Do complexity-informed health interventions work? A scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The lens of complexity theory is widely advocated to improve health care delivery. However, empirical evidence that this lens has been useful in designing health care remains elusive. This review assesses whether it is possible to reliably capture evidence for efficacy in results or process within interventions that were informed by complexity science and closely related conceptual frameworks.

Methods

Systematic searches of scientific and grey literature were undertaken in late 2015/early 2016. Titles and abstracts were screened for interventions (A) delivered by the health services, (B) that explicitly stated that complexity science provided theoretical underpinning, and (C) also reported specific outcomes. Outcomes had to relate to changes in actual practice, se

SUBMITTER: Brainard J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5029105 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature