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ABSTRACT

Background:

In recent years, there have been many suggestions to use multimedia as a strategy to fully meet the educational needs of patients with peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC). However, the potential benefits remain unreliable in the literature.

Objective:

In this study, we identified the potential benefits of multimedia-based home catheter management education in patients with PICC and to discuss its clinical implications.

Methods:

Systematic searches of the PubMed, Cochrane Library, Embase Ovid, Medline, BioMed Central-cancer (BMC-cancer), ScienceDirect and Google Scholar databases without date constraints till November 30, 2019 were performed. The methodological quality of the eligible studies was appraised by using the Cochrane risk of bias tools. Narrative synthesis of the study findings was conducted.

Results:

A total of 6 intervention studies met the inclusion criteria, including 3 randomized controlled trials and 3 case-control studies/quasi-experimental studies. All studies included 355 subjects, including 175 in the multimedia group and 180 in the control group. This study identified four potential benefits to patients, including improved knowledge, increased satisfaction, reduced incidence of catheter-related complications, and reduced the number of cases of delayed care after complications.

Conclusions:

The current systematic review highlights the potential benefits of multimedia-based home catheter management education for patients with PICC.