Are big data analytics helpful in caring for multimorbid patients in general practice? - A scoping review

BMC Family Practice
Alexander WaschkauJost Steinhäuser

Abstract

The treatment of multimorbid patients is one crucial task in general practice as multimorbidity is highly prevalent in this setting. However, there is little evidence how to treat these patients and consequently there are but a few guidelines that focus primarily on multimorbidity. Big data analytics are defined as a method that obtains results for high volume data with high variety generated at high velocity. Yet, the explanatory power of these results is not completely understood. Nevertheless, addressing multimorbidity as a complex condition might be a promising field for big data analytics. The aim of this scoping review was to evaluate whether applying big data analytics on patient data does already contribute to the treatment of multimorbid patients in general practice. In January 2018, a review searching the databases PubMed, The Cochrane Library, and Web of Science, using defined search terms for "big data analytics" and "multimorbidity", supplemented by a search of grey literature with Google Scholar, was conducted. Studies were not filtered by type of study, publication year or language. Validity of studies was evaluated independently by two researchers. In total, 2392 records were identified for screening. After titl...Continue Reading

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Sep 5, 2020·BMC Family Practice·D WilflingJ Steinhäuser
Aug 8, 2021·Health Services Research·Lipika SamalDavid A Dorr
Jan 13, 2022·Age and Ageing·Marcel G M Olde RikkertG M E E Geeske Peeters

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Software Mentioned

DYNAMO
PRISMA Extension for Scoping Reviews ( PRIMSA - ScR )
Google Scholar
PRISMA
Multimorbidity Cluster Analysis Tool and Toolkit

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