Barriers to evidence-based acute stroke care in Ghana: a qualitative study on the perspectives of stroke care professionals.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Despite major advances in research on acute stroke care interventions, relatively few stroke patients benefit from evidence-based care due to multiple barriers. Yet current evidence of such barriers is predominantly from high-income countries. This study seeks to understand stroke care professionals' views on the barriers which hinder the provision of optimal acute stroke care in Ghanaian hospital settings.

Design

A qualitative approach using semistructured interviews. Both thematic and grounded theory approaches were used to analyse and interpret the data through a synthesis of preidentified and emergent themes.

Setting

A multisite study, conducted in six major referral acute hospital settings (three teaching and three non-teaching regional hospitals) in Gh

SUBMITTER: Baatiema L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5719663 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature