Patient engagement in the development of best practices for transitions from hospital to home: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To explore the extent of patient engagement in the development of best practice reports related to transitions from hospital to home.

Design

Scoping review.

Data sources

Electronic databases (MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, Scopus, Trip Database, DynaMed Plus and Public Health Plus) and multiple provincial regulatory agency and healthcare organisation websites.

Eligibility criteria

We included best practice reports related to the transition from hospital to a long-term care facility, community dwelling or rehabilitation centre. We included documents disseminated in English between 1947 and 2019.

Data extraction and synthesis

Two independent reviewers screened for eligibility and one extracted and analysed data using a data extraction tool we develope

SUBMITTER: Zhao G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6687029 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature