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How Do Older People Experience Person-Centred Integrated Care? An Integrative Review of the Evidence Cover

How Do Older People Experience Person-Centred Integrated Care? An Integrative Review of the Evidence

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|Dec 2025

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Table 1

Search Strategy.

SEARCH STRATEGY
PopulationSubject headings: “Aged”; “Older Adulthood”
Search terms: Elderly or “Older adult*” or “Older people” or “Older person*” or Aged or Geriatric* ) OR AB ( Elderly or “Older adult*” or “Older people” or “Older person*” or Aged or Geriatric*
AND
InterventionSubject headings: “Delivery of Health Care, Integrated; Integrated health care system; “Integrated Services”; “Continuity of Patient Care”; “Continuum of Care”
Search terms: “Integrated care” or “Multi-disciplinary care” or “Multidisciplinary care” or “Inter-disciplinary care” or “Interdisciplinary care” or “Co-ordinated care” or “Coordinated care” or “Care coordination” or “Care co-ordination” or “Collaborative care” or “Integrated delivery” or “Integrated health care” or “Integrated healthcare” or “Inter-agency care” or “Interagency care” or “continuity of care” AND
Subject headings: “Patient-Centered Care”
Search terms: (“Person centred*” or “Person centered*” or “Person focused” or “Client centred*” or “Client centered*” or “Client focused” or “Patient centred*” or “Patient centered*” or “Patient focused”)
AND
Contextpatient* or client* or “service user*” or consumer*) N2 (experienc* or view* or perspective* or feel* or felt or prefer*) ) OR AB ( (patient* or client* or “service user*” or consumer*) N2 (experienc* or view* or perspective* or feel* or felt or prefer*
AND
SettingAll healthcare settings
FILTERS
LanguageEnglish
Publication dates01/01/2014-30/07/2024
DatabasesMedLine, CINAHL, PsycInfo, Embase, Web of Science.
Date searches were run30 July 2024
FieldBy title AND abstract.
Table 2

Summary of inclusion and exclusion criteria.

INCLUSION AND EXCLUSION CRITERIA FOR SELECTION OF PUBLICATIONS
Publication selection criteriaStudies published between 1 January 2014–30 July 2024.
Empirical studies on older people’s experiences of integrated care (older person defined as 65 years or older).
Studies reporting on care experiences in any setting.
Studies published in English.
Exclusion criteriaStudies published outside of the date range January 2014–30 July 2024.
Studies not reporting on experiences of individuals aged 65 years and older.
Non-empirical studies.
Studies not explicitly referencing integrated care.
Studies not published in English.
Figure 1

Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyse (PRISMA) flow diagram.

Figure 2

Country of studies.

Figure 3

Settings.

Figure 4

Areas of focus.

Figure 5

Components of integrated care.

Figure 6

Older People’s PCIC Experiences.

Figure 7

Mapping review findings to the PCPF.

Source: McCance and McCormack 2021.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/ijic.9066 | Journal eISSN: 1568-4156
Language: English
Submitted on: Dec 3, 2024
Accepted on: Aug 26, 2025
Published on: Dec 15, 2025
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2025 Sarah Murphy, Tanya McCance, P. J. White, published by Ubiquity Press
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