Factors disrupting the continuity of care for patients with chronic disease during the pandemics: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

Continuous routine care is necessary to prevent long-term complications of chronic diseases and improve patients' health conditions. This review study was conducted to determine the factors disrupting continuity of care for patients with chronic diseases during the pandemic.

Methods

All original articles published on factors disrupting continuity of care for patients with chronic disease during a pandemic between December 2019 and June 28, 2023, in PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, and ProQuest databases were searched. Selection of articles, data extraction, and qualitative evaluation of articles (through STROBE and COREQ checklist) were done by two researchers separately. Data graphing form was used to extract the data of each study and then the data were

SUBMITTER: Ghanbari-Jahromi M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10879648 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature