Validating a Patient-Reported Outcome Measure to Improve Emergency Department Asthma Care: Protocol for an Observational Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Asthma affects 1 in every 12 persons in the United States, resulting in 1.9 million emergency department (ED) visits annually. However, the lack of patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) validated for use in the ED limits the evaluation of interventions to improve ED asthma care.

Objective

To address this knowledge gap, this study protocol will (1) develop and test the validity and reliability of the Patient Reported Outcomes for Acute Asthma Care and Treatment instrument (PROAACT), (2) test whether receiving more guideline-concordant ED care is associated with improved PROAACT responses, and (3) evaluate the association between PROAACT score and subsequent ED revisits and hospitalizations.

Methods

This is a prospective cohort study of adult patients vis

SUBMITTER: Lin MP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12163351 | biostudies-literature | 2025 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature