Types of studies |
Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed method studies on the phenomenon published in peer-reviewed journals |
Letters, comments, conference abstracts, editorials, doctoral thesis, or any type of review |
Period |
January 1, 2000, until October 16, 2018 |
Before January 1, 2000, and after October 16, 2018 |
Language |
English, Portuguese, Spanish, or Scandinavian |
All other languages |
Type of participants |
Patients in a palliative care trajectory regardless of diagnosis, aged 18 years or older, and living at home |
Patients who are not in a palliative care trajectory; patients aged 17 years or younger; and patients who use telehealth in a hospital, nursing home, or hospice setting |
Phenomenon of interest |
Patients’ experiences of using telehealth at home with follow-up from health care professionals |
Patients’ experiences of using telehealth at home without follow-up from health care professionals or experiences of using telehealth in a hospital, nursing home, or hospice setting |
Type of outcomes |
Patients reported subjective and objective outcomes |
Proxy-reported (next of kin or health care professional) outcomes |