Understanding factors influencing the use of clinical guidelines in low-income and middle-income settings: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

A scoping review was undertaken to determine the extent to which existing studies have examined factors influencing healthcare providers' use of clinical guidelines in low and middle-income country (LMIC) settings and determine which factors constrain or facilitate the use of clinical guidelines by healthcare providers.

Design

Scoping review.

Data sources

The literature search was conducted using PubMed in January 2021.

Eligibility criteria

We identified empirical studies, published between 2011-2021 in English, which included clinicians and/or nurses as healthcare providers, used a health facility as the study site, and were located in an LMIC.

Data extraction and synthesis

Information extracted from the literature review was organised using t

SUBMITTER: Orangi S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10314507 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature