Tailoring and Evaluating Treatment with the Patient-Specific Needs Evaluation: A Patient-Centered Approach.

ABSTRACT:

Background

No patient-reported instrument assesses patient-specific information needs, treatment goals, and personal meaningful gain (PMG), a novel construct evaluating individualized, clinically relevant improvement. This study reports the development of the Patient-Specific Needs Evaluation (PSN) and examines its discriminative validity (ie, its ability to distinguish satisfied from dissatisfied patients) and test-retest reliability in patients with hand or wrist conditions.

Methods

A mixed-methods approach was used to develop and validate the PSN, following Consensus-Based Standards for the Selection of Health Measurement Instruments guidelines, including pilot testing, a survey (pilot, n = 223; final PSN, n = 275), cognitive debriefing ( n = 16), expert input, and valida

SUBMITTER: de Ridder WA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11412570 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature