Table 2 Characteristics of the included studies

1

Anvik et al., 2020, Norway [27]

Qualitative

Healthcare professionals

To investigate the conditions under which learning and innovation occur in nursing homes

2

Fleischmann et al., 2017, Germany [28]

Qualitative

Healthcare professionals

To explore how nurses experience general practitioners’ visits to the nursing home and interprofessional communication and collaboration

3

Folkman et al., 2019, Norway [29]

Qualitative

Frontline managers collaborating daily with healthcare professionals

To examine how frontline managers facilitate interprofessional collaboration in three health care services, with a special focus on managing social educators and nurses in their daily practice

4

Goller et al., 2019, Germany [30]

Qualitative

Nurses and nurse aides

To investigate learning and development processes of newly employed nurse aides

5

Hurlock-Chorostecki et al., 2016, Canada [31]

Qualitative

Healthcare professionals

To identify, from the healthcare professionals’ perspective, nurse practitioner strategies used to enhance interprofessional care

6

Khemai et al., 2020, The Netherlands [32]

Quantitative

Healthcare professionals

To examine the perceptions and needs of nurses regarding collaboration with other nurses, other professionals, people with dementia, and loved ones, and to investigate whether these perceptions and needs differ between healthcare settings and among three levels of nursing

7

Kim et al., 2020, South Korea [33]

Qualitative

Practitioners and professors

To develop a conceptual framework to structure the shared roles and tasks of interdisciplinary teams for efficient function-focused care of nursing home residents

8

Müller et al., 2018, Germany [34]

Qualitative

Healthcare professionals

To develop and test measures to improve collaboration and communication between nurses and general practitioners in this setting

9

O’Leary 2016, United States [35]

Action research

Healthcare professionals

To outline aspects of an action research study examining the emergence of effective communication, shared decision-making and knowledge sharing within change management teams

10

Park et al., 2019, South Korea [36]

Qualitative

Healthcare professionals

To clarify the regularity of sharing commonly used information and knowledge across disciplines, and to develop a practical care strategy specialised for nursing homes

11

Stühlinger et al., 2019, Switzerland [37]

Qualitative

Healthcare professionals in rehabilitation homes

To test the relationship of a shared language in interprofessional healthcare teams

12

Tsakitzidis., et al., 2017, Belgium [38]

Qualitative

Healthcare professionals

To gain insights into professionals’ perceptions of interprofessional collaboration in nursing homes and the factors that affect interprofessional collaboration

13

Venturato et al., 2019, Australia [39]

Action research

Healthcare professionals

To address the need for sustainable culture change in residential aged care by developing and piloting a novel workforce development intervention (Towards Organisational Culture Change)