Barriers and facilitators to implementing evidence-based guidelines in long-term care: a qualitative evidence synthesis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The long-term care setting poses unique challenges and opportunities for effective knowledge translation. The objectives of this review are to (1) synthesize barriers and facilitators to implementing evidence-based guidelines in long-term care, as defined as a home where residents require 24-h nursing care, and 50% of the population is over the age of 65 years; and (2) map barriers and facilitators to the Behaviour Change Wheel framework to inform theory-guided knowledge translation strategies.

Methods

Following the guidance of the Cochrane Qualitative and Implementation Methods Group Guidance Series and the ENTREQ reporting guidelines, we systematically reviewed the reported experiences of long-term care staff on implementing evidence-based guidelines into practi

SUBMITTER: McArthur C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8267230 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature