Family involvement in managing medications of older patients across transitions of care: a systematic review

BMC Geriatrics

Table 2 Synthesised themes from included studies

Themes and subthemes	Studies with the first named author and year
Themes and subthemes	Allen 2017	Coleman. 2006	Coleman 2004	Crawford 2015	Deeks. 2016	Dyrstad 2015	Georgiadis 2017	Hagedoorn 2017	Hvalvik 2015	Jeffs 2017	King 2013	Knight 2013	Lowson 2012	Nazarath 2001	Neiterman 2015	Palagyi 2016	Ploeg 2017	Popejoy 2011	Tjia 2014	Towle 2012	Trollor 1997	White 2015	White 2014
Giving information and receiving feedback
Families conveying information to health professionals	X			X		X			X	X	X	X	X		X	X					X	X
Health professionals informing families	X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X					X	X		X
Participating in decision making
Medication decisions occurring on admission						X
Medication decisions occurring transfers and discharge	X			X	X	X	X	X	X			X			X		X
Medication decisions occurring after discharge				X				X			X		X			X	X
Characteristics of health professionals and families	X								X				X				X	X
Managing medication complexity across transitions of care
Challenges in managing medication complexity from hospital admission to discharge										X			X					X
Difficulties affecting medication complexity in the community and aged care facilities	X						X		X		X	X	X		X	X	X	X				X	X
Possibilities for individualised tailored care					X				X				X				X
Supporting family participation in interventions		X	X											X						X

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