evidence synthesis is required in order to inform the development of future interventions. This paper aims to address this by systematically searching and synthesising the evidence on recruiters’ perspectives and experiences of recruiting patients into RCTs. Methods A qualitative evidence synthesis (QES) following Thomas and Harden’s approach to thematic synthesis was conducted. The Ovid MEDLINE, CINAHL, EMBASE, PsycInfo, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, ORRCA and Web of Science electronic databases were searched. Studies were sampled to ensure that the focus of the research was aligned with the phenomena of interest of the QES, their methodological relevance to the QES question, and to include variation across the clinical areas of the studies. The GRADE CERQual framework was used to assess confidence in the review findings. Results In total, 9316 studies were identified for screening, which resulted in 128 eligible papers. The application of the QES sampling strategy resulted in 30 papers being included in the final analysis. Five overlapping themes were identified which highlighted the complex manner in which recruiters experience RCT recruitment: (1) recruiting to RCTs in a clinical environment, (2) enthusiasm for the RCT, (3) making judgements about whether to approach a patient, (4) communication challenges, (5) interplay between recruiter and professional roles. Conclusions This QES identified factors which contribute to the complexities that recruiters can face in day-to-day clinical settings, and the influence recruiters and non-recruiting healthcare professionals have on opportunities afforded to patients for RCT participation. It has reinforced the importance of considering the clinical setting in its entirety when planning future RCTs and indicated the need to better normalise and support research if it is to become part of day-to-day practice. Trial registration PROSPERO CRD42020141297 (registered 11/02/2020). Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s13063-022-06818-4.
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- Nicola Farrar
- Population Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Canynge Hall, 39 Whatley Road, Bristol, BS8 2PS, UK.
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- Population Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Canynge Hall, 39 Whatley Road, Bristol, BS8 2PS, UK
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- School of Nursing and Midwifery, Áras Moyola, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland
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- Population Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Canynge Hall, 39 Whatley Road, Bristol, BS8 2PS, UK
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- Population Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Canynge Hall, 39 Whatley Road, Bristol, BS8 2PS, UK
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- Population Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Canynge Hall, 39 Whatley Road, Bristol, BS8 2PS, UK
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- Population Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Canynge Hall, 39 Whatley Road, Bristol, BS8 2PS, UK.,UK Kidney Association, UK Renal Registry, Bristol, UK
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- Population Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Canynge Hall, 39 Whatley Road, Bristol, BS8 2PS, UK
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- Department of Public Health, Policy and Systems, Institute of Population Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 3GB, UK
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- Population Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Canynge Hall, 39 Whatley Road, Bristol, BS8 2PS, UK
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- Population Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Canynge Hall, 39 Whatley Road, Bristol, BS8 2PS, UK
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Chesnel MJ, Healy M, McNeill J. Experiences that influence how trained providers support women with breastfeeding: A systematic review of qualitative evidence. PLoS One 2022; 17:e0275608. [PMID: 36240230 PMCID: PMC9565393 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0275608] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2021] [Accepted: 09/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION There is a need to improve breastfeeding support interventions as although many are evidence-based, a sequential increase in breastfeeding rates is not evident. It is crucial to understand why the implementation of evidence-based guidelines in practice does not always translate to positive experiences for women and improve breastfeeding rates. This systematic review aims to synthesise breastfeeding support experiences of trained support providers and their impact on breastfeeding support practices. METHODS A strategy was developed to search seven databases including Medline and CINAHL and grey literature for qualitative studies. Studies eligible for inclusion reported professional and trained peer experiences of supporting women to breastfeed. PRISMA guidelines were followed and included studies were quality appraised using the CASP Qualitative Checklist. A thematic synthesis of included studies was undertaken and confidence in the review findings was assessed using the CERQual tool. The study protocol, registered in the International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews PROSPERO registration number: CRD42020207380, has been peer reviewed and published. FINDINGS A total of 977 records were screened, which identified 18 studies (21 papers) eligible for inclusion comprising 368 participants. Following quality appraisal, all studies were deemed suitable for inclusion. The thematic synthesis resulted in four analytical themes: 1) A personal philosophy of breastfeeding support 2) Teamwork and tensions in practice 3) Negotiating organisational constraints and 4) Encounters with breastfeeding women. Findings demonstrated that a range of experiences influence practice, and practice evolves on continued exposure to such experiences. The potential of each experience to facilitate or inhibit breastfeeding support provision is fluid and context specific. CONCLUSIONS Experiences, as named above, are modifiable factors contributing to the development of a philosophy of breastfeeding support based on what the provider believes works and is valuable in practice. Further research is required into the range of factors which underpin context-specific breastfeeding support practice, to improve both women's experiences and intervention effectiveness.
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- Mary Jo Chesnel
- School of Nursing and Midwifery, Medical Biology Centre, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland
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- School of Nursing and Midwifery, Medical Biology Centre, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland
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- School of Nursing and Midwifery, Medical Biology Centre, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland
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Piessens V, Heytens S, Van Den Bruel A, Van Hecke A, De Sutter A. Do doctors and other healthcare professionals know overdiagnosis in screening and how are they dealing with it? A protocol for a mixed methods systematic review. BMJ Open 2022; 12:e054267. [PMID: 36220316 PMCID: PMC9557257 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-054267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Overdiagnosis is the diagnosis of a disease that would never have caused any symptom or problem. It is a harmful side effect of screening and may lead to unnecessary treatment, costs and emotional drawbacks. Doctors and other healthcare professionals (HCPs) have the opportunity to mitigate these consequences, not only by informing their patients or the public but also by adjusting screening methods or even by refraining from screening. However, it is unclear to what extent HCPs are fully aware of overdiagnosis and whether it affects their screening decisions. With this systematic review, we aim to synthesise all available research about what HCPs know and think about overdiagnosis, how it affects their position on screening policy and whether they think patients and the public should be informed about it. METHODS AND ANALYSIS We will systematically search several databases (MEDLINE, Embase, Web of Science, Scopus, CINAHL and PsycArticles) for studies that directly examine HCPs' knowledge and subjective perceptions of overdiagnosis due to health screening, both qualitatively and quantitatively. We will optimise our search by scanning reference and citation lists, contacting experts in the field and hand searching abstracts from the annual conference on 'Preventing Overdiagnosis'. After selection and quality appraisal, we will analyse qualitative and quantitative findings separately in a segregated design for mixed-method reviews. The data will be examined and presented descriptively. If the retrieved studies allow it, we will review them from a constructivist perspective through a critical interpretive synthesis. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION For this type of research, no ethical approval is required. Findings from this systematic review will be published in a peer-reviewed journal and presented at the annual congress of 'Preventing Overdiagnosis'. In addition, the results will serve as guidance for further research on this topic. PROSPERO REGISTRATION NUMBER CRD42021244513.
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- Veerle Piessens
- Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium
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- Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium
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- Department of Public Health and Primary Care, KU Leuven, Leuven, Flanders, Belgium
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- Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium
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- Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium
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León-García M, Humphries B, Maraboto A, Rabassa M, Boehmer KR, Perestelo-Perez L, Xie F, Pelayo I, Eckman M, Bates S, Selva A, Alonso-Coello P. Women's values and preferences on low-molecular-weight heparin and pregnancy: a mixed-methods systematic review. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 2022; 22:747. [PMID: 36199014 PMCID: PMC9533610 DOI: 10.1186/s12884-022-05042-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2022] [Accepted: 09/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Venous thromboembolism (VTE) in pregnancy is an important cause of maternal morbidity and mortality. Low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH) is the cornerstone of prophylaxis and treatment of thrombotic events during pregnancy. LMWH has fewer adverse effects than other anticoagulants, does not cross the placenta, and is safe for the fetus. However, the use of LMWH during pregnancy is sensitive to womens' underlying preferences. The objective of this review is to systematically assess women's values and preferences research evidence on this topic. METHODS We searched four electronic databases from inception to March 2022, and included studies examining values and preferences of using LMWH among pregnant women at risk of VTE. We followed a convergent integrated mixed-methods design to compare and contrast quantitative outcomes (utility and non-utility measures) and qualitative findings. We assessed the certainty of the values and preferences evidence with the GRADE approach for quantitative findings, and with GRADE-CERqual for qualitative evidence. Results were presented in a conjoint display. RESULTS We screened 3,393 references and identified seven eligible studies. The mixed methods analysis resulted in four themes. Datasets confirmed each other in that: 1) the majority of women consider that benefits of treatment outweigh the inconveniences of daily injections; and 2) main concerns around medication are safety and injections administration. Quantitative outcomes expanded on the qualitative findings in that: 3) participants who perceived a higher risk of VTE were more willing to take LMWH. Finally, we found a discrepancy between the datasets around: 4) the amount of information preferred to make the decision; however, qualitative data expanded to clarify that women prefer making informed decisions and receive support from their clinician in their decision-making process. CONCLUSIONS We are moderately confident that in the context of pregnancy, using LMWH is preferred by women given its net beneficial balance. Integrating data from different sources of evidence, and representing them in a jointly manner helps to identify patient's values and preferences. Our results may inform clinical practice guidelines and support shared decision-making process in the clinical encounter for the management of VTE in the context of pregnancy.
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- Montserrat León-García
- Biomedical Research Institute Sant Pau (IIB Sant Pau), Barcelona, Spain.
- Department of Pediatrics, Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Preventive Medicine, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
- Knowledge and Evaluation Research Unit, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
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- Cytel Inc, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Knowledge and Evaluation Research Unit, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Knowledge and Evaluation Research Unit, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
- Division of Health Care Delivery Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Evaluation Unit (SESCS), Canary Islands Health Service (SCS), Tenerife, Spain
- Research Network On Health Services in Chronic Diseases (REDISSEC), Tenerife, Spain
- Network for Research On Chronicity, Primary Care, and Health Promotion (RICAPPS), Tenerife, Spain
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- Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
- Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ramón y Cajal Hospital, Madrid, Spain
- Faculty of Medicine, Alcalá de Henares University, Madrid, Spain
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- Division of General Internal Medicine and Center for Clinical Effectiveness, University of Cincinnati School of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Department of Pediatrics, Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Preventive Medicine, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Clinical Epidemiology and Cancer Screening, Corporació Sanitaria Parc Taulí, Sabadell, Barcelona, Spain
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- Biomedical Research Institute Sant Pau (IIB Sant Pau), Barcelona, Spain
- CIBER of Epidemiology and Public Health, CIBERESP, Madrid, Spain
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Brown SJ, Carter GJ, Halliwell G, Brown K, Caswell R, Howarth E, Feder G, O'Doherty L. Survivor, family and professional experiences of psychosocial interventions for sexual abuse and violence: a qualitative evidence synthesis. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2022; 10:CD013648. [PMID: 36194890 PMCID: PMC9531960 DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd013648.pub2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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BACKGROUND It is well-established that experiencing sexual abuse and violence can have a range of detrimental impacts; a wide variety of interventions exist to support survivors in the aftermath. Understanding the experiences and perspectives of survivors receiving such interventions, along with those of their family members, and the professionals who deliver them is important for informing decision making as to what to offer survivors, for developing new interventions, and enhancing their acceptability. OBJECTIVES This review sought to: 1. identify, appraise and synthesise qualitative studies exploring the experiences of child and adult survivors of sexual abuse and violence, and their caregivers, regarding psychosocial interventions aimed at supporting survivors and preventing negative health outcomes in terms of benefits, risks/harms and barriers; 2. identify, appraise and synthesise qualitative studies exploring the experiences of professionals who deliver psychosocial interventions for sexual abuse and violence in terms of perceived benefits, risks/harms and barriers for survivors and their families/caregivers; 3. develop a conceptual understanding of how different factors influence uptake, dropout or completion, and outcomes from psychosocial interventions for sexual abuse and violence; 4. develop a conceptual understanding of how features and types of interventions responded to the needs of different user/survivor groups (e.g. age groups; types of abuse exposure; migrant populations) and contexts (healthcare/therapeutic settings; low- and middle-income countries (LMICs)); 5. explore how the findings of this review can enhance our understanding of the findings from the linked and related reviews assessing the effectiveness of interventions aimed at supporting survivors and preventing negative health outcomes. SEARCH METHODS In August 2021 we searched MEDLINE, Embase, PsycINFO and nine other databases. We also searched for unpublished reports and qualitative reports of quantitative studies in a linked systematic review, together with reference checking, citation searches and contacting authors and other researchers to identify relevant studies. SELECTION CRITERIA We included qualitative and mixed-methods studies (with an identifiable qualitative component) that were linked to a psychosocial intervention aimed at supporting survivors of sexual abuse and violence. Eligible studies focused on at least one of three participant groups: survivors of any age, gender, sexuality, ethnicity or [dis]ability who had received a psychosocial intervention; their carers, family members or partners; and professionals delivering such interventions. We placed no restrictions in respect of settings, locations, intervention delivery formats or durations. DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS Six review authors independently assessed the titles, abstracts and full texts identified. We extracted data using a form designed for this synthesis, then used this information and an appraisal of data richness and quality in order to stratify the studies using a maximum variation approach. We assessed the methodological limitations using the Critical Skills Appraisal Programme (CASP) tool. We coded directly onto the sampled papers using NVivo and synthesised data using a thematic synthesis methodology and used the GRADE-CERQual (Confidence in the Evidence from Reviews of Qualitative research) approach to assess our confidence in each finding. We used a narrative synthesis and matrix model to integrate our qualitative evidence synthesis (QES) findings with those of intervention review findings. MAIN RESULTS We identified 97 eligible studies and sampled 37 of them for our analysis. Most sampled studies were from high-income countries, with four from middle-income and two from low-income countries. In 27 sampled studies, the participants were survivors, in three they were intervention facilitators. Two included all three of our stakeholder groups, and five included two of our groups. The studies explored a wide range of psychosocial interventions, with only one type of intervention explored in more than one study. The review indicates that features associated with the context in which interventions were delivered had an impact on how individuals accessed and experienced interventions. This included organisational features, such as staff turnover, that could influence survivors' engagement with interventions; the setting or location in which interventions were delivered; and the characteristics associated with who delivered the interventions. Studies that assess the effectiveness of interventions typically assess their impact on mental health; however, as well as finding benefits to mental health, our QES found that study participants felt interventions also had positive impacts on their physical health, mood, understanding of trauma, interpersonal relationships and enabled them to re-engage with a wide range of areas in their lives. Participants explained that features of interventions and their contexts that best enabled them to benefit from interventions were also often things that could be a barrier to benefiting from interventions. For example, the relationship with the therapist, when open and warm was a benefit, but if such a relationship could not be achieved, it was a barrier. Survivors' levels of readiness and preparedness to both start and end interventions could have positive (if they were ready) or negative (if they were not) impacts. Study participants identified the potential risks and harms associated with completing interventions but felt that it was important to face and process trauma. Some elements of interventions were specific to the intervention type (e.g. faith-based interventions), or related to an experience of an intervention that held particular relevance to subgroups of survivors (e.g. minority groups); these issues could impact how individuals experienced delivering or receiving interventions. AUTHORS' CONCLUSIONS We had high or moderate confidence in all but one of our review findings. Further research in low- and middle-income settings, with male survivors of sexual abuse and violence and those from minority groups could strengthen the evidence for low and moderate confidence findings. We found that few interventions had published quantitative and qualitative evaluations. Since this QES has highlighted important aspects that could enable interventions to be more suitable for survivors, using a range of methodologies would provide valuable information that could enhance intervention uptake, completion and effectiveness. This study has shown that although survivors often found interventions difficult, they also appreciated that they needed to work through trauma, which they said resulted in a wide range of benefits. Therefore, listening to survivors and providing appropriate interventions, at the right time for them, can make a significant difference to their health and well-being.
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- Sarah J Brown
- School of Law and Society, University of the Sunshine Coast, Sippy Downs, Australia
- Faculty of Health and Applied Sciences (HAS), University of the West of England (UWE), Bristol, UK
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- Institute for Health and Wellbeing, Coventry University, Coventry, UK
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- Centre for Academic Primary Care, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- Department of Psychology and Sports Science, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK
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- Sexual Health and HIV Medicine, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK
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- School of Psychology, University of East London, London, UK
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- Centre for Academic Primary Care, Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- Institute for Health and Wellbeing, Coventry University, Coventry, UK
- Department of General Practice, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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An exploration into physician and surgeon data sensemaking: a qualitative systematic review using thematic synthesis. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak 2022; 22:256. [PMID: 36171583 PMCID: PMC9520820 DOI: 10.1186/s12911-022-01997-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2022] [Accepted: 09/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Providing electronic health data to medical practitioners to reflect on their performance can lead to improved clinical performance and quality of care. Understanding the sensemaking process that is enacted when practitioners are presented with such data is vital to ensure an improvement in performance. Thus, the primary objective of this research was to explore physician and surgeon sensemaking when presented with electronic health data associated with their clinical performance. A systematic literature review was conducted to analyse qualitative research that explored physicians and surgeons experiences with electronic health data associated with their clinical performance published between January 2010 and March 2022. Included articles were assessed for quality, thematically synthesised, and discussed from the perspective of sensemaking. The initial search strategy for this review returned 8,829 articles that were screened at title and abstract level. Subsequent screening found 11 articles that met the eligibility criteria and were retained for analyses. Two articles met all of the standards within the chosen quality assessment (Standards for Reporting Qualitative Research, SRQR). Thematic synthesis generated five overarching themes: data communication, performance reflection, infrastructure, data quality, and risks. The confidence of such findings is reported using CERQual (Confidence in the Evidence from Reviews of Qualitative research). The way the data is communicated can impact sensemaking which has implications on what is learned and has impact on future performance. Many factors including data accuracy, validity, infrastructure, culture can also impact sensemaking and have ramifications on future practice. Providing data in order to support performance reflection is not without risks, both behavioural and affective. The latter of which can impact the practitioner's ability to effectively make sense of the data. An important consideration when data is presented with the intent to improve performance.Registration This systematic review was registered with Prospero, registration number: CRD42020197392.
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Chen A, Väyrynen K, Schmidt A, Leskelä R, Torkki P, Heinonen S, Tekay A, Acharya G. The impact of implementing patient-reported measures in routine maternity care: a systematic review. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand 2022; 101:1184-1196. [PMID: 36065150 PMCID: PMC9812106 DOI: 10.1111/aogs.14446] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2022] [Revised: 08/04/2022] [Accepted: 08/09/2022] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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INTRODUCTION While there is growing interest in applying patient-reported measures (PRMs) in clinical routine, limited collective evidence of the impact of PRMs hinder their widespread use in specific contexts, such as maternity care. Our objective was to synthesize existing emperical evidence on the impact of implementing PRMs in routine maternity care. MATERIAL AND METHODS We followed the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses guidelines (version 2020). We electronically searched six databases for the literature on the implementation of PRMs in maternity care. A multi-level (woman, clinical, organizational, national and societal) analytic framework for analyzing and synthesizing emperically proven impacts of PRMs was developed. Quality was assessed using the Mixed Method Appraisal Tool. The GRADE-CERQual approach was used to assess the confidence in the review findings and arguments. The protocol was registered in PROSPERO (CRD42021234501). RESULTS Overall, 4971 articles were screened. The emperical evidence, collected from 11 relevant studies, showed that the use of PRMs in routine maternity care could produce positive effects on clinical process (assessment and detection of health problems, clinical visit preparation, resource use, woman-professional communication, decision-making, woman-professional relationship, and care quality), and health behavior and outcomes (women's health and wellbeing, quality of life, health behavior, experiences and satisfaction with healthcare services), awareness, engagement and self-management of own health, and disclosure of health issues. The confidence in the review findings was low to moderate due to a limited number of studies, inadequate data and methodological limitations of included studies. CONCLUSIONS The limited emperical evidence available suggested that the use of PRMs may have positive effects at the individual health level and clinical process level. However, the evidence was not strong enough to provide policy recommendations on the use of PRMs in routine maternity care. This review revealed limitations of currently available research, such as lack of generalizability and narrow scopes in investigating impact. Efforts are needed to improve the quality of research on the use of PRMs in routine maternity care by widening the study population, including different types of PRMs, and considering the effects of PRMs at different levels and domains of healthcare.
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- An Chen
- Department of Industrial Engineering and ManagementInstitute of Healthcare Engineering, Management and Architecture (HEMA), Aalto UniversityEspooFinland,Department of Obstetrics and GynecologyHelsinki University Hospital and University of HelsinkiHelsinkiFinland,Nordic Healthcare Group OyHelsinkiFinland
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- Department of Obstetrics and GynecologyCentral Finland Central HospitaJyväskyläFinland
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- Nordic Healthcare Group OyHelsinkiFinland,Department of Public Health, Faculty of MedicineHelsinki UniversityHelsinkiFinland
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- Department of Industrial Engineering and ManagementInstitute of Healthcare Engineering, Management and Architecture (HEMA), Aalto UniversityEspooFinland,Nordic Healthcare Group OyHelsinkiFinland,Department of Public Health, Faculty of MedicineHelsinki UniversityHelsinkiFinland
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- Department of Obstetrics and GynecologyHelsinki University Hospital and University of HelsinkiHelsinkiFinland
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- Department of Obstetrics and GynecologyHelsinki University Hospital and University of HelsinkiHelsinkiFinland
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- Division of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Department of Clinical ScienceIntervention and Technology (CLINTEC), Karolinska InstitutetStockholmSweden,Women's Health and Perinatology Research Group, Department of Clinical MedicineUiT ‐ The Arctic University of NorwayTromsøNorway
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Panigrahi S, Parveen S, Kshatri JS, Pati S, Bhaumik S. Facilitators and barriers to bicycle helmet use: A qualitative evidence synthesis. J Family Med Prim Care 2022; 11:5211-5225. [PMID: 36505541 PMCID: PMC9731013 DOI: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_2464_21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2021] [Revised: 02/18/2022] [Accepted: 02/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Background Bicycles are environment-friendly and is an effective physical activity intervention to decrease risk of non-communicable diseases. Family physicians and primary care workers play a key role in promoting its usage, including addressing safety concerns through the use of bicycle helmet use. The uptake of bicycle helmets is low in many settings. We aimed to understand facilitators and barriers to bicycle helmet use. Method We searched five major electronic databases, screened references and manually searched conference abstracts for qualitative studies that focused on facilitators and barriers to bicycle helmet use. We critically appraised the studies using the Critical Appraisal Skills Programme (CASP) checklist and used PROGRESS-Plus tool for an equity-focused analysis. We conducted a thematic synthesis for analysis and used GRADE-CERQual to report confidence in findings. Results We included 15 studies from high-income countries. We identified 4 themes: 1. Perceptions on helmet design, it's quality and cost together with experiences influencing helmet use (10 studies, low confidence); 2. Perceived risk and benefits of helmet use through a gender lens (10 studies, moderate confidence); 3. Parental strategies influencing children's behavior regarding helmet use (6 studies, moderate confidence); 4. Adoption and enforcement of laws that shape perception and usage of bicycle helmets (8 studies, very low confidence). Conclusion Our study identified facilitators and barriers and can be considered for developing programs and strategies to influence bicycle helmet use, but the confidence in findings is not high. Family physicians and primary care workers should consider these factors when promoting bicycle helmet for injury prevention. There is a need for more qualitative studies in different contexts to develop more robust evidence.
