Patient Engagement as an Emerging Challenge for Healthcare Services: Mapping the Literature
Joint Authors
Barello, Serena
Graffigna, Guendalina
Vegni, Elena
Source
Issue
Vol. 2012, Issue 2012 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2012-10-31
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Patients’ engagement in healthcare is at the forefront of policy and research practice and is now widely recognized as a critical ingredient for high-quality healthcare system.
This study aims to analyze the current academic literature (from 2002 to 2012) about patient engagement by using bibliometric and qualitative content analyses.
Extracting data from the electronic databases more likely to cover the core research publications in health issues, the number of yearly publications, the most productive countries, and the scientific discipline dealing with patient engagement were quantitatively described.
Qualitative content analysis of the most cited articles was conducted to distinguish the core themes.
Our data showed that patient engagement is gaining increasing attention by all the academic disciplines involved in health research with a predominance of medicine and nursing.
Engaging patients is internationally recognized as a key factor in improving health service delivery and quality.
Great attention is up to now paid to the clinical and organizational outcomes of engagement, whereas there is still a lack of an evidence-based theoretical foundation of the construct as well as of the organizational dimensions that foster it.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Barello, Serena& Graffigna, Guendalina& Vegni, Elena. 2012. Patient Engagement as an Emerging Challenge for Healthcare Services: Mapping the Literature. Nursing Research and Practice،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1002591
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Barello, Serena…[et al.]. Patient Engagement as an Emerging Challenge for Healthcare Services: Mapping the Literature. Nursing Research and Practice No. 2012 (Dec. 2012), pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1002591
American Medical Association (AMA)
Barello, Serena& Graffigna, Guendalina& Vegni, Elena. Patient Engagement as an Emerging Challenge for Healthcare Services: Mapping the Literature. Nursing Research and Practice. 2012. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1002591
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1002591