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Faecal microbiota transplantation and the patient experience: A systematic review
Author(s) -
Guilfoyle Jessica,
Considine Julie,
Bouchoucha Stéphane L.
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of clinical nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.94
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1365-2702
pISSN - 0962-1067
DOI - 10.1111/jocn.15625
Subject(s) - fecal bacteriotherapy , transplantation , medicine , intensive care medicine , medline , critical appraisal , clostridium difficile , liver transplantation , quality of life (healthcare) , nursing , alternative medicine , biology , pathology , biochemistry , microbiology and biotechnology , antibiotics
Aim To review and synthesise the literature examining the patients' experience of faecal microbiota transplantation. Background Faecal microbiota transplantation is a common treatment for many conditions, including Clostridium Difficile infections. Patients' experience of treatments is an important influence on clinical decision‐making and treatment adherence. Design The PRISMA guidelines guided this systematic review. The review was registered with PROSPERO [CRD42020140446]. Method A search of Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health Literature, Medline and Embase was conducted for studies published in English and French up to June 2020. Risk of bias was examined using Critical Appraisal Skills Program tools, and quality appraisal was performed independently by three reviewers. Primary outcome of interest was the patient experience of faecal microbiota transplantation. Data were synthesised using a narrative approach. Results The search identified 3316 citations, and 12 studies were included. Methodological quality of studies was moderate to low quality. Few studies have accurately explored the patients' experience of faecal microbiota transplantation: most focus on clinical outcomes or hypothetical scenarios regarding the patients' perspectives of faecal microbiota transplantation. Only one study was identified where the sole focus was the patients' experience of faecal microbiota transplantation. Patient's experience of faecal microbiota transplantation was diverse and complex with physiological and psychological components dependent on the patient's medical condition, the administration method and the efficacy. Conclusion Patients did not find faecal microbiota transplantation unappealing; however, patients equally reported the procedural experience was unpleasant. Limited results and low quality evidence suggest that further evaluation of the patient experience of faecal microbiota transplantation would be beneficial. Relevance to clinical practice Identifying the patients' experience of faecal microbiota transplantation may inform recommendations regarding alternate treatment therapies and enable opportunities to provide quality care for patients that require faecal microbiota transplantation.