The barriers and facilitators family caregivers experience when participating in resource-limited hospital care: a qualitative systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In many resource-limited settings, understaffed hospitals rely on patients' families to provide care during admission. These care tasks are often performed informally, untrained and unsupported. The WHO has called for innovative approaches to tackle health worker shortages globally. Family participation interventions could be such an innovation, but current family participation should be understood before implementation. This review explored the barriers and facilitators family caregivers experience participating in resource-limited adult hospital care.

Methods

For this qualitative systematic review, MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL and the Global Health Library were searched from inception to 17 February 2023. Studies were included if they described experiences of family

SUBMITTER: Determeijer JJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11575306 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature