Exploring patient safety outcomes for people with learning disabilities in acute hospital settings: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To produce a narrative synthesis of published academic and grey literature focusing on patient safety outcomes for people with learning disabilities in an acute hospital setting.

Design

Scoping review with narrative synthesis.

Methods

The review followed the six stages of the Arksey and O'Malley framework. We searched four research databases from January 2000 to March 2021, in addition to handsearching and backwards searching using terms relating to our eligibility criteria-patient safety and adverse events, learning disability and hospital setting. Following stakeholder input, we searched grey literature databases and specific websites of known organisations until March 2020. Potentially relevant articles and grey literature materials were screened against

SUBMITTER: Louch G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8137174 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature