Exploring the theory, barriers and enablers for patient and public involvement across health, social care and patient safety: a systematic review of reviews

Table 1 Summary of results

Results [types of reviews]	Patient safety	Healthcare & education	Healthcare policy and guideline development	Healthcare general/ involvement	Research	Community engagement/participation	Total
Total reviews	5 studies [44, 45, 46, 47, 48]	9 studies [49, 50]; [51, 52, 53, 54]; [55, 56, 57]	5 studies [58, 59, 60, 61, 62]	9 studies [63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71]	10 studies [72, 41, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80]	4 studies [81, 82, 83, 84]	42
Theory [no of reviews that report theory]	4	Education & mental health [1] Education/general healthcare [3] Medical education [1]	2	6	2	3	22
Equality/Diversity [ED] [no of reviews that reported	4 [reported some data]	6 [reported some data]	4 [reported some data]	5	9	3	31
Barriers/Enablers [BE] [no of reviews that report BE]	4	8	3	7	8	4	34

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