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Table 4 Frequency of main paper characteristics

From: Clinical Performance Feedback Intervention Theory (CP-FIT): a new theory for designing, implementing, and evaluating feedback in health care based on a systematic review and meta-synthesis of qualitative research

 

Count (%)*

Publication date

 2012–2016

42 (65)

 2007–2011

13 (20)

 2002–2006

4 (6)

 1996–2001

6 (9)

Quality appraisal

 No limitations

0 (0)

 Minor limitations

9 (14)

 Moderate limitations

47 (72)

 Major limitations

9 (14)

Continent

 Europe

37 (57)

 North America

22 (34)

 Africa

2 (3)

 Australia

2 (3)

 South America

2 (3)

Setting

 Hospital inpatient

30 (46)

 Primary care

28 (43)

 Hospital outpatient

3 (5)

 Nursing home

3 (5)

 Mental health

1 (2)

Feedback topic

 Chronic care (general)

15 (23)

 Patient experience

14 (22)

 Prescribing

11 (17)

 Health care structures

10 (15)

 General nursing

8 (12)

 Surgery

7 (11)

 Cancer

5 (8)

 Diabetes

5 (8)

 Stroke

5 (8)

 Obstetrics

5 (8)

 Preventive care

4 (6)

 Infectious disease

3 (5)

 Patient demographics

2 (3)

 Staff experience

2 (3)

 Intensive care

2 (3)

 Mental health

1 (2)

 General surgery

1 (2)

 Heart failure

1 (2)

 Orthopaedics

1 (2)

 Paediatrics

1 (2)

 Physiotherapy

1 (2)

 Rheumatology

1 (2)

 Care costs

1 (2)

Feedback recipient

 Physicians

45 (69)

 Nurses

40 (62)

 Non-clinicians

24 (37)

 Surgeons

6 (9)

 Allied clinicians

6 (9)

 Junior physicians

3 (5)

 Midwives

2 (3)

 Pharmacists

2 (3)

 Pathologists

1 (2)

 Radiologists

1 (2)

Feedback format

 Paper report

28 (43)

 Face-to-face

25 (38)

 Software application

12 (18)

 Electronic report

10 (15)

Co-intervention

 Peer discussion

28 (43)

 Problem solving

22 (34)

 External change agent

17 (26)

 Action planning

15 (23)

 Reward (financial)

13 (20)

 Clinical education

7 (11)

 Reward (non-financial)

5 (8)

 Reminders

3 (5)

  1. *Counts may add to more than 100% where papers are in multiple categories