Toward a universal definition of provider-patient attachment in primary care.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To explore definitions of provider-patient attachment in primary care (PC) and help inform a universal definition of provider-patient attachment.

Data sources

Comprehensive searches were conducted using the electronic databases MEDLINE (Ovid), PubMed, CINAHL (EBSCO), PsycInfo (Ovid), Social Sciences Abstracts (EBSCO), Cochrane Library, Scopus, Embase (Ovid), Google Scholar, and ResearchGate.

Study selection

A scoping review was conducted. Articles focusing on PC setting, provider-patient attachment, and attachment approaches (enrolment, rostering, registration, empanelment) were included. All articles were from English-language publications and were available in full text in or after 2005. Of the 5955 unique titles, 97 peer-reviewed articles and 45 gray lite

SUBMITTER: Aggarwal M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11477241 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature