General practitioners' perspectives on the prevention of cardiovascular disease: systematic review and thematic synthesis of qualitative studies.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality globally, and prevention of CVD is a public health priority. This paper aims to describe the perspectives of general practitioners (GPs) on the prevention of CVD across different contexts.

Design

Systematic review and thematic synthesis of qualitative studies using the Enhancing Transparency of Reporting the Synthesis of Qualitative research (ENTREQ) framework.

Data sources

MEDLINE, Embase, PsycINFO and CINAHL from database inception to April 2018.

Eligibility criteria for selecting studies

We included qualitative studies on the perspectives of GPs on CVD prevention.

Data extraction and synthesis

We used HyperRESEARCH to code the primary papers and identified themes.

SUBMITTER: Ju I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6224770 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature