Reducing delay in patients with acute coronary syndrome and other time-critical conditions: a systematic review to identify the behaviour change techniques associated with effective interventions
Background Time to treatment in many conditions, particularly acute coronary syndrome, is critical to reducing mortality. Delay between onset of symptoms and treatment remains a worldwide problem. Reducing patient delay has been particularly challenging. Embedding behaviour change techniques (BCTs)...
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| author | Shaun Treweek Karen Smith Barbara Farquharson Purva Abhyankar Stephan U Dombrowski Nadine Dougall Brian Williams Marie Johnston |
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| description | Background Time to treatment in many conditions, particularly acute coronary syndrome, is critical to reducing mortality. Delay between onset of symptoms and treatment remains a worldwide problem. Reducing patient delay has been particularly challenging. Embedding behaviour change techniques (BCTs) within interventions might lead to shorter delay.Objective To identify which BCTs are associated with reductions in patient delay among people with symptoms or conditions where time to treatment is critical.Methods The data sources were Cochrane Library, MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, and PsycINFO. Study eligibility criteria include intervention evaluations (randomised controlled trials, controlled clinical trials and cohort studies) involving adults (aged >18 years) and including an outcome measure of patient delay up to August 2016. Study appraisal and synthesis methods include screening potential studies using a transparent, replicable process. Study characteristics, outcomes and BCTs were extracted from eligible studies.Results From 39 studies (200 538 participants), just over half (n=20) reported a significant reduction in delay. 19 BCTs were identified, plus 5 additional techniques, with a mean of 2 (SD=2.3) BCTs and 2 (SD=0.7) per intervention. No clear pattern between BCTs and effectiveness was found. In studies examining patient delay specifically, three of four studies that included two or more BCTs, in addition to the two most commonly used additional techniques, reported a significant reduction in delay.Conclusions Around half of the interventions to reduce prehospital delay with time-critical symptoms report a significant reduction in delay time. It is not clear what differentiates effective from non-effective interventions, although in relation to patient delay particularly additional use of BCTs might be helpful.Trial registration number CRD42014013106. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-f8af4ef55ad0436e9abd99a803ee6cc82024-11-12T08:10:09ZengBMJ Publishing GroupOpen Heart2053-36242019-05-016110.1136/openhrt-2018-000975Reducing delay in patients with acute coronary syndrome and other time-critical conditions: a systematic review to identify the behaviour change techniques associated with effective interventionsShaun Treweek0Karen Smith1Barbara Farquharson2Purva Abhyankar3Stephan U Dombrowski4Nadine Dougall5Brian Williams6Marie Johnston72 Health Services Research Unit, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UKdirector1 School of Health & Social Care, Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh, UK2 School of Health Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling, UK5 Faculty of Kinesiology, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick, CanadaSchool of Health and Social Care, Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh, UKAnesthesiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USAemeritus professor of health psychologyBackground Time to treatment in many conditions, particularly acute coronary syndrome, is critical to reducing mortality. Delay between onset of symptoms and treatment remains a worldwide problem. Reducing patient delay has been particularly challenging. Embedding behaviour change techniques (BCTs) within interventions might lead to shorter delay.Objective To identify which BCTs are associated with reductions in patient delay among people with symptoms or conditions where time to treatment is critical.Methods The data sources were Cochrane Library, MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, and PsycINFO. Study eligibility criteria include intervention evaluations (randomised controlled trials, controlled clinical trials and cohort studies) involving adults (aged >18 years) and including an outcome measure of patient delay up to August 2016. Study appraisal and synthesis methods include screening potential studies using a transparent, replicable process. Study characteristics, outcomes and BCTs were extracted from eligible studies.Results From 39 studies (200 538 participants), just over half (n=20) reported a significant reduction in delay. 19 BCTs were identified, plus 5 additional techniques, with a mean of 2 (SD=2.3) BCTs and 2 (SD=0.7) per intervention. No clear pattern between BCTs and effectiveness was found. In studies examining patient delay specifically, three of four studies that included two or more BCTs, in addition to the two most commonly used additional techniques, reported a significant reduction in delay.Conclusions Around half of the interventions to reduce prehospital delay with time-critical symptoms report a significant reduction in delay time. It is not clear what differentiates effective from non-effective interventions, although in relation to patient delay particularly additional use of BCTs might be helpful.Trial registration number CRD42014013106.https://openheart.bmj.com/content/6/1/e000975.full |
| spellingShingle | Shaun Treweek Karen Smith Barbara Farquharson Purva Abhyankar Stephan U Dombrowski Nadine Dougall Brian Williams Marie Johnston Reducing delay in patients with acute coronary syndrome and other time-critical conditions: a systematic review to identify the behaviour change techniques associated with effective interventions Open Heart |
| title | Reducing delay in patients with acute coronary syndrome and other time-critical conditions: a systematic review to identify the behaviour change techniques associated with effective interventions |
| title_full | Reducing delay in patients with acute coronary syndrome and other time-critical conditions: a systematic review to identify the behaviour change techniques associated with effective interventions |
| title_fullStr | Reducing delay in patients with acute coronary syndrome and other time-critical conditions: a systematic review to identify the behaviour change techniques associated with effective interventions |
| title_full_unstemmed | Reducing delay in patients with acute coronary syndrome and other time-critical conditions: a systematic review to identify the behaviour change techniques associated with effective interventions |
| title_short | Reducing delay in patients with acute coronary syndrome and other time-critical conditions: a systematic review to identify the behaviour change techniques associated with effective interventions |
| title_sort | reducing delay in patients with acute coronary syndrome and other time critical conditions a systematic review to identify the behaviour change techniques associated with effective interventions |
| url | https://openheart.bmj.com/content/6/1/e000975.full |
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