How Well Is Quality Improvement Described in the Perioperative Care Literature? A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Quality improvement (QI) approaches are widely used across health care, but how well they are reported in the academic literature is not clear. A systematic review was conducted to assess the completeness of reporting of QI interventions and techniques in the field of perioperative care.

Methods

Searches were conducted using Medline, Scopus, the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, the Cochrane Effective Practice and Organization of Care database, and PubMed. Two independent reviewers used the Template for Intervention Description and Replication (TIDieR) check list, which identifies 12 features of interventions that studies should describe (for example, How: the interventions were delivered [e. g., face to face, internet]), When and how much: duration,

SUBMITTER: Jones EL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4964906 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature