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Pauline Campbell, Julie Cowie, Cathryn Broderick, Janet Finlayson, Sheila Cameron, Alice MacKenzie, Ewelina Rydzewska, NIHR Evidence Synthesis Scotland Initiative NESSIE
(2026).
Implementation and sustainability of social care interventions for autistic adults: a mixed-methods systematic review.
CRD/PROSPERO.
Glasgow Caledonian University.
- Publication date
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22 Jun 2026
- Identifier
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CRD420261406788
- Authors
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Pauline Campbell,
Julie Cowie,
Cathryn Broderick,
Janet Finlayson,
Sheila Cameron,
Alice MacKenzie,
Ewelina Rydzewska,
NIHR Evidence Synthesis Scotland Initiative NESSIE
- Source
- CRD/PROSPERO
- Reference type
- systematic_review_registry
- Publisher
- Glasgow Caledonian University
- Metadata source
- crd.york.ac.uk
Abstract
Overall Aim This mixed-methods review aims to identify social care interventions for autistic adults, that have been implemented in real-world social care settings and reported in primary empirical studies, and to synthesise the evidence on factors influencing their implementation and long-term sustainability. Objectives 1. To identify social care support interventions for autistic adults that have been implemented in real-world settings, and to describe the organisational contexts and service provider arrangements through which they are delivered. 2. To examine the barriers and facilitators to the implementation of social care interventions provided to autistic adults using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR v2) domains and subconstructs. 3. To identify the factors that influence the sustained delivery of social care interventions (defined here as 12 months or more post-implementation) using the Lennox sustainability framework. 4. To produce an evidence gap map highlighting where further research is required across types of social care interventions, implementation factors and sustainability constructs.