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- Sucharita Panigrahi
- Regional Medical Research Centre, Indian Council of Medical Research, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India,Meta-Research and Evidence Synthesis Unit, The George Institute for Global Health, New Delhi, India
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- Injury Division, The George Institute for Global Health, New Delhi, India
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- Regional Medical Research Centre, Indian Council of Medical Research, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
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- Regional Medical Research Centre, Indian Council of Medical Research, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
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- Meta-Research and Evidence Synthesis Unit, The George Institute for Global Health, New Delhi, India,Injury Division, The George Institute for Global Health, New Delhi, India,Address for correspondence: Dr. Soumyadeep Bhaumik, Meta-Research and Evidence Synthesis Unit, The George Institute for Global Health, India, 308, Third Floor, Elegance Tower, Plot No. 8, Jasola District Centre, New Delhi - 110 025, India. E-mail:
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Factors affecting the use of antibiotics and antiseptics to prevent maternal infection at birth: A global mixed-methods systematic review. PLoS One 2022; 17:e0272982. [PMID: 36048776 PMCID: PMC9436089 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0272982] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2021] [Accepted: 07/30/2022] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Background Over 10% of maternal deaths annually are due to sepsis. Prophylactic antibiotics and antiseptic agents are critical interventions to prevent maternal peripartum infections. We conducted a mixed-method systematic review to better understand factors affecting the use of prophylactic antibiotics and antiseptic agents to prevent peripartum infections. Methods We searched MEDLINE, EMBASE, Emcare, CINAHL, Global Health, Global Index Medicus, and Maternity and Infant Care for studies published between 1 January 1990 and 27 May 2022. We included primary qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-methods studies that focused on women, families, and healthcare providers’ perceptions and experiences of prophylactic antibiotic and antiseptics during labour and birth in health facilities. There were no language restrictions. We used a thematic synthesis approach for qualitative evidence and GRADE-CERQual approach for assessing confidence in these review findings. Quantitative study results were mapped to the qualitative findings and reported narratively. Results We included 19 studies (5 qualitative, 12 quantitative and 2 mixed-methods studies), 16 relating to antibiotics, 2 to antiseptic use, and 1 study to both antibiotic and antiseptic use. Most related to providers’ perspectives and were conducted in high-income countries. Key themes on factors affecting antibiotic use were providers’ beliefs about benefits and harms, perceptions of women’s risk of infection, regimen preferences and clinical decision-making processes. Studies on antiseptic use explored women’s perceptions of vaginal cleansing, and provider’s beliefs about benefits and the usefulness of guidelines. Conclusion We identified a range of factors affecting how providers use prophylactic antibiotics at birth, which can undermine implementation of clinical guidelines. There were insufficient data for low-resource settings, women’s perspectives, and regarding use of antiseptics, highlighting the need for further research in these areas. Implications for practice include that interventions to improve prophylactic antibiotic use should take account of local environments and perceived infection risk and ensure contextually relevant guidance.
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Factors influencing appropriate use of interventions for management of women experiencing preterm birth: A mixed-methods systematic review and narrative synthesis. PLoS Med 2022; 19:e1004074. [PMID: 35998205 PMCID: PMC9398034 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1004074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2021] [Accepted: 07/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Preterm birth-related complications are the leading cause of death in newborns and children under 5. Health outcomes of preterm newborns can be improved with appropriate use of antenatal corticosteroids (ACSs) to promote fetal lung maturity, tocolytics to delay birth, magnesium sulphate for fetal neuroprotection, and antibiotics for preterm prelabour rupture of membranes. However, there are wide disparities in the rate and consistency in the use of these interventions across settings, which may underlie the differential health outcomes among preterm newborns. We aimed to assess factors (barriers and facilitators) affecting the appropriate use of ACS, tocolytics, magnesium sulphate, and antibiotics to improve preterm birth management. METHODS AND FINDINGS We conducted a mixed-methods systematic review including primary qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-methods studies. We searched MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, Global Health, and grey literature from inception to 16 May 2022. Eligible studies explored perspectives of women, partners, or community members who experienced preterm birth or were at risk of preterm birth and/or received any of the 4 interventions, health workers providing maternity and newborn care, and other stakeholders involved in maternal care (e.g., facility managers, policymakers). We used an iterative narrative synthesis approach to analysis, assessed methodological limitations using the Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool, and assessed confidence in each qualitative review finding using the GRADE-CERQual approach. Behaviour change models (Theoretical Domains Framework; Capability, Opportunity, and Motivation (COM-B)) were used to map barriers and facilitators affecting appropriate use of these interventions. We included 46 studies from 32 countries, describing factors affecting use of ACS (32/46 studies), tocolytics (13/46 studies), magnesium sulphate (9/46 studies), and antibiotics (5/46 studies). We identified a range of barriers influencing appropriate use of the 4 interventions globally, which include the following: inaccurate gestational age assessment, inconsistent guidelines, varied knowledge, perceived risks and benefits, perceived uncertainties and constraints in administration, confusion around prescribing and administering authority, and inadequate stock, human resources, and labour and newborn care. Women reported hesitancy in accepting interventions, as they typically learned about them during emergencies. Most included studies were from high-income countries (37/46 studies), which may affect the transferability of these findings to low- or middle-income settings. CONCLUSIONS In this study, we identified critical factors affecting implementation of 4 interventions to improve preterm birth management globally. Policymakers and implementers can consider these barriers and facilitators when formulating policies and planning implementation or scale-up of these interventions. Study findings can inform clinical preterm birth guidelines and implementation to ensure that barriers are addressed, and enablers are reinforced to ensure these interventions are widely available and appropriately used globally.
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Korab-Chandler E, Kyei-Onanjiri M, Cameron J, Hegarty K, Tarzia L. Women's experiences and expectations of intimate partner abuse identification in healthcare settings: a qualitative evidence synthesis. BMJ Open 2022; 12:e058582. [PMID: 35835525 PMCID: PMC9289017 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-058582] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES To explore women's experiences and expectations of intimate partner abuse (IPA) disclosure and identification in healthcare settings, focusing on the process of disclosure/identification rather than the healthcare responses that come afterwards. DESIGN Systematic review and meta-synthesis of qualitative studies DATA SOURCES: Relevant studies were sourced by using keywords to search the databases MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, PsychINFO, SocINDEX and ASSIA in September 2021. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA Studies needed to focus on women's views about IPA disclosure and identification in healthcare settings, use qualitative methods and have been published in the last 5 years. DATA EXTRACTION AND SYNTHESIS Relevant data were extracted into a customised template. The Critical Appraisal Skills Programme checklist for qualitative research was used to assess the methodological quality of included studies. A thematic synthesis approach was applied to the data, and confidence in the findings was appraised using The Confidence in the Evidence from Reviews of Qualitative research methods. RESULTS Thirty-four studies were included from a range of healthcare settings and countries. Three key themes were generated through analysing their data: (1) Provide universal education, (2) Create a safe and supportive environment for disclosure and (3) It is about how you ask. Included papers were rated overall as being of moderate quality, and moderate-high confidence was placed in the review findings. CONCLUSIONS Women in the included studies articulated a desire to routinely receive information about IPA, lending support to a universal education approach that equips all women with an understanding of IPA and options for assistance, regardless of disclosure. Women's suggestions for how to promote an environment conducive to disclosure and how to enquire about IPA have clear implications for clinical practice.PROSPERO registration numberCRD42018091523.
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- Department of General Practice, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of General Practice, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- School of Health and Society, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
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- Department of General Practice, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Centre for Family Violence Prevention, The Royal Women's Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of General Practice, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Centre for Family Violence Prevention, The Royal Women's Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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Experiences and impact of living with incontinence associated stigma: A protocol for a systematic review and narrative synthesis of qualitative studies. PLoS One 2022; 17:e0270885. [PMID: 35802573 PMCID: PMC9269749 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0270885] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2021] [Accepted: 06/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Introduction Incontinence is global health and social issue, with urinary incontinence alone affecting over 400 million people. Incontinence can lead to physical harms such as skin damage, but it also commonly causes social and psychological harms, including those associated with stigma. For many people, treatment to cure incontinence does not work or is not suitable and they live with the long-term consequences of incontinence. At the moment, no stigma reduction interventions (increasingly used with other conditions such as mental health problems and HIV) have been developed for people living with incontinence. As a starting point for developing such an intervention, this review will address the questions 1) What are the incontinence (urinary or faecal) associated experiences of stigma of people living with incontinence? 2) What is the impact of incontinence associated stigma on their lives? Methods The reviewers will search Embase, Medline, PsychINFO and the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature using controlled vocabulary and relevant search terms. Articles assessed to meet inclusion criteria will be included. Once duplicates have been removed, titles and abstracts will be screened and full texts of selected research articles will be reviewed. An adapted Joanna Briggs Institute Data Extraction Form will be used to collect the data and quality will be assessed using the Joanna Briggs Institute checklist for qualitative research appraisal tool. A framework approach (using the Revised Framework for Understanding Non-communicable Disease Related Stigma) will be used to organise, integrate, interpret and summarise findings from included articles. The review will be reported in accordance with the Enhancing Transparency in reporting the synthesis of qualitative research statement. Prospero registration number CRD42021259065. Discussion The systematic review described in this protocol will provide the first in-depth, comprehensive understanding of people’s experiences of the stigma associated with incontinence and the impact that it has on their lives. It will identify broader influences of contextual variables such as age, sex, cause and type of incontinence, socio-economic culture and geographical location. The review aims to provide insights to support the development of incontinence associated stigma reduction interventions.
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Kpokiri EE, Sri-Pathmanathan C, Shrestha P, Navaid S, Wiwatpanit T, Wijegunawardana A, Ali Umar M, Jackson D, Alger J, Bohren MA, Hoole M, Labarda M, Juban N, Launois P, Tang W, Halpaap B, Tucker JD. Crowdfunding for health research: a qualitative evidence synthesis and a pilot programme. BMJ Glob Health 2022; 7:bmjgh-2022-009110. [PMID: 35896184 PMCID: PMC9334694 DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2022-009110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2022] [Accepted: 07/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Background Many low-income and middle-income country (LMIC) researchers have disadvantages when applying for research grants. Crowdfunding may help LMIC researchers to fund their research. Crowdfunding organises large groups of people to make small contributions to support a research study. This manuscript synthesises global qualitative evidence and describes a Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR) crowdfunding pilot for LMIC researchers. Methods Our global systematic review and qualitative evidence synthesis searched six databases for qualitative data. We used a thematic synthesis approach and assessed our findings using the GRADE-CERQual approach. Building on the review findings, we organised a crowdfunding pilot to support LMIC researchers and use crowdfunding. The pilot provided an opportunity to assess the feasibility of crowdfunding for infectious diseases of poverty research in resource-constrained settings. Results Nine studies were included in the qualitative evidence synthesis. We identified seven findings which we organised into three broad domains: public engagement strategies, correlates of crowdfunding success and risks and mitigation strategies. Our pilot data suggest that crowdfunding is feasible in diverse LMIC settings. Three researchers launched crowdfunding campaigns, met their goals and received substantial monetary (raising a total of US$26 546 across all three campaigns) and non-monetary contributions. Two researchers are still preparing for the campaign launch due to COVID-19-related difficulties. Conclusion Public engagement provides a foundation for effective crowdfunding for health research. Our evidence synthesis and pilot data provide practical strategies for LMIC researchers to engage the public and use crowdfunding. A practical guide was created to facilitate these activities across multiple settings.
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- Department of Clinical Research, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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- Department of Clinical Research, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.,Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington State, USA
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- Department of Nutrition, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina System, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Bioprocess Technology, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka, Mihintale, Sri Lanka
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- Department of Biology, Kano University of Science and Technology, Wudil, Kano State, Nigeria
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- Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Hospital Escuela; Faculty of Medical Sciences, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.,Instituto de Enfermedades Infecciosas Parasitología Antonio Vidal, Tegucigalpa, Honduras
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- Centre for Health Equity, University of Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Because Stories, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Department of Medicine, University of the Philippines Manila School of Health Sciences, Palo, Philippines
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- Department of Medicine, University of the Philippines Manila School of Health Sciences, Palo, Philippines
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- Special Programme for Research & Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR), World Health Organization, Geneve, Switzerland
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- School of Public Health, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Special Programme for Research & Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR), World Health Organization, Geneve, Switzerland
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- Department of Clinical Research, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.,Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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Khaw SML, Zahroh RI, O'Rourke K, Dearnley R, Homer C, Bohren MA. Community-based doulas for migrant and refugee women: a mixed-method systematic review and narrative synthesis. BMJ Glob Health 2022; 7:e009098. [PMID: 35902203 PMCID: PMC9341177 DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2022-009098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2022] [Accepted: 07/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Community-based doulas share the same cultural, linguistic, ethnic backgrounds or social experiences as the women they support. Community-based doulas may be able to bridge gaps for migrant and refugee women in maternity settings in high-income countries (HICs). The aim of this review was to explore key stakeholders' perceptions and experiences of community-based doula programmes for migrant and refugee women during labour and birth in HICs, and identify factors affecting implementation and sustainability of such programmes. METHODS We conducted a mixed-method systematic review, searching MEDLINE, CINAHL, Web of Science, Embase and grey literature databases from inception to 20th January 2022. Primary qualitative, quantitative and mixed-methods studies focusing on stakeholders' perspectives and experiences of community-based doula support during labour and birth in any HIC and any type of health facility were eligible for inclusion. We used a narrative synthesis approach to analysis and GRADE-CERQual approach to assess confidence in qualitative findings. RESULTS Twelve included studies were from four countries (USA, Sweden, England and Australia). There were 26 findings categorised under three domains: (1) community-based doulas' role in increasing capacity of existing maternity services; (2) impact on migrant and refugee women's experiences and health; and (3) factors associated with implementing and sustaining a community-based doula programme. CONCLUSION Community-based doula programmes can provide culturally-responsive care to migrant and refugee women in HICs. These findings can inform community-based doula organisations, maternity healthcare services and policymakers. Further exploration of the factors that impact programme implementation, sustainability, strategic partnership potential and possible wider-reaching benefits is needed.
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- Centre for Health Equity, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
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- Centre for Health Equity, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
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- School of Nursing and Midwifery, Judith Lumley Centre, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- College of Indigenous Futures, Education and the Arts, Charles Darwin University, Casuarina, Northern Territory, Australia
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- Birth for Humankind, North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Child and Adolescent Health, Burnet Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Centre for Health Equity, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
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