Barriers and facilitators of integrating physiotherapy into primary health care settings: A systematic scoping review of qualitative research.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

This scoping review investigated the barriers and facilitators to integrating physiotherapy into primary health care (PHC).

Materials and methods

PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, Embase, ProQuest, and REHABDATA were searched. Two independent reviewers were involved in screening, selecting, and extracting data. Data were synthesized using thematic analysis.

Results

Of the 483 screened documents, 44 qualitative studies, primarily from high-income countries, were included. All of the studies had good methodological quality. Barriers and facilitators of integrating physiotherapy into PHC were extracted within the WHO six building blocks framework. In total, 41 items were identified as barriers to the integration process. The studies included 49 recommendations to f

SUBMITTER: ShahAli S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10582494 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature