Generalizability Across Healthcare Settings

The gap

Consensus across the literature

Supporting evidence — 7 representative gaps

• Can the Indonesian Version of the Work-Related Quality of Life Scale-2 (WRQoLS-2) Be Used to Measure Quality of Work Life Among Hospital Personnel? (2026) · doi

  The references discuss cross-cultural adaptation processes and validation methodologies for measurement instruments, but the excerpt does not explicitly state whether the Indonesian WRQoLS-2 was tested across different hospital settings or healthcare worker categories beyond the sample studied.

  Keywords: references discuss cross cultural adaptation processes validation methodologies measurement instruments excerpt explicitly state whether indonesian
• A retrospective clinical analysis of pediatric mediastinal space-occupying lesions in a Chinese children’s hospital from 2015 to 2024 (2026) · doi

  The study is limited to a single Chinese children's hospital from 2015 to 2024; generalizability to other populations and healthcare settings requires validation in multicenter studies across different regions and countries.

  Keywords: limited single chinese children hospital generalizability populations healthcare settings requires validation multicenter across different regions
• FAILURE MODE AND EFFECT ANALYSIS FOR THREE DIMENSIONAL RADIOTHERAPY AT AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL (2021) · doi

  The study focuses on 3-D radiotherapy at a single institution (Ain-Shams University Hospital); generalization to other healthcare settings and radiotherapy modalities is unclear.

  Keywords: radiotherapy focuses single institution shams university hospital generalization healthcare settings modalities unclear
• Emergency Department Experience of Foreign Body Ingestion: An Analysis of 69 Cases in an Academic Hospital in Saudi Arabia (2018) · doi

  The study is limited to a single academic hospital in Saudi Arabia, which may limit the generalizability of findings to other geographic regions and healthcare settings.

  Keywords: limited single academic hospital saudi arabia limit generalizability geographic regions healthcare settings
• Sustaining Infection Prevention and Control Post-Accreditation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Global Longitudinal Outcomes (2026) · doi

  Future research should investigate how hospital accreditation effects vary across different healthcare system contexts, resource-constrained settings, and geographic regions globally.

  Keywords: future investigate hospital accreditation effects vary across different healthcare system contexts resource constrained settings geographic
• Les anémies dans le service de Médecine Interne à l’Hôpital Général de Référence : aspects épidémiologiques, cliniques et thérapeutiques (2026) · doi

  The excerpt does not address how findings from this single hospital setting in Niger can be generalized or scaled to other regions with different healthcare infrastructure and population characteristics.

  Keywords: excerpt address single hospital setting niger generalized scaled regions different healthcare infrastructure population characteristics
• The effect of clinical pharmacist-led services with one-year follow-up in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a randomized controlled trial (2026) · doi

  The study was conducted at a single hospital center, which may limit the generalizability of findings to other healthcare settings and populations.

  Keywords: conducted single hospital center limit generalizability healthcare settings populations