Barriers and facilitators to patient engagement in patient safety from patients and healthcare professionals' perspectives: a systematic review and meta-synthesis.

Zahra Chegini; Morteza Arab‐Zozani; Sheikh Mohammed Shariful Islam; Georgia Tobiano; Samira Abbasgholizadeh Rahimi

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Barriers and facilitators to patient engagement in patient safety from patients and healthcare professionals' perspectives: a systematic review and meta-synthesis.

August 25, 2021

Chegini Z, Arab‐Zozani M, Shariful Islam SM, et al. Nurs Forum. 2021;56(4):938-949.

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Efforts to engage patients in patient safety have increased but are not always successful. This review identified facilitators and barriers to patient engagement from patient and healthcare provider perspectives. Barriers included both patient and provider unwillingness; facilitators included encouraging and sharing information with patients.

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