Using qualitative exit interviews to explore schizophrenia burden and treatment experience in clinical trial patients.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Qualitative research methods can be used to obtain a deeper understanding of patient experience by collecting information in the patients' own words about their encounters, perspectives, and feelings. In this study, patients with schizophrenia were interviewed to capture their voice and to complement the quantitative data typically obtained in clinical trials.

Methods

Semi-structured exit interviews were conducted with 41 patients who completed or prematurely discontinued from a phase 3, open-label trial (NCT02873208). The interview guide included open-ended questions on current and prior disease burden, symptoms, quality of life, and treatment experiences. Steps taken to reduce interview stress and secure the validity of data included interviewer sensitivity tr

SUBMITTER: Simmons A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11372304 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature