Interventions to improve participation in health-care decisions in non-Western countries: A systematic review and narrative synthesis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patients' participation in medical decision making is an important aspect of patient-centred care. However, there is often uncertainty about its applicability and feasibility in non-Western countries.

Objective

To provide an overview and assessment of interventions that aimed to improve patients' participation in decision making in non-Western countries.

Method

Ovid Medline, Embase, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, CINAHL, Ovid MEDLINE(R) Epub Ahead of Print, In-Process, Other Non-Indexed Citations, without Revisions and Daily Update and Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects, were searched from respective inception to February 2018. Studies were included if they (a) were randomized controlled trials, before-and-after studies and interru

SUBMITTER: Dolan H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6803415 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature