Approaches to improving symptom appraisal: a systematic literature review.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Poor symptom appraisal (detection, interpretation and response to symptoms) plays a major role in prolonged prediagnosis interval in various health conditions. Theories and models have been proposed to study the symptom appraisal process but how they could be employed to improve symptom appraisal remains unclear. We therefore aimed to review approaches to improving symptom appraisal in the literature and to develop a theoretical framework that could guide the development of approaches to improving symptom appraisal among individuals in the general population.

Design

Systematic review.

Data sources

Medline, Web of Science, PsycINFO, Embase, CINAHL and Scopus were searched from inception to 30 March 2021.

Eligibility criteria

We included original artic

SUBMITTER: Xiang L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9403152 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature