Challenges to Systems of Long-Term Care: Mapping of the Central Concepts from an Umbrella Review
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Methods
2.1. Inclusion Criteria
2.2. Identifying the Research Questions
2.3. Identifying Relevant Studies
2.4. Study Selection
2.5. Charting the Data
2.6. Collecting, Summarizing and Reporting the Results
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Web of Science ((“long-term care” or “integrated care” or “home care”) and “systematic review”) Stipulated time: Every year. Indexes: SCI-EXPANDED, SSCI, A&HCI, CPCI-S, CPCI-SSH, ESCI, CCR-EXPANDED, IC. |
Scopus (((“long-term care” or “integrated care” or “home care”) and “systematic review”)) AND (LIMIT-TO (DOCTYPE,”re”) OR LIMIT-TO (DOCTYPE,”ar”)) |
Without Institutionalisation | |
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Family caregivers | |
Quality Outcomes | 7 articles included |
Interventions | 6 articles included |
Family caregivers and patient | |
Case Management | 3 articles included |
Quality Outcomes | 3 articles included |
Interventions | 1 article included |
Patients | |
Case Management | 4 articles included |
Home hospitalisation | 1 article included |
Quality Outcomes | 12 articles included |
Interventions | 19 articles included |
System reform: cases | 4 articles included |
System reform: financial impact | 3 articles included |
Technology | 7 articles included |
Patients not walking without support/not getting out of bed | |
From hospital to community | 1 article included |
Quality Outcomes | 1 article included |
Interventions | 1 article included |
Patients walking/leaving home | |
From hospital to community | 1 article included |
Interventions | 4 articles included |
With Institutionalisation | |
Family caregivers | |
Quality Outcomes | 1 article included |
Family caregivers and patient | |
Quality Outcomes | 2 articles included |
Interventions | 2 articles included |
Technology | 1 article included |
Patients | |
From hospital to community | 1 article included |
Quality Outcomes | 27 articles included |
Interventions | 80 articles included |
System reform: cases | 3 articles included |
System reform: financial impact | 6 articles included |
Technology | 3 articles included |
Patients not walking without support/not getting out of bed | |
Interventions | 2 articles included |
Mixed | |
Family caregivers | |
Quality Outcomes | 5 articles included |
Interventions | 3 articles included |
Family caregivers and patient | |
From hospital to community | 1 article included |
Quality Outcomes | 2 articles included |
Interventions | 2 articles included |
System reform: financial impact | 1 article included |
Technology | 1 article included |
Patients | |
From hospital to community | 2 articles included |
Case Management | 2 articles included |
Home hospitalisation | 1 article included |
Quality Outcomes | 28 articles included |
Interventions | 52 articles included |
System reform: cases | 14 articles included |
System reform: financial impact | 18 articles included |
Technology | 10 articles included |
Patients not walking without support/not getting out of bed | |
System reform: financial impact | 1 article included |
Patients walking/leaving home | |
Interventions | 1 article included |
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Barreira, L.F.; Paiva, A.; Araújo, B.; Campos, M.J. Challenges to Systems of Long-Term Care: Mapping of the Central Concepts from an Umbrella Review. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20, 1698. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20031698
Barreira LF, Paiva A, Araújo B, Campos MJ. Challenges to Systems of Long-Term Care: Mapping of the Central Concepts from an Umbrella Review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2023; 20(3):1698. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20031698
Chicago/Turabian StyleBarreira, Luís Filipe, Abel Paiva, Beatriz Araújo, and Maria Joana Campos. 2023. "Challenges to Systems of Long-Term Care: Mapping of the Central Concepts from an Umbrella Review" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 20, no. 3: 1698. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20031698
APA StyleBarreira, L. F., Paiva, A., Araújo, B., & Campos, M. J. (2023). Challenges to Systems of Long-Term Care: Mapping of the Central Concepts from an Umbrella Review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(3), 1698. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20031698