SynthesisInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022
Challenges in Help-Seeking Behaviors among Rural Older People Mitigated through Family Physician-Driven Outreach: A Systematic Review.
Synthesis in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
15 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.
- Reconstructing Social Participation in Rural Communities: A Qualitative Study of Community Nursing Practice.Cureus · 2026Article
- Beyond silence: Addressing mental health challenges and hopeful pathways for older adults.World journal of psychiatry · 2025Article
- Pregnancy follow-ups in Family Medicine: A retrospective study.Pakistan journal of medical sciences · 2025Article
- The development of an online-based rural community of practice framework for addressing health issues among rural citizens: a grounded theory approach.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Review
- Community Health Dialogue Implementation for the Solution of Loneliness in Rural Communities: Autoethnography.Cureus · 2024Article
- The Relationship Between Hyperalbuminemia and Unscheduled Medical Visits: A Retrospective Cohort Study.Cureus · 2024Article
- Frailty Syndrome in Rural Communities: A Narrative Review and Interviews With Rural Individuals.Cureus · 2024Article
- Addressing health challenges in rural Japan: a thematic analysis of social isolation and community solutions.BMC primary care · 2024Article
- Article
- Article
- Article
- Enhancing Rural Health Dialogue: The Crucial Role of Reflective Practice in Family Physician Involvement.Cureus · 2023Article
- Rural health dialogue for the sustainability of help-seeking behaviors among older patients: grounded theory approach.BMC geriatrics · 2023Article
- Meningitis With Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia in an Older Patient With Nonspecific Symptoms: A Case Report.Cureus · 2023Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Help-seeking behaviors (HSBs) refer to approaches taken by individuals towards their health and symptoms, and they are supported by healthcare professionals. Outreach interventions aimed at older people in rural communities can mitigate difficulties in implementing HSBs and help them remain healthy. This systematic review investigated evidence regarding family medicine-involved outreach aimed at HSBs among older individuals in rural areas. We searched three databases (PubMed, EMBASE, and Web of Science) for international and original interventional articles regarding family physicians involved in outreach to older people in rural or underserved areas between April 2000 and October 2022. The articles were analyzed and summarized based on the setting, country, health issues, and outreach outcomes. Of the 376 studies identified, four were included in this review. Our findings showed that family physician-involved outreach to rural and underserved areas improved health outcomes, including anxiety, subjective physical function, and diabetic care. The challenges of outreach interventions include the duration and continuity of outreach, the active participation of family physicians and patients in the outreach programs, and the focus of outreach participants. Although the number of studies included was small, family physician-involved outreach to rural and underserved areas was shown to improve various health outcomes.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.