Access to Results of Patient Reported Outcome Surveys Does Not Improve Survey Response Rates.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

In this embedded substudy of a longitudinal, randomized controlled trial, we sought to evaluate the effects of patient engagement and results feedback on longitudinal patient-reported outcome (PRO) survey completion rates.

Methods

Newly diagnosed stage 0-III breast cancer patients seen at an academic breast center between June 2019 and December 2021 were invited to participate in a longitudinal PRO study. Participants were emailed the BREAST-Q survey, a validated PRO scale, preoperatively and at regular intervals during their postoperative course. Patients were randomized into the intervention group, who received survey results upon completion, or the control group, who received no feedback. The primary endpoint was postoperative survey completion rate. An inten

SUBMITTER: Vemuru S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10563002 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature