Table 1 Characteristics of the included studies
First author | Setting | Country | Design study | Reporting focusa: Barriers (B) and/or Facilitators (F) | Perspectiveb | Participants (n) | % Female | Mean age of patients (years) (if not available: age range) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Funk [41], 2004 | LTC facilities | Canada | Qualitative | B&F | Patients | 100 patients | 82 | 85 |
Gauthier [42], 2005 | hospital | U.S.A. | Qualitative | B&F | Patients | 13 patients | 62 | 72 |
Naik [43], 2011 | primary care | U.S.A. | Quantitative | B | Patients | 100 patients | 100 | 71 |
Belcher [44], 2006 | primary care | U.S.A. | Qualitative | B&F | Patients | 51 patients, | 63 | 77 |
Chi [45], 2017 | community care | U.S.A. | Quantitative | B | Patients | 2017 patients | 57 | range 65 > 85 |
Dyrstad [46], 2015 | hospital | Norway | Qualitative | B&F | Patients | 41 patients | 46 | 86 |
Ekdahl [47], 2010 | hospital | Sweden | Qualitative | B&F | Patients | 15 patients | 67 | 84 |
Ekdahl [48], 2011 | hospital | Sweden | Quantitative | B | Patients | 156 patients | 49 | 83.1 |
Erickson [49], 1989 | community care | U.S.A. | Qualitative (case study) | B | Patients | 1 patient | 100 | 75 |
Petrillo [50], 2018 | hospital | U.S.A. | Qualitative | F | Patients and informal caregivers | 38 patients 31 informal caregivers | 48 (total group) | 78 |
Riffin [51], 2018 | primary care | U.S.A. | Qualitative | B | Patients and informal caregivers | 20 patients 20 informal caregivers | 61 65 | 82 |
Kiselev [52], 2017 | hospital & community care | Germany | Mixed methods | B&F | Patients and health professionals | 283 patients 14 professionals (clinicians, nurses, therapists, psychologist, social worker) | 66 unkc. | 74.4 |
Rose [53], 2018 | rehabilitation | U.K. | Mixed methods | B | Patients and health professionals | 40 patients 24 professionals (rehabilitation staff) | 23 unk. | 83 |
Ferris [54], 2018 | health care users and providers | U.S.A. | Qualitative | B&F | Patients, informal caregivers and health professionals | 6 patients or informal caregivers 30 clinicians, health systems, and payers | unk. | unk. |
Doekhie [55] | primary care | The Netherlands | Qualitative | B | Patients, informal caregivers and health professionals | 19 patients 10 informal caregivers 38 professionals (clinicians, nurses, paramedics) | 79 40 unk. | 81.6 |
Puts [56], 2017 | hospital | Canada | Mixed methods | B | Patients, informal caregivers and health professionals | 29 patients 24 informal caregivers 28 professionals (oncologists and family physicians) | 24 resp. 36 | patients divided in 2 age groups: 63–79 & > 80; |
Bragstad [57], 2014 | hospital | U.S.A. | Qualitative | B | Informal caregivers | 19 informal caregivers | 68 | n.a.d |
Menne [58], 2008 | community care | U.S.A. | Quantitative | B&F | Informal caregivers | 215 informal caregivers | 50 | n.a. |
Peacock [59], 2017 | community care | Canada | Qualitative | B | Informal caregivers | 18 informal caregivers | 44 | n.a. |
Ekdahl [60],2012 | hospital | Sweden | Qualitative | B&F | Health professionals | 29 physicians | 34 | n.a. |
Fried [61], 2011 | primary care | U.S.A. | Qualitative | B | Health professionals | 40 physicians | Â | n.a. |
Blaum [62], 2018 | primary care & hospital | U.S.A. | Qualitative | B | Health professionals | 9 general practitioners, 5 cardiologists | Â | n.a. |
Gopalraj [63], 2012 | hospital | U.S.A. | Qualitative (case study) | B&F | Health professionals | 1 patient | 100 | 94 |
Milte [64], 2015 | geropsychiatry inpatient unit | Australia | Quantitative | B | Health professionals | 2 geriatricians | 59 | n.a. |
Schuling [65], 2012 | hospital | The Netherlands | Qualitative | B | Health professionals | 13 physicians | 15 | n.a. |
Molinari [66], 2016 | geropsychiatry inpatient unit | U.S.A. | Qualitative (case study) | F | Health professionals | 1 patient | 0 | ‘late 60s’ |
Légaré [67], 2013 | primary care | Canada | Mixed methods | B&F | Health professionals | Participants: a) 276 home care providers b) 7 members health care team c) 8 managers | Participants: a) 82 b)100 c) 50 | n.a. |
Lindhardt [68], 2008 | hospital | Sweden | Qualitative | B&F | Health professionals | 8 nurses | 100 | n.a. |