Table 3 Studies included in qualitative synthesis (n = 29) [10, 11, 17, 22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,40,41,42,43,44,45,46,47]
No. | Authors | Year | Country of origin | Study population | Study methods |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | AlRasheed MM, Alhawassi TM, Alanazi A et al. | 2018 | Saudi Arabia | Family medicine physicians (n = 15) | Focus group discussions |
2 | Anderson K, Stowasser D, Freeman C, Scott I | 2014 | – | Systematic review of studies (n = 21) | Qualitative systematic review (PubMed, EMBASE, Scopus, PsycINFO, CINAHL and INFORMIT) |
3 | Anderson K, Foster M, Freeman C et al. | 2017 | Australia | General practitioners (n = 32), consultant pharmacists (n = 15) | Focus group discussions |
4 | Anthierens S, Tansens A, Petrovic M, Christiaens T | 2010 | Belgium | General practitioners (n = 65) | Semi-structured interviews |
5 | Bokhof B, Junius-Walker U | 2016 | – | Systematic review of studies (n = 14) | Qualitative systematic review (PubMed, Cochrane Library, Web of Science Core Collection and Scopus) |
6 | Cadogan CA, Ryan C, Francis JJ et al. | 2015 | Northern Ireland | General practitioners (n = 15), pharmacists (n = 15) | Semi-structured interviews |
7 | Cadogan CA, Ryan C, Gormley GJ et al. | 2015 | Northern Ireland | General practitioners (n = 14) | Semi-structured interviews |
8 | Carthy P, Harvey I, Brawn R, Watkins C | 2000 | United Kingdom | General practitioners (n = 17) | Semi-structured interviews |
9 | Clyne B, Cooper JA, Hughes CM et al. | 2016 | Ireland | General practitioners (n = 17) | Semi-structured interviews |
10 | Cullinan S, O’Mahony D, Fleming A, Byrne S. | 2014 | – | Systematic review of studies (n = 7) | Qualitative systematic review (PubMed, Embase, CINAHL and Web of Knowledge) |
11 | Cullinan S, Hansen CR, Byrne S et al. | 2017 | – | – | Review article |
12 | Djatche L, Lee S, Singer D et al. | 2018 | Italy | Primary care physicians (n = 160) | Questionnaire survey |
13 | Fried TR, Tinetti ME, Iannone L | 2011 | United States of America (USA) | Primary care clinicians (n = 40) | Focus group discussions |
14 | Lee PR, Boyd C, Green A | 2018 | USA | Primary care physicians (n = 12), specialist clinicians (n = 8) | Semi-structured interviews |
15 | Maio V, Jutkowitz E, Herrera K et al. | 2011 | Italy | Primary care physicians (n = 155) | Questionnaire survey |
16 | Mc Namara KP, Breken BD, Alzubaidi HT et al. | 2017 | Australia | Healthcare professionals (n = 26) amedical, dentistry, nursing, pharmacy, allied health | Semi-structured interviews |
17 | Milos V, Westerlund T, Midlov P, Strandberg EL | 2014 | Sweden | General practitioners (n = 17) | Focus group discussions |
18 | Moen J, Norrgard S, Antonov K et al. | 2010 | Sweden | General practitioners (n = 31) | Focus group discussions |
19 | Newby C, Venditto A | 2014 | – | – | Clinical vignette session |
20 | Pohontsch NJ, Heser K, Loeffler A et al. | 2017 | Germany | General practitioners (n = 47) | Semi-structured interviews |
21 | Raae-Hansen C, Byrne S, O’Mahony D et al. | 2017 | – | Systematic review of studies (n = 10) | Qualitative systematic review (PubMed, CINAHL and Academic Search Complete) |
22 | Ramaswamy R, Maio V, Diamond JJ et al. | 2011 | USA | Residents and attending doctors (n = 89) aFamily Medicine, Internal Medicine, Geriatrics, Sports Medicine | Questionnaire survey |
23 | Riordan DO, Byrne S, Fleming A et al. | 2017 | Ireland | General practitioners (n = 16) | Semi-structured interviews |
24 | Roumie CL, Elasy TA, Wallston KA et al. | 2007 | USA | Primary care providers (n = 23) | Questionnaire survey |
25 | Schuling J, Gebben H, Veehof LJG, Haaijer-Ruskamp FM | 2012 | The Netherlands | General practitioners (n = 12) | Focus group discussions |
26 | Sellappans R, Lai PS, Ng CJ | 2015 | Malaysia | Family Medicine trainees (n = 14), service medical officers (n = 5) | Focus group discussions |
27 | Sinnige J, Korevaar JC, van Lieshout J et al. | 2016 | The Netherlands | General practitioners (n = 12) | Focus group discussions |
28 | Sinnott C, Mc Hugh S, Boyce MB, Bradley CP | 2015 | Ireland | General practitioners (n = 20) | Semi-structured interviews |
29 | Wallis KA, Andrews A, Henderson M | 2017 | New Zealand | Primary care physicians (n = 24) | Semi-structured interviews |