Inclusion criteria | Exclusion criteria | Exclusion code |
---|---|---|
English articles | Non-English articles | Eng |
Adults (aged ≥18 years) | Study population aged <18 years | Age |
Primary care or community | Secondary care or hospital | Not PC |
Chronic conditions, chronic illness, chronic disease, non-communicable disease (NCD) | Acute conditions | Acute |
Study type: systematic reviews, meta-analysis, RCTs, controlled clinical trials, interrupted time series, controlled before-and-after studies | Study type: qualitative studies, populations studies, surveys, cross sectional, uncontrolled before-and-after studies (cohort) | Study |
Education and training of primary care health professionals for patient education in promoting change, behaviour change, lifestyle change, patient engagement, patient empowerment, motivational skills, patient collaboration, patient adherence and compliance, patient self-management, decision making, and patient problem-solving | Not education or training of healthcare professionals | Int |
Not primary care health professionals | Pop | |
Primary outcome measures not included | Out | |
Direct patient education only | Edu | |
Continuing education, CME, lifelong learning, or evidence-based medicine | Guideline adherence, clinical performance (no educational component involved) | Guid |
All studies published from 1 September 2013 to 31 August 2018 | Any article outside this timeframe | Date |
Organisational interventions | Org | |
Financial changes and incentives | Fi | |
Regulatory interventions | Reg |
CME = continuing medical education. PC = primary care. RCTs = randomised controlled trials.