Improving patient-centeredness of fertility care using a multifaceted approach: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Beside traditional outcomes of safety and (cost-)effectiveness, the Institute of Medicine states patient-centeredness as an independent outcome indicator to evaluate the quality of healthcare. Providing patient-centered care is important because patients want to be heard for their ideas and concerns. Healthcare areas associated with high emotions and intensive treatment periods could especially benefit from patient-centered care. How care can become optimally improved in patient-centeredness is unknown. Therefore, we will conduct a study in the context of Dutch fertility care to determine the effects of a multifaceted approach on patient-centeredness, patients' quality of life (QoL) and levels of distress. Our aims are to investigate the effectiveness of a multifaceted a

SUBMITTER: Huppelschoten AG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3489822 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature