Person-Centered Practice in the Portuguese Healthcare Services: A Scoping Review Protocol

Abstract

Recognizing the importance of the international advancements on person-centered practice (PCP) with positive implementation outcomes at the varied levels of healthcare systems, this scoping review will examine the PCP in Portuguese healthcare services. The Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) guidance for scoping reviews will be followed. The Population (P) Concept (C) Context (C) mnemonic will scaffold research questions, the inclusion and exclusion criteria, and the searching strategy. Literature reporting on person-centeredness domains at the macro-, meso-, and micro levels applied to Portuguese healthcare services in Portuguese and English will be considered for inclusion. Accordingly, MEDLINE, CINAHL, SCOPUS, LILACS, SCIELO, Open Access Scientific Repository of Portugal (RCAAP), and Open gray will be searched. The literature will be screened for eligibility by two independent reviewers, first by title and abstract and subsequently by full text. A data extraction matrix designed to answer the research questions will be used for the included literature. The charted data will be thematically analyzed and presented graphically, with a narrative description of the literature characteristics. The results are expected to inform healthcare stakeholders at varying levels about the PCP domains where further improvements might be required in order to raise the quality of care to the international gold standards.

A Meta-Synthesis Study of Person-Centered Care Experience from the Perspective of Nursing Home Residents

“…Residents shared their daily routines with nursing staff [ 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 ] and developed an intimate relationship while consulting with them about their concerns [ 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 ]. The residents communicated with the nursing staff in positive language [ 25 , 27 , 28 ], and the staff tried to clearly understand a resident’s position by expressing it in the resident’s words [ 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 ]. Through such communication, the residents’ good relationships with the nursing staff were extended to their families [ 28 , 30 ].…”

“…For example, in the United States, the concept has recently begun to be used with patients with dementia in the context of long-term care [ 16 ]. Interest in PCC is increasing in Europe as well, where various attempts are being made to instruct and implement PCC [ 17 ], while in Japan studies are being conducted to apply this concept to practice [ 18 ].…”

Spiritual Care[Givers] Competence in Palliative Care: A Scoping Review

“…This process is an indicator of competent spiritual care and the professional’s ability to promote person/family-centered care. It is well known that a person-centered practice brings a positive impact, since it promotes sustainable healthcare systems and high care quality [ 98 ]. With competent spiritual care, patients and families experience a sense of “healing” where they can find comfort, security, meaning-making, and closure in PC [ 50 , 99 ].…”

Nurses’ Motivations, Barriers, and Facilitators to Engage in a Peer Review Process: A Qualitative Study Protocol

“…Therefore, the publication of study protocols can help improve the medical research standard. We can identify many published study protocols in the literature, from quantitative [ 33 , 34 , 35 ] to qualitative [ 36 , 37 , 38 ] investigations to literature review protocols [ 39 , 40 , 41 ]. As in previously published study protocols, with the writing of this study protocol, we intend to present the aims, methodological approach, and plan to operationalize the research.…”