Patient contracts for chronic medical conditions: Scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To describe how and why patient contracts are used for the management of chronic medical conditions.

Data sources

A scoping review was conducted in the following databases: MEDLINE, Embase, AMED, PsycInfo, Cochrane Library, CINAHL, and Nursing & Allied Health. Literature from 1997 to 2017 was included.

Study selection

Articles were included if they were written in English and described the implementation of a patient contract by a health care provider for the management of a chronic condition. Articles had to present an outcome as a result of using the contract or an intervention that included the contract.

Synthesis

Of the 7528 articles found in the original search, 76 met the inclusion criteria for the final review. Multiple study types were include

SUBMITTER: Gallagher E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9097748 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature