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Grimani, Aikaterini, Goffe, Louis, Tang, Mei Yee, Beyer, Fiona, Sniehotta , Falko and Vlaev, Ivo (2021) Effectiveness of personal letters to healthcare professionals in changing professional behaviours : a systematic review protocol. Systematic Reviews, 10 . 94. doi:10.1186/s13643-021-01650-4 ISSN 2046-4053.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-021-01650-4
Abstract
Background:
Letters are regularly sent by healthcare organisations to healthcare professionals to encourage them to take action, change practice or implement guidance. However, whether letters are an effective tool in delivering a change in healthcare professional behaviour is currently uncertain. In addition, there are currently no evidence-based guidelines to support health providers and authorities with advice on how to formulate the communication, what information and behaviour change techniques to include in order to optimise the potential effect on the behaviour of the receivers. To address this research gap, we seek to inform such guidance through this systematic review, which aims to provide comprehensive evidence of the effectiveness of personal letters to healthcare professionals in changing their professional behaviours.
Methods/design:
A comprehensive literature search of published and unpublished studies (the grey literature) in electronic databases will be conducted to identify randomised controlled trials (RCTs) that meet our inclusion criteria. We will include RCTs evaluating the effectiveness of personal letters to healthcare professionals in changing professional behaviours. The primary outcome will be behavioural change. The search will be conducted in five electronic databases (from their inception onwards): MEDLINE, Embase, PsycINFO, the Cochrane Library and CINAHL. We will also conduct supplementary searches in Google Scholar, hand search relevant journals, and conduct backward and forward citation searching for included studies and relevant reviews. A systematic approach to searching, screening, reviewing and data extraction will be applied in accordance with the process recommended by the Cochrane Collaboration. Two researchers will examine titles, abstracts, full-texts for eligibility independently. Risk of bias will be assessed using the Cochrane Risk of Bias 2 (RoB 2) tool for randomised controlled trials. Disagreements will be resolved by a consensus procedure.
Discussion:
Health policy makers across government are expected to benefit from being able to increase compliance in clinical settings by applying theories of behaviour to design of policy communications. The synthesised findings will be disseminated through peer-reviewed publication.
Systematic review registration:
PROSPERO CRD42020167674
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Behavioural Science Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School |
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| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Medical personnel , Behavior modification, Proposal writing in the social sciences | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Systematic Reviews | ||||||
| Publisher: | BioMed Central Ltd. | ||||||
| ISSN: | 2046-4053 | ||||||
| Official Date: | 2 April 2021 | ||||||
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| Volume: | 10 | ||||||
| Article Number: | 94 | ||||||
| DOI: | 10.1186/s13643-021-01650-4 | ||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 12 April 2021 | ||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 13 April 2021 | ||||||
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