Healthcare experiences of patients with chronic heart failure in Germany: a scoping review
Objectives To review systematically the past 10 years of research activity into the healthcare experiences (HCX) of patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) in Germany, in order to identify research foci and gaps and make recommendations for future research.Design In this scoping review, six databa...
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| author | Mirjam Dieckelmann Felix Reinhardt Klaus Jeitler Thomas Semlitsch Jasper Plath Ferdinand M Gerlach Andrea Siebenhofer Juliana J Petersen Corina Güthlin |
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| description | Objectives To review systematically the past 10 years of research activity into the healthcare experiences (HCX) of patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) in Germany, in order to identify research foci and gaps and make recommendations for future research.Design In this scoping review, six databases and grey literature sources were systematically searched for articles reporting HCX of patients with CHF in Germany that were published between 2008 and 2018. Extracted results were summarised using quantitative and qualitative descriptive analysis.Results Of the 18 studies (100%) that met the inclusion criteria, most were observational studies (60%) that evaluated findings quantitatively (60%). HCX were often concerned with patient information, global satisfaction as well as relationships and communication between patients and providers and generally covered ambulatory care, hospital care and rehabilitation services. Overall, the considerable heterogeneity of the included studies’ outcomes only permitted relatively trivial levels of synthesis.Conclusion In Germany, research on HCX of patients with CHF is characterised by missing, inadequate and insufficient information. Future research would benefit from qualitative analyses, evidence syntheses, longitudinal analyses that investigate HCX throughout the disease trajectory, and better reporting of sociodemographic data. Furthermore, research should include studies that are based on digital data, reports of experiences gained in under-investigated yet patient-relevant healthcare settings and include more female subjects. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-d77948c7e80d4aada1f661d6e7a642c72024-11-17T02:00:09ZengBMJ Publishing GroupBMJ Open2044-60552020-10-01101010.1136/bmjopen-2020-037158Healthcare experiences of patients with chronic heart failure in Germany: a scoping reviewMirjam Dieckelmann0Felix Reinhardt1Klaus Jeitler2Thomas Semlitsch3Jasper Plath4Ferdinand M Gerlach5Andrea Siebenhofer6Juliana J Petersen7Corina Güthlin8Institute of General Practice, Goethe-Universitat Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt, GermanyInstitute of General Practice, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, GermanyInstitute of General Practice and Evidence-based Health Services Research, Medical University of Graz, Graz, AustriaInstitute of General Practice and Evidence-based Health Services Research, Medical University of Graz, Graz, AustriaInstitute of General Practice, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, GermanyInstitute of General Practice, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, GermanyInstitute of General Practice and Evidence-based Health Services Research, Medical University of Graz, Graz, AustriaInstitute of General Practice, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, GermanyInstitute of General Practice, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, GermanyObjectives To review systematically the past 10 years of research activity into the healthcare experiences (HCX) of patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) in Germany, in order to identify research foci and gaps and make recommendations for future research.Design In this scoping review, six databases and grey literature sources were systematically searched for articles reporting HCX of patients with CHF in Germany that were published between 2008 and 2018. Extracted results were summarised using quantitative and qualitative descriptive analysis.Results Of the 18 studies (100%) that met the inclusion criteria, most were observational studies (60%) that evaluated findings quantitatively (60%). HCX were often concerned with patient information, global satisfaction as well as relationships and communication between patients and providers and generally covered ambulatory care, hospital care and rehabilitation services. Overall, the considerable heterogeneity of the included studies’ outcomes only permitted relatively trivial levels of synthesis.Conclusion In Germany, research on HCX of patients with CHF is characterised by missing, inadequate and insufficient information. Future research would benefit from qualitative analyses, evidence syntheses, longitudinal analyses that investigate HCX throughout the disease trajectory, and better reporting of sociodemographic data. Furthermore, research should include studies that are based on digital data, reports of experiences gained in under-investigated yet patient-relevant healthcare settings and include more female subjects.https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/10/10/e037158.full |
| spellingShingle | Mirjam Dieckelmann Felix Reinhardt Klaus Jeitler Thomas Semlitsch Jasper Plath Ferdinand M Gerlach Andrea Siebenhofer Juliana J Petersen Corina Güthlin Healthcare experiences of patients with chronic heart failure in Germany: a scoping review BMJ Open |
| title | Healthcare experiences of patients with chronic heart failure in Germany: a scoping review |
| title_full | Healthcare experiences of patients with chronic heart failure in Germany: a scoping review |
| title_fullStr | Healthcare experiences of patients with chronic heart failure in Germany: a scoping review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Healthcare experiences of patients with chronic heart failure in Germany: a scoping review |
| title_short | Healthcare experiences of patients with chronic heart failure in Germany: a scoping review |
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