Barriers and facilitators to the integration of digital technologies in mental health systems: A protocol for a qualitative systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Digital technology has the potential to improve health outcomes and health system performance in fragmented and under-funded mental health systems. Despite this potential, the integration of digital technology tools into mental health systems has been relatively poor. This is a protocol for a synthesis of qualitative evidence that will aim to determine the barriers and facilitators to integrating digital technologies in mental health systems and classify them in contextual domains at individual, organisational and system levels.

Methods and analysis

The methodological framework for systematic review of qualitative evidence described in Lockwood et al. will be applied to this review. A draft search strategy was developed in collaboration with an experienced senio

SUBMITTER: Berardi C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8608309 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature