Implementation factors influencing the sustained provision of tele-audiology services: insights from a combined methodology of scoping review and qualitative semistructured interviews.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The objectives of the current study were to (a) identify long-term tele-audiology services reported to be implemented beyond the research phase and determine whether they are sustained, (b) map the implementation process to Standards for Reporting Implementation Studies guidelines and (c) map the factors that influenced its sustainability to the Implementation Outcomes Framework (IOF) to understand the gaps from an implementation research perspective.

Study design, setting and participants

This cross-sectional study included a scoping review of articles describing long-term tele-audiology services from around the world to determine the factors influencing the implementation. Six electronic databases (PubMed, Cochrane Library, Web of Science, Scopus, Google Scholar

SUBMITTER: Ramkumar V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10603431 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature