Disabled people's experiences accessing healthcare services during the COVID-19 pandemic: a scoping review.

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dc.citation.issue1
dc.citation.volume23
dc.contributor.authorMcBride-Henry K
dc.contributor.authorNazari Orakani S
dc.contributor.authorGood G
dc.contributor.authorRoguski M
dc.contributor.authorOfficer TN
dc.coverage.spatialEngland
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-28T22:10:23Z
dc.date.available2024-05-28T22:10:23Z
dc.date.issued2023-04-06
dc.description.abstractBACKGROUND: Disruptions to healthcare services during the COVID-19 pandemic are well-recognised problems. However, a dearth of research exists on disabled people's experiences with accessing these services. A scoping review was undertaken to identify and explore research on the experience of disabled people in accessing healthcare services between 2020 and 6 February 2023. METHODS: PubMed, Web of Science, CINAHL, and OVID were employed to search for research that included the voice of disabled people, or their parents or caregivers. Over two distinct phases, a total of 2,201 articles were reviewed according to article titles, keywords, and abstracts. Eighty-one studies were identified that met the inclusion criteria; these were reviewed in full. RESULTS: Eighteen studies specifically described the experiences of accessing healthcare or disability services, and sixty-three raised healthcare challenges as a secondary consideration. Many disabled people struggled to access healthcare services and felt they were invisible; as a result, individuals' mental health was negatively affected. Disabled people with compounding vulnerabilities were at the most risk of experiencing a lack of healthcare access. CONCLUSIONS: There is an urgent need for research and policy that is responsive to disabled people's access to healthcare during the pandemic; currently many health policies are 'disability-blind' and exclude these members of the global community. Furthermore, to assist in creating disability-responsive research, funding needs to prioritise researchers within the disabled community.
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dc.format.pagination346-
dc.identifier.author-urlhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37024832
dc.identifier.citationMcBride-Henry K, Nazari Orakani S, Good G, Roguski M, Officer TN. (2023). Disabled people's experiences accessing healthcare services during the COVID-19 pandemic: a scoping review.. BMC Health Serv Res. 23. 1. (pp. 346-).
dc.identifier.doi10.1186/s12913-023-09336-4
dc.identifier.eissn1472-6963
dc.identifier.elements-typejournal-article
dc.identifier.issn1472-6963
dc.identifier.number346
dc.identifier.pii10.1186/s12913-023-09336-4
dc.identifier.urihttps://mro.massey.ac.nz/handle/10179/69676
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherBioMed Central
dc.publisher.urihttps://bmchealthservres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12913-023-09336-4
dc.relation.isPartOfBMC Health Serv Res
dc.rights(c) The author/sen
dc.rights.licenseCC BYen
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
dc.subjectCOVID-19
dc.subjectConsumer voice
dc.subjectDisability
dc.subjectExperiences
dc.subjectHealthcare
dc.subjectHealthcare access
dc.subjectQualitative methods
dc.subjectScoping review
dc.subjectHumans
dc.subjectPandemics
dc.subjectCOVID-19
dc.subjectHealth Services Accessibility
dc.subjectHealth Services
dc.subjectDisabled Persons
dc.titleDisabled people's experiences accessing healthcare services during the COVID-19 pandemic: a scoping review.
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.elements-id460876
pubs.organisational-groupCollege of Health
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