Quality indicators for the primary care of osteoarthritis: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To identify valid and feasible quality indicators for the primary care of osteoarthritis (OA).

Design

Systematic review and narrative synthesis.

Data sources

Electronic reference databases (MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, HMIC, PsychINFO), quality indicator repositories, subject experts.

Eligibility criteria

Eligible articles referred to adults with OA, focused on development or implementation of quality indicators, and relevant to UK primary care. An English language restriction was used. The date range for the search was January 2000 to August 2013. The majority of OA management guidance has been published within this time frame.

Data extraction

Relevant studies were quality assessed using previous quality indicator methodology. Two reviewers indepe

SUBMITTER: Edwards JJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4345981 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature