Karthik Adapa|Saumya Jain|Richa Kanwar|Tanzila Zaman|Trusha Taneja|Jennifer Walker|?ukasz Mazur
Augmented reality in patient education and health literacy: a scoping review protocol
University of North Carolina System|University of North Carolina System|University of North Carolina System|University of North Carolina System|University of North Carolina System|University of North Carolina System|University of North Carolina System
background health literacy enables patients understanding basic healthcare information taking informed health decisions thus desirable goal healthcare system increases patients adherence treatment improves quality care eases overall burden healthcare system recent years technological solutions increasingly used educating patients achieving better health literacy augmented reality ar provides powerful contextual situated learning experiences supplements real world virtual objects ar could potentially effective learning methodology patients thus warranting comprehensive overview current state ar patient education health literacy methods proposed scoping review based framework developed arksey omalley including refinements suggested levac et al systematic search references published literature conducted nine research databasesinstitute electrical electronics engineers ieee cumulative index nursing allied health literature cinahl pubmed psycinfo embase web science scopus association computing machinery acm association information systems elibrary aisel unpublished studies proquest dissertations theses conference proceedings citation index grey literature references obtained web search also included databases searched inception 14 january 2020 two independent reviewers screen studies search results two successive stages titleabstract screening followed fulltext screening data variables extracted selected studies characterise study design type ar technology employed relational factors affecting patient education lastly key stakeholders consulted gather insights study findings ethics dissemination results disseminated stakeholder meetings conference presentations data used publicly available secondary sources study require ethical review