Table 1.
Summary table of the scope of reviews in a systematic review of reviews.
| Author and year of publication | Aim and participants | Sources or database of search | N studies | Type of review | Quality score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barnett et al16 | To help systems and providers understand the facilitators of and barriers to treatment for mothers with substance use disorder who are pregnant or parenting young children in the United States and Canada | Ovid-MEDLINE, PsycINFO, Web of Science, CINAHL and ProQuest Dissertations for texts published between 2000 and 2019 | 23 | Systematic review | High |
| 2 | Grella et al17 | Identify barriers and facilitator of implementation of medications for treatment of opioid use disorder within criminal justice settings and with justice-involved populations | PubMed, PsycINFO, National Criminal Justice Reference Service Abstracts (NCJRS) and the Cochrane Library | 24 | Systematic review | High |
| 3 | Sarkar et al23 | This study aimed to synthesise the literature on barriers and facilitators of treatment in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) | MEDLINE | 28 | Qualitative review synthesis | Medium |
| 4 | Choi et al25 | To findings on gateways, facilitators and barriers to treatment for pregnant women and mothers with SUD | MEDLINE/PubMed and Google Scholar | 41 | Systematic review | High |
| 5 | Marshall et al18 | How programmes are organised, and the obstacles and facilitators to engaging people with lived experience in harm reduction programmes. The objective was to identify and synthesise information that could inform person who use drug organisations, service providers who work with peers in harm reduction initiatives, policymakers and those hoping to better engage people with lived experience in the delivery of harm reduction services. | Web of Knowledge, Academic Search Complete, PsycINFO, CINAHL and PubMed | 164 | Systematic review | Medium |
| 6 | Kelly et al14 | What issues (context, barriers and facilitators) prevent or limit, or help and motivate the prevention or reduction of excess alcohol consumption in people in older age (55+ years)? | MEDLINE, Embase, PsycINFO, CINAHL, CENTRAL, Social Sciences Citation Index, York Centre for Reviews and Dissemination, Cochrane database and grey literature | 14 | Systematic review | High |
| 7 | Lagisetty et al24 | (1) Identify thematic components of primary care OUD MAT models that are accepted by patients and physicians and associated with improved health outcomes | PubMed, Embase, CINAHL and PsycINFO | 41 | Systematic review | Medium |
| (2) Use those findings to guide future policy and provide recommendations on design features of delivery models found to be effective in the primary care setting | ||||||
| 8 | Cumming et al12 | Identifying most commonly reported barriers to access methamphetamine treatment across government and non-government agencies in planning new services and adapting existing services | Scopus (Sciverse); MEDLINE (Ovid); PsycINFO (ProQuest); Web of Science (Web of Knowledge); and PubMed | 11 | Systematic review and meta-analysis | High |
| 9 | Timko et al13 | To identify factors associated with the outcome of retention in medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for opiate dependence | PubMed | 55 | Systematic review | Medium |
| 10 | Notley et al26 | Aims were to explore qualitatively reported barriersto recovery, with barriers defined as circumstances or obstacles that impede progress towards recovery | Embase (Ovid), CINAHL (EBSCO), PsycINFO (Ovid) and MEDLINE (PubMed) | 14 | Qualitative systematic review | Medium |
| To inform understanding of the experience of long-term opiate maintenance and identify barriers to recovery | ||||||
| 11 | Johnson et al22 | Synthesise qualitative evidence for barriers and facilitators to effective implementation of screening and brief intervention for alcohol misuse in adults and children over 10 year | MEDLINE via OVID; CINAHL via OVID; PsycINFO via OVID; ASSIA via CSA and the Social Science Citation Index and Science Citation Index via Web of Knowledge | 47 | Systematic review of qualitative evidence | Medium |
| 12 | Sun15 | This study examined programme factors related to women’s SUD treatment outcomes | PubMed of the National Library of Medicine, Social Work Abstracts, Sociological Abstracts, Social Services Abstracts, PsycINFO and ERIC | 35 | Systematic review | Medium |