Patient-reported outcome measures in an outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy program: a prospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To evaluate the improvements in the mean Short Form-36 (SF-36) score (95% CI) from predischarge to postdischarge among prospective participants of a Swiss Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT) programme using Patient Reported Outcomes.

Design

Prospective cohort study.

Setting

A public tertiary care hospital in Switzerland.

Participants

Patients enrolled in the University Hospital Zurich's OPAT programme between October 2020 and September 2022. They were interviewed predischarge (interview 1) and 7-14 days postdischarge (interview 2) using a shortened, four-domain version of the validated SF-36) questionnaire, complemented by four additional questions gauging patient satisfaction.

Co-primary outcomes

The primary outcomes were the s

SUBMITTER: Burch AR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11624759 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature