Preconditions Contributing to Interprofessional Collaboration in the Management of COPD in Primary Care: A Scoping...

Interprofessional collaboration (IPC) has been proven effective for COPD patients, however an overview on how to develop and sustain IPC in primary care is lacking. The objective of this review was to identify preconditions for IPC in primary care COPD management. Secondary objectives were to study if the identified preconditions differed from those found in the general primary care setting and secondary and tertiary COPD setting.

Three separate searches were executed in four databases for publications reporting preconditions for IPC. The identified preconditions were categorised into the domains of the Rainbow Model for Integrated Care (RMIC).

The first search revealed 32 preconditions and covered all RMIC domains. In the second search, 12 additional preconditions were found, with 90% of preconditions overlapping with the first search. The third search revealed only one study and no extra preconditions were identified.

Many preconditions need to be considered when developing IPC for COPD in primary care. However, these are not setting or disease specific. This makes it possible to develop IPC in primary care for multiple chronic conditions and using knowledge gained from other healthcare settings.