Abstract

Background and Aim: Prevention is a necessary and urgent task due to the widespread prevalence of various acute and chronic diseases. Nurses, in order to play their professional role and responsibility, need to know the choices, needs and abilities of patients in reality, their communication and their social context. The present review was conducted with two objectives: 1. determining the effect of a continuous care model on the outcomes of acute and chronic diseases, and, 2. describing and assessing the quality of methodology of published papers in this field. Methods: This is a systematic review conducted on 2017. A systematic search was conducted using PRISMA guidelines to retrieve all national and international studies using a Continuous Care Model. Findings: In the initial search, 3074 papers were retrieved, and following PRISMA screening guide, 51 relevant articles were identified. The final studies were classified and reviewed based on the authors, year, type of research with the number of studied groups, the aim of the research, the sampling method, the characteristics of the research samples in terms of the number of people and the type of disease, the method of data collection and final conclusion. Conclusion: According to the review of the studies carried out with the continuous care model and the effectiveness of all of them on the different outcomes of the study, it can be stated with certainty that this indigenous model corresponds with the culture of Iran is an effective, simple, efficient and reliable model and can be used in promoting and improving the various aspects of acute and chronic diseases. The quality of conducting intervention studies using this Continuous Care Model was relatively good, but the reporting style and quality of the studies are inadequate. © 2018 Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences. All rights reserved.