Purpose
This scoping review was performed to summarise the state of the evidence in the strategies used to ensure person centred care (PCC) in all diagnostic nuclear medicine (NM) procedures in adults.
The Institute of Medicine defines person-centred care as “Providing care that is respectful of, and responsive to, individual patient preferences, needs and values, and ensuring that patient values guide all clinical decisions”[1]. This requires the healthcare provider to build a partnership with the patient, in order to place the needs of the client in...
Methods and materials
This scoping review followed the Joanna Briggs Institute methodology [2].
Inclusion and exclusion criteria
Studies of healthcare professionals involved in nuclear medicine examinations and studies of patients' feelings or preferences, were all included. Only quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods studies were considered for this scoping review.
Studies that addressed ways to improve protocols without considering patients' preferences or feelings were excluded.
Search strategy
The search was conducted in March 2022. The databases used were Pubmed, Embase and Cinhal. A combination of keywords and Medical Subject...
Results
After removing duplicates, 1274 results were identified by the search strategy. 52 studies met all criteria and were included. The two main reasons for exclusion were publication types as reviews or opinion articles, and an outcome not directly related to the benefits perceived by patients [4-5] [Fig 1].
Included studies
Of the 52 studies, 40 focused exclusively on nuclear medicine examinations and 12 compared nuclear medicine examinations with other imaging examinations such as computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and ultrasound (US). 32.7% (n=17/52)...
Conclusion
Out of 1274 results identified by the search strategy, 52 studies met all inclusion criteria.
From these 52 studies:
40 focused exclusively on nuclear medicine examinations.
12 compared nuclear medicine examinations with other imaging examinations.
17 articles referred to all types of nuclear medicine investigations.
8% (n=15/52) to scintigraphy explorations, and
5% (n=20/52) to PET/CT or PET/MRI investigations.
8% (n=29/52) of these studies were carried out in Europe.
The articles were catalogued in 5 different categories: Improve patient experience, Increase patient comfort, Increase patient knowledge;...
Personal information and conflict of interest
M. Champendal:
Nothing to disclose
P. COSTA:
Nothing to disclose
A. Kedves:
Nothing to disclose
S. Murphy:
Nothing to disclose
R. García Gorga:
Nothing to disclose
C. Baun:
Nothing to disclose
K. Borg Grima:
Nothing to disclose
A. Geão:
Nothing to disclose
References
1) Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century (2001). Report by the Institute of Medicine. Available from: http://iom.edu/Reports/2001/Crossing-the-Quality-Chasm-A-New-Health-System-for-the-21st-Century.aspx.
2) Peters M, Marnie C, Tricco A, et al. Updated methodological guidance for the conduct of scoping reviews. JBI Evid Synth. 2020;18(10):2119–26.
3) Bramer WM, Giustini D, de Jonge GB, Holland L, Bekhuis T. De-duplication of database search results for systematic reviews in EndNote. J Med Libr Assoc. 2016 Jul;104(3):240-3.
4) Page MJ, McKenzie JE, Bossuyt P, Boutron I, Hoffmann TC, Mulrow...
