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Identifying patients with psychosocial problems in general practice: a scoping review protocol
Rosemarie Schwenker1, Eric Sven Kroeber2, Tobias Deutsch3
1Faculty of Medicine, Institute of General Practice and Family Medicine, Center of Health Sciences, Martin Luther University of Halle Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany rosemarie.schwenker@uk-halle.de.
Introduction:
Psychosocial problems (PSPs) are common issues associated with negative health outcomes. Since general practitioners are the first point of contact for any health-related concern, understanding their options to recognise patients with PSPs plays an important role as it is essential for early intervention and can prevent serious conditions. The objective of our scoping review is to map published evidence on the usage of instruments to identify patients with PSPs in general practice.
Methods And Analysis:
We will follow the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews checklist and the Joanna Briggs Institute Reviewer's Manual on scoping reviews. A systematic search of four electronic databases (Medline (Ovid), Web of Science Core Collection, PsycInfo, Cochrane Library) will be conducted for quantitative and qualitative studies published in English, Spanish, French and German. Main study characteristics as well as information on identification instruments will be extracted and visualised in structured tables to map the available evidence. The protocol has been registered with Open Science Framework, https://osfio/c2m6z.
Ethics And Dissemination:
This study does not require ethical approval as we will not collect personal data. Dissemination will consist of publications, presentations and other knowledge translation activities.
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