Sources of information used by patients prior to elective surgery: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To describe the range and nature of available research regarding sources of information that patients access to inform their decisions about elective surgery.

Design

Scoping review.

Data sources

Peer-reviewed studies published until February 2019 from the six scientific literature databases were searched and included in the study: Medline, PubMed, CINAHL, Academic Search Premier, EMBASE and SCOPUS. Web searches for grey literature were conducted in Google, South Australia Department of Health, Commonwealth Department of Health (Australia) and My Aged Care from the Department of Social Services (Australia).

Eligibility criteria

Studies with a focus on elective surgery information sources oriented to patients were eligible for inclusion. Only studies wr

SUBMITTER: Atlas A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6687002 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature