Facilitators and barriers of the implementation of point-of-care devices for cardiometabolic diseases: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Point-of-care testing (POCT) devices may facilitate the delivery of rapid and timely results, providing a clinically important advantage in patient management. The challenges and constraints in the implementation process, considering different levels of actors have not been much explored. This scoping review aimed to assess literature pertaining to implementation facilitators and barriers of POCT devices for the diagnosis or monitoring of cardiometabolic diseases.

Methods

A scoping review of the literature was conducted. The inclusion criteria were studies on the inception, planning, or implementation of interventions with POCT devices for the diagnosis or monitoring of cardiometabolic diseases defined as dyslipidemia, cardiovascular diseases, type 2 diabetes, and

SUBMITTER: Tenorio-Mucha J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10144879 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature