ArticleHeliyon2023
Barriers and facilitators of integrating physiotherapy into primary health care settings: A systematic scoping review of qualitative research.
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18 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
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- The Role of Physiotherapists in Multi-professional Primary Care: Lessons for Japan.Physical therapy research · 2026Review
- Effect of structured orthopaedic education on musculoskeletal knowledge among non-orthopaedic healthcare professionals: A narrative review.Journal of clinical orthopaedics and trauma · 2025Article
- An integrated rehabilitation workforce within secondary healthcare in Pakistan: a qualitative study with physiotherapists.Health policy and planning · 2025Article
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- Practical insights for enhancing primary care rehabilitation services in low-resource contexts.African journal of primary health care & family medicine · 2025Article
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- Priorities challenges and opportunities of physical therapists who work with people that experience persistent pain.Brazilian journal of physical therapyArticle
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Abstract
Purpose: This scoping review investigated the barriers and facilitators to integrating physiotherapy into primary health care (PHC). Materials and methods: PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, Embase, ProQuest, and REHABDATA were searched. Two independent reviewers were involved in screening, selecting, and extracting data. Data were synthesized using thematic analysis. Results: Of the 483 screened documents, 44 qualitative studies, primarily from high-income countries, were included. All of the studies had good methodological quality. Barriers and facilitators of integrating physiotherapy into PHC were extracted within the WHO six building blocks framework. In total, 41 items were identified as barriers to the integration process. The studies included 49 recommendations to facilitate integrating physiotherapy services into PHC. Conclusion: Integrating physiotherapy services into PHC faces many barriers. The most commonly suggested potential barriers are poor knowledge of physicians about physiotherapy, ineffective teamwork, physiotherapists' time constraints/workload, a lack of clarity over the role and knowledge of physiotherapists, unawareness of physiotherapy users about these services, and lack of intra- and inter-professional collaborations. The most commonly suggested recommendations to facilitate the integration process include: Clarifying the role of involved professionals, strengthening teamwork, improving intra- and inter-professional collaborations, and providing comprehensive training programs for physiotherapists.
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