Translating evidence to patient care through caregivers: a systematic review of caregiver-mediated interventions.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Caregivers may promote the uptake of science into patient care and the practice of evidence-informed medicine. The purpose of this study was to determine whether caregiver-mediated (non-clinical caregiver-delivered) interventions are effective in improving patient, caregiver, provider, or health system outcomes.

Methods

We searched the MEDLINE, Embase, PsycINFO, Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health, and Scopus databases from inception to February 27, 2017. Interventions (with a comparison group) reporting on a quality improvement intervention mediated by a caregiver and directed to a patient, in all ages and patient-care settings, were selected for inclusion. A three-category framework was developed to characterize caregiver-mediated interventions: inform

SUBMITTER: Fiest KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6042352 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature